Estuaries

Day two and we've already had adventures:). At the estuaries we got caught in the high tide that came on quicker than expected. We did manage to make the best of the high tide and caught a lot of speciest that were trying to retreat to the ocean to cool off or under the sand. We caught three male blue crabs alive and found about six dead blue crabs. Krya and Dr. C showed us how to distinguish between males and females and soon enough we were all able to easily tell male or female. Fiddler crabs were in scarce supply but we did find a few very small fiddlers and what we thought was a rock crab.. who thought he was a rock. On our way back tot he vans we almost brought home a neighbors dog who jumped in the van and tried to go home with us. All in all, successful day at the estuary. We managed to take home periwinkle,oyster, clam, and turban shells and also a colonial cnidarian (gorgonian) which was we learned was an animal and not a plant evne thought it looked like a tree. Scuba/snorkel tomorrow! Wish me, Kymri, and Elizabeth luck on our first dive!
More later:)
-Kayla