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Watchable wildlife species often seen at Hidden Beach

September 17, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

Hidden Beach habitat use overview

(See also Exploiting starving orcas to push a boondoggle.)

Hidden Beach, with north at left, south at right.  Species are named on the map above where seen. (Google Earth map)

Photographed at Hidden Beach by Beth Clifton

Grey whales photographed from Hidden Beach, frequented by as many as three whale at a time for more than a month in spring 2018.

Sydney the harbor seal,  born just north of Hidden Beach in 2014,  has spent most of his life teasing dogs and playing peek-a-boo with humans in the Hidden Beach shallows. 

 

Many other harbor seals join Sydney on occasion.

 

 

 

River otter photographed between two Hidden Beach pilings.  Rafts of as many as 16 river otters at a time have been seen hunting in the vicinity.

 

 

Great horned owl photographed at Hidden Beach.

 

 

 

 

Great blue heron hunts from the pilings at Hidden Beach.

 

 

 

 

 

Rafts of as many as 1,500 surf scoters overwinter at Hidden Beach.

 

Plovers take wing at Hidden Beach.

 

 

 

This Dall’s porpoise washed up dead at Hidden Beach,  a victim of transient orcas, in 2017.  In April 2018 another Dall’s porpoise evaded orcas by swimming through the same passage near the pilings. 

 

 

Bald eagle at Hidden Beach.

 

 

 

Fish fry in Hidden Beach tidal pool.

 

 

 

 

Variety of migratory water birds overwintering at Hidden Beach.

 

 

 

Starfish at Hidden Beach––a favorite prey of river otters.

 

 

 

Giant jellyfish at Hidden Beach.

 

 

 

 

Crows compete with gulls as Hidden Beach low tide scavengers.

 

 

Hidden Beach is a favorite crabbing and clamming site for human as well as animal predators.

 

 

Mule deer often visit Hidden Beach,  usually but not always at night,  to lick salt.

 

 

 

Insects,  like these bees,  make heavy use of the Hidden Beach vegetation.

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Filed Under: Birds, Conservation, Crustaceans, Endangered species, Fish, Habitat, Marine life, Other species, Seals, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife

Comments

  1. Diane Billingsley says

    September 17, 2018 at 6:04 pm

    We live a short way north of the Public Access point to the beach. To disturb the beach area north of Hidden Beach would be a travesty and have a negative impact on the ecosystem that is a positive nurturing area for many forms of wildlife. We walk this beach often and observe the wildlife utilizing the entire area daily. The area is beautiful and flourishing the way it is. Why would the County or any other organization spend a great deal of money to ruin or change any aspect of of something that is so successfully serving the inhabitants?

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