Post by Admin on Mar 3, 2016 2:42:45 GMT
Tide Pooling in the Tide Pools on the Beach at Lincoln City
Introduce you children to the wonders of the Oregon coast by visiting a guided tour of the tide pools on the beach at Lincoln City. The tour is free and everyone is welcome. The tide gradually recedes, leaving behind exposed rocks with many little pools of still salt water. In those pools many colorful, exotic creatures make their homes – starfish, sea anemones and urchins, and tiny fish. There are several good areas to explore tide pools in the Lincoln City area. Two of the best are at Roads End State Park and at the 15th Street beach access. Starfish live side-by-side with sea anemones and sea urchins. The starfish are red, orange and pink; the sea anemones are a rich purple and green; and the sea urchins a rich, dark purple. Among this cornucopia of colors are tiny fish and hermit crabs darting from one rocky shelter to the next. Rocky residents like mussels and barnacles thrive in the intertidal zone. Mussels have a long, tapered dark blue to black shell. The vivid, orange flesh of the mussel is edible and a prized delicacy in many parts of the world. Barnacles are small, and usually white, and cluster on rocks and pilings. Check the local tide tables for a minus tide, which is the best time to explore tide pools. Click on the following image to enlarge it. Florescence of marine organisms is fairly common but difficult to capture with the camera.
Join us on the follow Tide Pool Clinic dates:
•Friday, January 26, 2018 @ 9:00am
•Wednesday, February 14, 2018 @ 1:00pm
•Saturday, February 24, 2018 @ 8:00am
•Sunday, February 25, 2018 @ 9:00am
•Saturday, March 3, 2018 @ 3:00pm
•Saturday, March 10, 2018 @ 9:00am
•Friday, March 16, 2018 @ 2:00pm
•Saturday, March 31, 2018 @ 2:00pm
•Saturday, April 14, 2018 @ 1:00pm
•Friday, April 27, 2018 @ 1:00pm
Contact us for additional information:
801 SW Highway 101 • Suite 401 • Lincoln City • Oregon • 97367 • 541- 996-1274 • 1-800-452-2151 •
Introduce you children to the wonders of the Oregon coast by visiting a guided tour of the tide pools on the beach at Lincoln City. The tour is free and everyone is welcome. The tide gradually recedes, leaving behind exposed rocks with many little pools of still salt water. In those pools many colorful, exotic creatures make their homes – starfish, sea anemones and urchins, and tiny fish. There are several good areas to explore tide pools in the Lincoln City area. Two of the best are at Roads End State Park and at the 15th Street beach access. Starfish live side-by-side with sea anemones and sea urchins. The starfish are red, orange and pink; the sea anemones are a rich purple and green; and the sea urchins a rich, dark purple. Among this cornucopia of colors are tiny fish and hermit crabs darting from one rocky shelter to the next. Rocky residents like mussels and barnacles thrive in the intertidal zone. Mussels have a long, tapered dark blue to black shell. The vivid, orange flesh of the mussel is edible and a prized delicacy in many parts of the world. Barnacles are small, and usually white, and cluster on rocks and pilings. Check the local tide tables for a minus tide, which is the best time to explore tide pools. Click on the following image to enlarge it. Florescence of marine organisms is fairly common but difficult to capture with the camera.
Join us on the follow Tide Pool Clinic dates:
•Friday, January 26, 2018 @ 9:00am
•Wednesday, February 14, 2018 @ 1:00pm
•Saturday, February 24, 2018 @ 8:00am
•Sunday, February 25, 2018 @ 9:00am
•Saturday, March 3, 2018 @ 3:00pm
•Saturday, March 10, 2018 @ 9:00am
•Friday, March 16, 2018 @ 2:00pm
•Saturday, March 31, 2018 @ 2:00pm
•Saturday, April 14, 2018 @ 1:00pm
•Friday, April 27, 2018 @ 1:00pm
Contact us for additional information:
801 SW Highway 101 • Suite 401 • Lincoln City • Oregon • 97367 • 541- 996-1274 • 1-800-452-2151 •