Totem Park Tidepools and Walk Across the Bridge

I am not sure why these Ochre Sea Stars (Pisaster ochraceus) were all gathered together on the tide flat.

Ochre Sea Stars (Pisaster ochraceus) come in more than one color.

I am not sure why the apparent holes were in this Ochre Sea Star (Pisaster ochraceus).

Detail of the surface of an orange Ochre Sea Star (Pisaster ochraceus).

Beach at Totem Park.

This Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) appeared to eat from the salmonberry buds.

This salmonberry bud (Rubus spectabilis) was one that had been chewed on by the Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia).

Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola)

Canada Geese (Branta canadensis)

Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodius)

I think this might be a hybrid gull.

The gull in question seems as large a the Glaucous-winged Gulls on either side of it, but has much darker wing tips.

I was intrigued by the lines of something trailing the wings of the jet.

Rockwell Lighthouse