Tide Pools at Point Loma

On the western side of Point Loma lies a rocky intertidal zone, a window into the ocean ecosystem. During low tides, pools form along the shore in rocky depressions.

 Tide pools can be huge, deep holes nearer the ocean. These pools are below the low tide line and are filled with ocean water most of the time.

 Some tide pools are small,shallow puddles found high up on the beach. These pools are above the low tide line and are exposed to air much of the day. This poses a special challenge to the organisms living there. They have to survive in both wet and dry conditions. Animals often hide under cool damp rocks and moist seaweed so their bodies do not dry out before the tide comes back in.  During a big rainfall, the pools may  fill with fresh water, a sharp contrast to the usual salt water environment. 

 These are park rangers. Rangers and volunteers monitor the tide pools. The tall ranger on the right is from Helen, GA...our home state. She said the boats in the pic on the right were whale watching boats. A whale had been spotted, but we missed it.

The cliffs are quite pretty too and make for interesting backdrops. There were shells embeddied into the rocks there.

Low tide was at 4:00 PM when we went. It was a beautiful day at the ocean. I love the exploring and Joe loved sitting and watching. I will say, the rocks were way slippery. I got stuck at on spot and had to take a minute to figure out how to get out....right side up.

From here we headed to Sunset Cliffs... a short 4 mile ride. It was perfect timing as sunset was at 5:44 pm.  That will be the next post.

Thank you for visiting...

A Day for the Birds!

By mid morning the sun had warmed up to a very nice 71 degrees F. Just a beautiful day to sit outside and read. It wasn't long till I heard the birds...first the crows. I put the kindle down and picked up the camera just in time to look up and see a busy crow squawking. Wrecks was tormented!

Looks like the makings of a nest. Below is the feeder in our yard here.



These old crows have NOT been very busy! Just sorta sitting there taking in all the goings and comings...or so I thought. They were spotted in Apopka,FL by Rick and Kathy Rousseau (ricknkathyrousseau.blogspot.com) from It's about time.

 OK all my bloggin buddies...is this a Cooper's Hawk or a Western Red-Tail Hawk in the picture below? He was spotted in the tree next door to us. He and the crows were not getting along!

Couldn't resist the butterfly...

Jack and Dover waiting very patiently to go to the doggie park...

I just liked this picture...the bird  was brownish, but had a pretty yellow spot on his wing which does not show up in the photo.



Another attempt to get a hummer in flight...

Could this be the end?

Hummer and dove...

Sally has a new doo!




Well, the geese are headed north, but we are "Here for Now" and just loving it. Plan to be here until March 8th.


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