A large bird of prey, an osprey, flies overhead with wings outstretched. The osprey is looking down at the camera.
What is in the Tidepools

What’s in the Tidepools? – June 2023

An owl sits on a branch among bushes

What’s In the Tidepools? – June 2023

(NPS Photo/P. Geisler)

As we enter the summer season, a variety of bird sightings highlight this month.

Don’t forget to visit the Tidepool Videos page.

A Great Horned Owl was observed by Pauline at closing in the upper portion of the park.

An owl sits on a branch among bushes
NPS/P. Geisler – Great Horned Owl
An owl sits on a branch among bushes
NPS/P. Geisler – Great Horned Owl

A Green Heron was observed in the tidepools by VIP Mary.

A bird with a short beak and yellow legs hunting for food along a rocky beach.
NPS/M. Rose – Green Heron

VIP Patrick photographed a Sea Gull with one of the three chicks on the cliffs near the tidepool entrance.

A gray and white bird on the side of a dirt cliff. A baby bird is behind it.
NPS/P. Raetzman – Sea Gull with Chick
A small gray fluffy bird stands on the side of a dirt cliff.
NPS/P. Raetzman – Sea Gull Chick

Great Blue Heron fishing at low tide.

A large bird with a long thin neck stands in shallow water at the ocean's edge.
NPS/P. Raetzman – Great Blue Heron
A flat round animal on a sandy bottom in the ocean.
NPS/M. Rose – Round Ray
A rock collapse along a cliff above the ocean.
NPS/P. Raetzman – Bluff Collapse
A sea star with 5 arms in shallow water. Small circular dots are on each arm.
NPS/P. Raetzman – Blue Knobby Sea Star
A long thin stem and flower rising from a small spiky plant.
NPS/P. Raetzman – Dudleya “Live Forever”
A sea star with long thin arms.
NPS/M. Rose – Brittle Star
A shell covered round blob with two antenna sticking out.
NPS/M. Rose – Part of a lobster sticking out of an anemone
Thin pencil shaped animals in shallow water
NPS/M. Rose – Mysid Shrimp
A large hairy spider walking on a concrete path.
NPS/D. Wieder – Tarantula near the Lighthouse

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