2013 10-10 Zuma

A sunny day with plenty of cool things like togas and a visit from old Neptune !

King Neptune gathers his research powers during student work at Zuma Beach.
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Honors English students and their annual reading of Julius Caesar dress in togas and spent their biology class "roman" around the beach.
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A pair of marbled godwits (Limosa fedoa) are shown wading in the wave swash.
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A marbled godwit (Limosa fedoa) is mirrored on the wet sand as it pokes around for sand crabs .
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Looking up at a soaring brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis).
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Image 1 of 3: an elegant tern (Sterna elegans) shown grooming.
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Image 2 of 3: an elegant tern (Sterna elegans) shown grooming.
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Image 3 of 3: an elegant tern (Sterna elegans) shown grooming.
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A close look at a kelp pipefish (Sygnathus californiensis) found washed ashore in giant kelp debris.
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A kelp pipefish (Sygnathus californiensis) found washed ashore in giant kelp debris.
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Wave.
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Tractors work in tandem as they move the lifeguard towers to a safe location in preparation for possible winter storm surf.
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© Robert Perry