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Hansine's Egg Eater (Olea hansineensis)

Observer

kellybrenner

Date

June 14, 2018 12:05 PM HST

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thiebaud

Date

April 29, 2021 08:14 PM PDT

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jensseattle

Date

April 16, 2022 11:12 AM PDT

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Brown-streaked Sapsucker (Stiliger fuscovittatus)

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luanroberts

Date

June 2, 2023 07:01 PM PDT

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Sea Swallow (Glaucus atlanticus)

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nhaass

Date

March 12, 2017

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shelleypasco

Date

March 21, 2024 06:37 AM PDT

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Green Heron (Butorides virescens)

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stypnzelda

Date

March 21, 2024 10:44 AM PDT

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Lined Chiton (Tonicella lineata)

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anna-b

Date

March 22, 2023 09:52 PM PDT

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King-of-the-Salmon (Trachipterus altivelis)

Date

June 7, 2020 02:17 PM PDT

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Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola)

Observer

badger8181

Date

February 22, 2020 02:20 PM CST

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gwark

Date

November 6, 2023 01:00 PM AKST

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Heart Crab (Phyllolithodes papillosus)

Observer

ebleke

Date

February 18, 2024 08:41 AM PST

Description

Dive observation. Juvenile. Finger for size in second photo.

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Pubescent Porcelain Crab (Pachycheles pubescens)

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hawnzd

Date

July 17, 2023 10:39 AM PDT

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nwisland

Date

June 30, 2022 10:29 AM PDT

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Horned Puffin (Fratercula corniculata)

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liamhutcheson

Date

July 19, 2023 02:01 PM PDT

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earley_bird

Date

July 3, 2023 10:06 AM PDT

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Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)

Observer

jubilee3

Date

February 9, 2024 04:17 PM PST

Description

This observation involves three eagles. Two eagles were perched in the tree, exchanging vocaliations, when a third eagle flew up to the top eagle in an aggressive manner. The approaching eagle and the bottom-perched eagle attacked each other, locking talons and spinning around over the lake. A short time later, the original pair flew off together over the lake, and the third eagle flew off in a different direction.

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Ochre Sea Star (Pisaster ochraceus)

Observer

burkemtnman

Date

July 6, 2016 02:33 PM HST

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Steller Sea Lion (Eumetopias jubatus)

Observer

beastmode1969

Date

February 18, 2020 11:40 AM PST

Description

Eating a Giant Pacific Octopus!

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Japanese Wireweed (Sargassum muticum)

Observer

bclarkston

Date

July 5, 2019 01:54 PM HST

Description

Low intertidal, on lined chiton.

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Naked Sea Butterfly (Clione limacina)

Observer

hawnzd

Date

February 12, 2024 04:53 PM PST

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East Pacific Red Octopus (Octopus rubescens)

Observer

ebleke

Date

February 10, 2024 11:52 AM PST

Description

Dive observation. Juvenile, only a few inches across. Camouflage barnacles!

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Kelp Greenling (Hexagrammos decagrammus)

Observer

greenwaterdiver

Date

February 9, 2024 03:55 PM PST

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naturebynancy

Date

February 8, 2024 12:14 PM PST

Description

I was Dock Fouling at Deer Harbor Marina and found this. I don’t even know where to start in classifying it.

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Hula Skirt Siphonophore (Physophora hydrostatica)

Observer

taylorlsmith

Date

February 8, 2024 04:47 PM PST

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Sea Cherub (Cliopsis krohnii)

Observer

hunterefs

Date

February 7, 2024 12:02 PM PST

Description

Approx. 4 individuals in a patch of flotsam. Very nice surprise!

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Hooded Nudibranch (Melibe leonina)

Observer

hunterefs

Date

February 7, 2024 12:12 PM PST

Description

~4 individuals, swimming!

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Warty Columned Anemone (Aulactinia incubans)

Observer

hunterefs

Date

February 7, 2024 11:05 AM PST

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hunterefs

Date

February 7, 2024 11:41 AM PST

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East Pacific Red Octopus (Octopus rubescens)

Observer

thelittlebrrmaid

Date

February 3, 2024 11:00 AM PST

Description

I love baby reds! This time of year they seem to be everywhere. At Mukilteo especially, I look extra closely at empty clam shells. This little guy was only an inch or so long.

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bellaormseth

Date

February 7, 2024 08:59 PM PST

Description

A segmented marine worm. Dead, I think. About 3 inches long.

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Two-spotted Keyhole Limpet (Fissurellidea bimaculata)

Observer

erin_mac3

Date

February 3, 2024 01:15 PM PST

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Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)

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kmf54

Date

March 7, 2023 04:52 PM PST

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Sunflower Sea Star (Pycnopodia helianthoides)

Observer

ewrunn1ng

Date

June 18, 2023 11:35 AM PDT

Description

This is the first Pycnopodia I've seen on Seattle beaches in six years. Hope it's a sign they're beginning to come back after being devastated by Sea Star wasting.

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Giant Pacific Octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini)

Observer

wendy5

Date

April 19, 2023 11:30 AM PDT

Description

This Bald Eagle was eating a Giant Pacific Octopus's 2' arm, then carried the remains to a branch on the bluff and kept eating.

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Golden-crowned Kinglet (Regulus satrapa)

Observer

ewrunn1ng

Date

February 12, 2023 02:04 PM PST

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Purple Ribbon Worm (Paranemertes peregrina)

Observer

ewrunn1ng

Date

September 26, 2019 10:08 AM PDT

Description

Purple Ribbon worm observed in the process of swallowing a Nereid polychaete. Fourth photo shows the ribbon worm everting its proboscis and injecting the prey with a toxin.

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Ragworms and Allies (Family Nereididae)

Observer

ewrunn1ng

Date

September 26, 2019 10:05 AM PDT

Description

Unfortunate polychaete being eaten by a ribbon worm.

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ewrunn1ng

Date

June 14, 2022 11:23 AM PDT

Description

Pregnant female with brood pouch

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Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps)

Observer

herptracker

Date

June 20, 2022 04:33 PM PDT

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Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)

Observer

ewrunn1ng

Date

October 17, 2022 08:41 AM PDT

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Ochre Sea Star (Pisaster ochraceus)

Observer

ewrunn1ng

Date

May 8, 2020 01:25 PM PDT

Description

Unusual seven-armed individual! I've seen some with six, but this is the first with seven I've ever found.

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Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)

Observer

ewrunn1ng

Date

February 9, 2022 10:50 AM PST

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Comb Jellies (Phylum Ctenophora)

Observer

dnordin

Date

February 18, 2020 03:48 PM PST

Description

This was found in a plankton tow off pier 60 in Seattle.
I kept waiting for it to uncoil to make me feel confident it was a marine worm of some kind.
It moved in a pulsing rotation by straightening and lowering what seem to be flagella or very pointed paddle-like appendages. These are rather flat and taper to the ends. What puzzles me is that even if this uncoils I am not sure this would demonstrate a bilateral symmetry I associate with most marine worm larvae.
I would love to hear what others think?

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Lewis's Moon Snail (Neverita lewisii)

Observer

ewrunn1ng

Date

April 26, 2019 12:17 PM PDT

Description

Beautiful Moon Snail operculum (trap door) found washed up on the beach. This is only the second one of these I've found.

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Flat-tip Piddock (Penitella penita)

Observer

ewrunn1ng

Date

April 29, 2017 09:45 AM PDT

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Insect-egg Slime (Leocarpus fragilis)

Observer

ewrunn1ng

Date

November 9, 2016 01:17 PM PST

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Northern Red Belt (Fomitopsis mounceae)

Observer

ewrunn1ng

Date

November 1, 2016 02:44 PM PDT

Description

Growing on the base of a stump. Some sort of shelf or bracket fungus?