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A charmingly illustrated nature guide to Ocean Beach and the coastal ecology of San Francisco.
Grab your beach blanket and your puffy jacket (this is San Francisco, after all) and get ready to see Ocean Beach like never before. Longtime local surfer and scientist Eddy Rubin celebrates this magical sandy stretch through stories of its animals and plants and the natural and human forces that have shaped this coastal environment. From sand dollars and seaweed to the snowy plovers in the dunes, and stretching out to the seals and whales offshore, Rubin profiles twenty-nine local flora and fauna with wonder and curiosity. To explain the why and how, he also teaches readers about the weather and geological forces that have created this unique sandy ecology. Lifetime lovers of Ocean Beach and new neighbors alike will delight in Rubin's guide, brought vividly to life by more than forty full-color artworks by illustrator Greg Wright. With this guide, Rubin invites readers to explore the place where ocean and land meet, to learn from surfers and fishermen about what's out in the waves, and to protect this shared expanse of sandy shoreline.
Contents
Authors Note
OCEAN BEACH
Water and Weather
Fog
Waves
Tides and Currents
Riptides
Sea Foam
Sandbars and Sand Dunes
FAUNA
Hard-Bodied Creatures
Sand Crab
Dungeness Crab
Sand Dollar
Soft-Bodied Creatures
By-the-Wind Sailor
Moon Jelly
Pacific Sea Nettle
Seabirds and Shorebirds
California Brown Pelican
Cormorant
Western Gull
Snowy Plover
Sanderling
Willet
Short-Billed Dowitcher
Fully Aquatic Marine Mammals
Gray Whale
Humpback Whale
Blue Whale
Sperm Whale
Common Bottlenose Dolphin
Harbor Porpoise
Partially Aquatic Marine Mammals
California Sea Lion
Harbor Seal
Fish
Surfperch
Striped Bass
Great White Shark
FLORA
Beach Strawberry
Silver Dune Lupine
Bull Kelp
Ice Plant
European Beachgrass
Ocean Beach Ecosystem: Looking Forward
Acknowledgments
Resources
About the Author
About the Illustrator
