Tidepooling at Point Holmes with Rick Harbo

Posted on July 8, 2023 by web_admin

On June 4, 2023, the Shoreline Group enjoyed an excellent outing at Point Holmes with special guest leader Rick Harbo.

Shoreline Group with Rick Harbo (Photo: Shirley Coulson)

You can download the full trip report and a list of species observed. Below are photos of a few of the organisms that the group observed (click a photo to enlarge it).

Leather star (Photo: Ann Tarves)

Orange sea cucumber (Photo: Ann Tarves)

Cockscomb blenny (Photo: Shirley Coulson)

Plainfin midshipman and eggs (Photo: Shirley Coulson)

Snails and eggs (Photo: Shirley Coulson)

About Rick Harbo

From the Harbour Publishing website:

Rick M. Harbo, BSc, is the author of the bestselling Tidepool & Reef (Big Country Books, 1980), Shells & Shellfish of the Pacific Northwest (Harbour Publishing, 1997), Pacific Reef and Shore (Harbour Publishing, 2017) plus several pocket field guides to marine life of the Pacific Northwest (Harbour Publishing).

Harbo is a diver and a retired senior marine biologist with Fisheries and Oceans Canada. He currently volunteers as a research associate with the Royal BC Museum. Harbo lives in Nanaimo, BC.

Be sure to check out the recently revised and expanded third edition of his popular field guide Whelks to Whales: Coastal Marine Life of the Pacific Northwest.

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