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 2 (or go to Part 1 or Part Three)

Sightseeing drive to Big Sur	Julia Pfeiffer State Park	Rocky outcrop
Julia Pfeiffer State Park	Wide angle view	Falls onto beach
Afternoon view from Nepenthe	Phoenix at Nepenthe	Morning view of Big Creek
Western fence lizard male	California poppies	Morning hike below Dolan Ridge
The girls	Crimson columbine	Up to Dolan Ridge
Ridgetop	Wow! That was steep!	Time to rest
Everyone made it!	Another group shot	View across to cabins
Posing	Back down ridge	Iris scene along trail
Horsetails along creek	Cold dip after hike	Chillin'
Jordan above pool…	…takes the plunge	Peace
Palms near Oystercatcher	Poison oak thicket	Oystercatcher Point from "trail"
As close as we got	View towards Big Creek	Site 1 and Big Creek Bridge
Wading to Site 1	More waders	Alternative to wading
Climbing rock face to Site 1	Made it to Site 1	Negotiating Site 1 intertidal
Sea otters offshore	Sea otters again	Owl limpet territories
Matt gets exposed	Jordan	Katharina tunicata
Site 1 at low tide	Heidi	Matt with Gamboa Pt. behind
Jordan again	Students vs. ocean	Back up "path"
The climb	Not easy to dodge the waves	Footbridge out
Looking back at Big Creek	Sundown from Whale Pt.	Morning view
Nichole, Gina, and Bernie	Juvenile gopher snake	Class headed to Monterey
Rocky Pt. near Carmel	At Monteray Bay Aquarium	Ctenophore
Northern sea nettle	Another northern sea nettle	Blue jelly
Crystal jelly	Upside-down jelly	Close-up of upside down jelly
Matt by Haeckel plates	Siphonophores by Haeckel	Jelly glass model
Sea otter at aquarium	Sea otter again	Behind-the-scenes tour
Kevin shows us shark tank	Curious rehabilitating otter	Otter food (Cancer productus)
Predatory chiton (Placiphorella velata)	Giant gumboot chiton (Cryptochiton stelleri)	Giant gumboot chiton
Geoduck clam	Above aquarium tidepool	Doc Ricketts fans
	We stopped at Pt. Pinos

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