More November cage sampling

Here are more photos of my field work last week.

We have to take all the lids off every time we go out. 

On clear days we get a visit from these shorebirds! They blend in very well; how many can you see? 

Here is another borehole. 

Four painted snails in one shot! The orange one might be eating that large mussel.

These dogwhelks are from Lompoc, a site near Point Conception.

What is this arthropod-like creature squirming in the mussel matrix?