California Ecosystems - Oystercatchers in the Tidepools (original) astragalus Birds include: Red-winged Blackbird

Birds include: Red-winged Blackbird

Cards are printed in Santa Cruz on cover-weight paper

This original illustration of a Northern Mockingbird is from my series "Birds We Love to Hate"

you may notice small grey-brown shore birds scurrying on the sand

bioluminescent Blue Lanternfish (Tarletonbeania crenularis) are prey for many species

California Ecosystems - Oystercatchers in the Tidepools (original) astragalus Birds include: Red-winged BlackbirdThis work focuses on the ecological relationships in the tide pools along the coast of Central California. In some places, the rock surfaces around tide pools look black from a distance. Look closer and you will see that the black is actually the deep indigo of California Mussel colonies or a dense coat of marine algae that are actually green, purple, red, gold, or brown. Every pool teems with life including small molluscs we know as Purple Olivella