2010 11-04 glassy with lots of birds

Zuma Beach photographs from Malibu High School, Thursday November 4, 2010. A very hot and sunny day.

Sanderling (Calidris alba).
Calidris alba wet sand 2010 Zuma 015
Snowy Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus).
Charadrius alexandrinus wet sand CLOSE 2010 Zuma 120
A line of several hundred Common Dolphins (Delphinus sp.) about a half mile offshore with Pelicans and other birds diving.
Delphinus line Pelecanus offshore 2010 Zuma 004
Live, in situ, Bean Clam (Donax gouldii) with commensal hydroid (Clytia bakeri). Looking closely one can see the mantle on ventral edge and the long foot on the anterior edge.
Donax gouldii live Clytia bakeri 2010 Zuma 004
Live, in situ, Bean Clam (Donax gouldii) with commensal hydroid (Clytia bakeri).
Donax gouldii live Clytia bakerii 2010 Zuma 005
Sleeping Heerman's Gulls (Larus heermanni).
Larus heermanni sleeping wet sand 2010 Zuma 015
Longboarder silhouette sparkle wave 2010 Zuma 066
sparkle waves silhouette longboarder 2010 Zuma 005
Elegant Terns (Sterna elegans).
Sterna elegans mass wet sand 2010 Zuma 002
Elegant Tern (Sterna elegans).
Sterna elegans wet sand 2010 Zuma 070
Elegant Terns (Sterna elegans).
Sterna elegans wet sand 2010 Zuma 096
Elegant tern (Sterna elegans).
Sterna elegans wet sand 2010 Zuma 101
Elegant Terns (Sterna elegans).
Sterna elegans wet sand 2010 Zuma 129
Elegant Tern (Sterna elegans).
Sterna elegans wet sand 2010 Zuma 022
Malibu High Biology students and Elegant Terns (Sterna elegans).
students low tide wet sand 2010 Zuma 008
wave dawn 2010 Zuma 018
wave golden sunrise 2010 Zuma 029
wave speckled paddler 2010 Zuma 075
Zostera marina with roots.
Zostera roots hand 2010 Zuma 048

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2010 11-04 glassy with lots of birds