Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Fun Times at the Beach

Teri, Luna and Ken on the beach

Ken and Luna

jellyfish

sea shell

sandpiper lodge

pilings at Westport

docks at Westport

Teri & Ken & Luna at the beach

shrimp

Luna at the beach

racoons at Ocean Shores

Luna at the beach

Sunrise at the beach

The previous post has Images from the Beach.

Images from the beach


Shorebirds near Pacific Beach

tire tracks on the beach

stream

at the beach

at the beach

moon over ocean

sand patterns

beach

beach

waves

The previous post has images from The Rainforest

The Rainforest



One afternoon we drove over to the Quinault Rainforest. We were lucky to have good weather - it wasn't raining.

in the rainforest

Quinault rainforest

Quinault rainforest

Quinault rainforest moss

Quinault rainforest

Quinault rainforest shrooms

Quinault rainforest

lake quinault

Quinault rainforest dreams

The previous post has images from Razor Clams on the Beach

Razor Clams on the beach

We dug for Razor Clams three nights in a row and got our limit each time. Lucky for us, our friends Gary and Karlene in Ocean Shores took the time to coach us on digging, catching, and most importantly cleaning these tasty clams. And they loaned us lots of equipment to make it all so much easier. Many thanks.
The winter low tides happen at night so this is an adventure in the darkness on the beach.

clam shows
Two clam shows


many clam shows
Many clam shows


razor clam shell
Clam shell


razor clam diggers
The scene on the beach. Everyone has their own lantern or flashlight to locate the clam shows and chase them down in the wet sand.


razor clams
One night's limit for two people.


The previous post has images from Birds on the Beach

Birds on the coast

We went to the ocean for a change of scenery last week. Here are a few birds we saw around Pacific Beach, Westport and Tokeland.

Shorebirds near Pacific Beach
I think these birds are mostly Sanderlings with perhaps some Dunlin.

Shorebirds near Pacific Beach

Shorebirds near Pacific Beach

Shorebirds near Pacific Beach

Marbled Godwits in the setting sunlight
Marbled Godwits in the setting sunlight at Tokeland

rockbirds
Least Sandpipers?