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Post by rockpickerforever on Jun 3, 2016 17:17:25 GMT -5
Hot out here in the east county of San Diego (where I live) yesterday. Hot today and will be hot tamale as well.
The temp at the beach is currently running a good 15 - 20 degrees cooler than inland, so I called my sister in the morning and asked if she would like to take her dog, Bailey, to Fiesta Island. It is a leash-free area, where dogs can run, chase balls, play with other dogs and swim. They love it down there. Bailey is thirteen, and she is slowing down a little. Don't know how many more trips she has left in her. 
Like a good retriever, she does like the water. Look at that smile! 
She does not like cameras, lol. 
Thanks to El Nino, there are still lots of tuna crabs (Pleuroncodes planipes) washing up onto the beaches. Called a crab, but looks more like a little lobster that has been chasing moored boats. 
About that big. (phone is 3.5 inches long) 
Good fishing bait! On the last 1/2 day boat I was on, people catching fish (not me  ) were bringing up fish that had been naturally eating these, already had them in their mouths when hooked up. 
A new moon on Sunday is causing extreme high and low tides right now. That and the strong onshore wind conspired to wash these crabs up onto the beach. Many were still alive, I threw a bunch back into the water. Surprised only one gull showed up for the banquet. This is inside Mission Bay, just across from Sea World. I have never seen them inside the bay before. I'll bet that the beaches on the ocean shore was just coated red with them. 
And what would a beach trip be without seaweed? Some kind of algae bubble. 
A larger one, looks like a brain. 
Dead Man's Fingers, Codium fragile. The algae above reside in the bay, this one was washed in from the ocean. These look awesome, the way they move, when you are underwater. Undulating in the current like a hula dancer.... 
And what would a beach trip be without a couple rock pics? I do not go anywhere that I don't pick up more rocks, lol. 
Flat edge a natural break. 
Don't know what it is, but it kind of resembles Gary Green jasper. 
Last one, whatever it is. Will throw this in my tumbler in the near future. 
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Post by jamesp on Jun 4, 2016 6:46:32 GMT -5
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Post by jamesp on Jun 4, 2016 6:47:54 GMT -5
What makes the sand dark, basalt ? Lava products ? No pics of horizon ?
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Post by rockpickerforever on Jun 5, 2016 18:46:33 GMT -5
What makes the sand dark, basalt ? Lava products ? No pics of horizon ?
First of all, James, let me say that the pics of the strange brain algae and dead man's fingers I posted just for you. Knew you'd like them! I think if you cooked that, you would still be hungry, lol. 99.999% water, a little tiny bit of plant matter and salt. Well, at least it would be already seasoned.
The sand is not dark, just wet. It is white when dry. While there was a hint of a bay here originally, most of the bay has been dredged, man-made. A lot of organic matter, and it doesn't flush all that well. There are locations that get flushed less than here, but this water does not get moved around much. At least enough tidal flow occurs to bring the tuna crabs in. With the wind's help.
No horizon pics because I was in the bay, not at the ocean. All you'd see is the rip-rap along the south edge of the bay near Sea World. Will see what I have in the way of beach/horizon pics in my computer. Or, I can just take some next time. |
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Post by Pat on Jun 5, 2016 23:08:38 GMT -5
Jean, the little red crab you are holding looks very worried! How could anyone eat something that cute?  |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 6, 2016 9:16:52 GMT -5
Pelagic red crabs is another name used I've never seen one. Sea snakes found there too!
Thanks for the trippy trip report.
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Post by rockjunquie on Jun 6, 2016 9:29:06 GMT -5
Great pictures! Who can resist such a happy looking pup even if he doesn't like the camera?
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Post by jamesp on Jun 7, 2016 13:31:36 GMT -5
@shotgunner 's dog does not like the camera.
He has a 'go to hell look' when being photographed lol. What's his name ? Hobo ?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 7, 2016 14:08:46 GMT -5
His online character name is "Hobo the Wonderdog".
Recently we have gotten some good ones. I think it's the IR focusing beam. He is getting cataracts and maybe the beam doesn't bother anymore.
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Post by rockpickerforever on Jun 7, 2016 18:05:42 GMT -5
Okay, you want more beach pictures?
From the beach in Coronado. You can barely make out the Coronado Islands (there are four of them) on the horizon to the right side of photo. According to Wiki, the islands lie between 15 and 19 miles south of the entrance to San Diego bay, but only 8 miles from the Mexican mainland. When we have offshore (westerly) winds, and the air is much drier, the islands are much more visible. 
From Wiki, viewed from the beach in Tijuana. 
We didn't go much to the bay, usually took the dogs to the ocean, so they could frolic in the waves. Cricket. 
She loved to jump waves! 
Good ball dog. 
My new dog... 
Who wants to play?? jamesp 
Just kidding. Not in this lifetime, though. I've always liked these dogs. Photo taken July 24, 2002. This dog would be pretty old if still around. 
Point Loma. 
Hotel Del Coronado. 
Racquetball racquets are the ticket for sending the balls out. Cricket and Spunky. 
Lucy was a big ham, she always loved to have her photo taken! 
Happy dog! She went to that great dog park in the sky last October. 
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Post by Pat on Jun 7, 2016 18:09:32 GMT -5
Jean, I love you dog pictures! Especially love the happy dog pictures.
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Post by rockpickerforever on Jun 8, 2016 11:43:48 GMT -5
Pelagic red crabs is another name used I've never seen one. Sea snakes found there too! Thanks for the trippy trip report. They are at it again! This just on the news yesterday -
"Thousands of red tuna crabs wash up in Mission Bay" www.cbs8.com/story/32169366/thousands-of-red-tuna-crabs-wash-up-in-mission-bay
This photo from Fox news, Ocean Beach 
Jean, the little red crab you are holding looks very worried! How could anyone eat something that cute?
They don't have to worry about humans eating them, Pat. Besides being stranded by the tide and drying out, this is what they most have to fear: (Photo from San Diego Union Tribune last year.) 
But, hey, the birds can only eat so much. It's all part of nature's plan. I imagine there are lots of things eating them offshore.
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Post by Pat on Jun 8, 2016 11:47:30 GMT -5
My policy is to not eat anything that is looking at me. So rude! And don't ever bite an oyster in half! |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 8, 2016 12:55:03 GMT -5
That's awesome!!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 8, 2016 13:03:10 GMT -5
Do they taste like tuna?
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Post by rockpickerforever on Jun 8, 2016 13:03:19 GMT -5
I'm wondering what the stench will be like once we get some decomposition going on of the ones that don't get washed back out? Probably not as bad as the stench in La Jolla, where the federally protected seals/sea lions have taken up residence! That place smells to high heaven!!
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Post by rockpickerforever on Jun 8, 2016 13:04:06 GMT -5
I think the tuna eat them, as well as a lot of other fish.
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Post by jamesp on Jun 8, 2016 13:15:57 GMT -5
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Post by jamesp on Jun 8, 2016 13:16:52 GMT -5
What killed em ??
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Post by rockpickerforever on Jun 8, 2016 13:17:40 GMT -5
Ha ha, funny. James, I used to eat crawdads as a kid. Wouldn't eat anything from the polluted San Diego River now.
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) were bringing up fish that had been naturally eating these, already had them in their mouths when hooked up. 
