I promised to post more on this . . . but (as usual) life got away from me, and I got busy.
At the beach this summer we were told to visit the tidal pools if we got the chance, so we did. Tidal pools are created the hour before and after low tide as the tide recedes further out into the ocean leaving pools of water between sand bars. There are all kinds of creatures there, you just have to look.
I don't remember what DH has in his hand here besides shells.
and hermit crabs (again, more food for the sea gulls), we were just walking along through the ankle to knee deep water, constantly walking on stones. It wasn't until we stopped and looked for a while that we realized the "stones" were hermit crabs hiding in their shells. When the water was still for a bit they would come out and scurry around. Most of the larger shells that we found were broken because the sea gulls would peck through the shell to get to the crabs inside.
We got to see seagulls, they enjoy the tidal pools because hunting for food is a lot easier when you can see it.
crabs (this is some of the food the sea gulls were hunting for),
and hermit crabs (again, more food for the sea gulls), we were just walking along through the ankle to knee deep water, constantly walking on stones. It wasn't until we stopped and looked for a while that we realized the "stones" were hermit crabs hiding in their shells. When the water was still for a bit they would come out and scurry around. Most of the larger shells that we found were broken because the sea gulls would peck through the shell to get to the crabs inside.
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