Another nice spring day at the beach. Temperature was about the same, and the wind a little higher (I had trouble keeping my hat on). The tide was a full foot lower than yesterday, even though we walked at dead low both days. You can see how much more was exposed here at the narrow spot compared to the
second picture from yesterday.
Georgia found the best tooth of the day, a pretty large
"Snaggle-tooth" (Hemipristis serra). Ultimately we found about 25 teeth in all, but this was the best. I also found another sting ray barb.
The tide allowed us to go past the "brush pile" that usually turns us around. Here you can see the beach covered with trees, and debris from the cliffs. And Skye, breaking trail as usual.
A piece of rock consisting almost entirely of fossil scallops "
Chesapecten". We could have collected bushel loads of intact scallop shells today.
Our only "native rock", a piece of
ironstone. Formed when iron rich water from underground hits the surface and the reduced iron oxidizes and precipitates. Often call
"bog iron" when found in modern marshes. We find all kinds of interesting shapes in it, like this one that looks bubbled. This is present in layers in the cliffs, and ends up on the beach when the cliffs slide.
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