Low tide mid-april 2024 Text and photos by John F. Williams It’s spring! I took a close look at some of the springtime activity on the beach at low tide. It’s the time of year when moon snails are creating egg collars and leaving them on the beach....
What do Sand Dollars Do? Sand dollars can be seen on sandy beaches at low tide in many places around the Salish Sea. But they’re not known for their entertaining antics. Here’s a 6 minute, informal video that will tell some of the story of what sand...
Low tide late april Text and photos by John F. Williams Our second set of low tides in April 2021 was quite low: minus three feet April 29. Here is some imagery from that one day. I visited the beach in Suquamish near the dock. I got there about 30 minutes before the...
What is this above? Low Tide Early April A 2021 Photo Essay Text and photos by Marilyn DeRoy When the tide goes out on the shore of Hood Canal, there are numerous things to see: some common, and some sights more rare. What is this to the left? A young bald eagle lets...
WHERE AND WHEN Citizen Science Give and Take Salish Magazine brings glimpses of local nature your way, but where can you go see these things yourself? iNaturalist can be a big help. Available either as a web page or an app, iNaturalist offers explorers (like you) a...
