The Nature of Puget Sound (Please read description!)

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About The Nature of Puget Sound (Please read description!)

This group is a place to put photos of any kind of seashore life that is found within the confines of the Greater Puget Sound area. Puget Sound is the area that lies between the Olympic Mountains and the Cascade Mountains. It may be entered from the north via the channel between Port Townsend and Whidbey Island, through Deception Pass (between Whidbey and Fidalgo Islands), or through the Swinomish Slough (which separates Fidalgo Island from the mainland. I am also including the San Juan Archipelago, including Rosario Strait and Haro Strait.

This can be plants along the beach, seaweeds, invertebrates, fishes, birds, mammals, etc. Dead things are allowed, but nothing purposely offensive and no nudity or pornography allowed.
The structure of this group is as follows:
.....On or around Floating Docks & Pilings
.....Rocky Shores
..........The Supralittoral Fringe (Zone 1) this area is only affected by higher tides, and it's uppermost portion may not often be wet except from spray or rain.
..........The Upper Midlittoral Zone (Zone 2) this area is the most often visited during mid to lower tides.
..........The Lower Midlittoral Zone (Zone 3) this area is the area that has the most shellfish and the larger "sea weeds", generally only visited during low tide periods.
..........The Infralittoral Fringe (Zone 4) this part of the beach is exposed only during the lowest tides.
.....Sandy Beaches (not the mudflats, beaches that you can walk on, not sink into)
.....Quiet Bays & Salt Marshes (including mudflats)
.....Areas around the above-mentioned areas, areas that are not directly affected by the salt spray/salt water. (This area is intentionally vague, because it is hard to tell where the beach ends and "terrestrial" areas start).

These areas will most likely be encountered in varying degrees on much of the coastlines of Puget Sound and the Islands.

My reason for creating this particular group, is that I have a great deal of interest in the health and diversity of flora & fauna in Puget Sound. I grew up going to the beaches and Whidbey Island every chance we got.

If you wish to tag your photos, please do. If your photo(s) are of significance in documenting a uncommon species, you may choose not to geotag it, so that it can remain "hidden", and safe.

Shoreline shots are welcome, also.



A few examples:


Have lots of fun! I will! :0