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Who's that in the hole in the mud of the salt marsh in Wellfleet Mass?

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And who's that in the shallow pool at low tide?

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Who's congregating in the muddy water by the hundred?

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Why it's the Atlantic salt marsh fiddler crab! (Scientific name: Uca pugnax) These adorable little scavengers were very abundant when my dad and I went walking by the shore on our recent visit to Cape Cod. Sexual selection by the female crabs has driven the evolution of one oversized claw on the males.
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I've noticed that many places, usually coastal, have locations that they call "Land's End" or even "World's End." I've been lucky enough to visit some of these with my Dad. Yesterday we went to World's End in Hingham, Massachusetts.
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Clevedon.

Jul. 13th, 2010 04:49 pm
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I can't believe I'm still posting vacation pics from July 5th. I may never catch up. Anyway, after my meeting in Reading, we headed west and stopped at Clevedon, a town in England across the Severn Estuary from Wales. They have walled off an artificial lake at the beach, and here my brother is standing on the wall:


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We had ourselves a little adventure at the Quincy Seashore. There were many opportunities for noticing things and making discoveries along the beach and in the salt marsh. We found this tiny shark, which I can't identify because I didn't at the time know what field markings to look for. I did a little research and I think next time I'll have a chance. It's probably a spiny dogfish.



There are eight more photographs, including another dead thing that might be a little harder to look at than this well-picked over fish. Standard dead animal warning. (It's not that bad, but I thought you should know). There's also a panorama that might push the edges of your page around.Read more... )
urbpan: (Me and Charlie in the Arnold Arboretum)

We realized yesterday that, it being November, we could take the dogs to the beach. We went to a tidal river park, a salt marsh park, and a seashore park. This is the salt marsh.

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