Hooray! It's Friday! dailyotter.org/posts/2021/8/2… 📸: Elkhorn Slough

Today's fish is the Plainfin Midshipman (Porichthys notatus)! Males produce a loud hum which can be heard from land. In CA, the calls keep houseboat residents up at night and were originally thought to be part of a military experiment!
📸Bjorn S, ElkhornSlough, USGS

It's a good thing sea otters can still gather in groups! dailyotter.org/posts/2020/7/4… 📸: Elkhorn Slough

Happy #WorldOtterDay !
#PointLobos #MontereyBay #ElkhornSlough

It's the ciiircle of liiife dailyotter.org/posts/2022/4/2… 📸: Robert Hernandez / Elkhorn Slough

At the Hester Marsh restoration site, we are piloting techniques to promote marsh plant grow during drought conditions. These include water, soil amendments, soil loosing, and adding topography. We planted a new experiment last week! Elkhorn Slough

California brown pelicans preening and handing out along a rock ledge at the Elkhorn Slough Estuary in Monterey County, California.

#brownpelicans #Pelicans #birds #elkhornslough #TwitterNatureCommunity #wildlife #nature #photography

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🦦 The sea otter's fur traps air in its mind-boggling 150,000 hairs per square centimetre! This makes it a perfect floating raft for its cub...
(Photo credit: Wendy Yates)
#otters #conservation #survival #charity #seaotters #monterey #elkhornslough

#Tsunami expect to reach Monterey around 7:35 am this morning, which will correspond with #HighTide for #Monterey at 8:05 am. Expect low lying inundation and minor flooding possible, especially for areas like #ElkhornSlough . #Cawx

#SeaOtterAwarenessWeek #marine #mammal #nature #otter #travel #wildlife #photography #ElkhornSlough
#MontereyBay #California #USA Ping Mark Panopoulos randykayhere Elkhorn Slough Exploration Project International Otter Survival Fund (IOSF) Jake (the 80s & 90s never ended in my world) Rudh Mixed Media/King W. Books Restaunique Janet Hill See Monterey Visit California

Kayaking, sea otters, and farmers’ markets 🌽🍓🚣‍♂️ Another great day in Monterey 🐋 #Mosslanding #elkhornslough #california #seaotters #seals #sealions #marinelife

🦦What could be better than a Sunday morning #seaotter cuddle puddle?

No, but seriously 🥹

📸: Gretchen Kay Stuart | #seaotter s #montereybay #elkhornslough #marinemammals #elakhaalliance

Hypnotic #eelgrass meadows in #Elkhornslough

King Tides helped submerge a trail in the Elkhorn Slough National Preserve Elkhorn Slough earlier today.

Did anyone notice higher than normal tidal levels elsewhere along the coastal interface today?

Checking out the future site for Phase 3 of the Hester Marsh restoration project at Elkhorn Slough
Exciting things to come!

#ElkhornSlough 🦦

Absolutely goregous morning on the water at #ElkhornSlough . 🚣🦦🤙

Sneaking a peek at my #naturalhistory students' field notebooks on our ENVS144 field trip to Elkhorn Slough Saturday. As usual, Santa Clara Univ students inspire me!

Here's a sea otter cracking open a clam on the side of a boat to brighten your #Wednesday .

Bonus waterbadger barrel roll at the end! 💙
#ElkhornSlough #SeaOtterAwarenessWeek #OtterlyAdorable