Dock Point, The Duck Flats & Beach

7/8/09 12:15pm-2:45pm
70 Degrees with a light breeze. It was hazy due to smoke from wildfires in the interior.

Plants:
Kelp
Rock Weed
Beach Grass
Ulva Seaweed
Northern Yarrow
Sitka Spruce
Willow
Alder
A Rush
Dandelions
Beach Cinquefoil (Pacific Silverweed)
Wild Celery
Salmonberries
Purple Northern Yarrow
Beach Pea
Goats Beard
Fire weed
Fringecup
Red Berried Elder
Devils Club
Watermelon Berry
Skunk Cabbage
Dogwood
Early Blueberry
Fools Huckleberry
Spagnum Moss (forms peat moss)
Wild Iris
Feather Moss
Cotton Grass
Corn Lilly
Broom Rate Ground Comb
Alaska Spiraea

Birds:
Bald Eagle
Raven
Seagull
Wren

Mammals:
Dog
Humans and their trash.
Bear Tracks and scat.
Small canine tracks; most likely a fox.
Douglas Squirrel

Insects:
Fly
Spiders
Pill Bug
Beetle
Mosquito

Aquatic Life:
Clam
Blue Muscle
Snail
Shrimp
Beach Hopper
Limpet
Idotea


We searched for organisms under rocks at the beach, and then went on to the duck flats. We found some really good bear prints in the mud. We also spotted a Bald Eagle in a nest. The mud was so soft & sticky I almost walked out of my boots. There are a lot of berries getting ready to ripen at Dock Point. We found a few salmon berries that were ripe enough to eat! You could see paths that bears made going through the berries and other plants. We also saw a Douglas Squirrel sitting on the branch of a Sitka Spruce, with a pine cone. We also saw the squirrels stash of cones under the tree. This was a short, but very good trip. We even treated ourselves to ice cream afterwards.