Big Creek Fieldtrips

Spring Break Fieldtrip to Landels-Hill Big Creek Reserve,
University of California, Monterey Co., California

Spring, 2003 (March 28 to April 2) - Part 1 (or go to Part 2 or Part Three)

On the road near San Simeon	Red-tailed hawk	San Simeon Pier
Gulls	Waves near San Simeon	Hearst Castle
Seal beach	Northern elephant seals	Seals and beach
Jordan and Matt	Big Sur, here we come	Santa Lucia Range looms
Getting close…	…to Big Creek	Fog belt
View towards the south	Oystercatcher Pt. in foreground	Gamboa Point in distance
First to arrive	In time for sundown	Morning at Whale Pt. Cabin
Feynner's cabin	View of Big Creek Bridge	Lookout spot
Down to Big Creek	Nice day for beaches	One last rock skip
Gatehouse	Prof. Ee gave intro to Big Creek	Time to hit the beach
Potter's beach	Wading	Tempting but dangerous
Almost too much fun	Beach crew	Why we like this class
Gina and Heidi	Vellela vellela on beach.	Lunchtime
Leaving Potter's	Squash bug	Healthy poison oak
Low tide at Mill Creek	Field observations	Low zone towards Mill Creek
Low zone to the south	Laminaria setchellii	Intertidal exploring
Jordan	Mussels and whelks	Discurria insessa on feather boa kelp
Sunflower star with crab prey	Sunflower stars with black turban snails	Pugettia producta
Mopalia lignosa	Tegula brunnea	Sponge (Haliclona sp.)
Petrolisthes cinctipes	P. cinctipes (ventral view)	Hydroid (Aglaophenia)
Very large black abalone shell	Dina holds the same shell	Lepidochitona dentiens
Live black abalone	Same (Haliotis cracherodii)	Head view
Isopod specialist	Idotea wosnesenskii on kelp	I. wosnesenskii close up
Tonicella lokii	T. lokii head valve has zigzags	Asterina miniata (aboral view)
Wes examines sunflower star	Lots of tube feet	Asterina miniata (oral view)
Brian models Pycnopodia	Side view	Beautiful

Go to Part Two or Part Three

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More Big Creek field trip images: January, 2003 - November, 2002 - October, 2002 - March, 2002 - March, 1998