Sweetwater Wetlands
Nesting
Wild West Showdown PART 1!! (HERGS in separate obs)
Botulism - buried nearby
Observed as part of a cormorant monitoring program.
Observed as part of a nesting seabird monitoring program
grey cormorant in center frame
The turtles are in another observation
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Gastropoda
Order Littorinimorpha
Family Littorinidae
Genus Echinolittorina
Species placida
ID'd by location and the banding pattern on the shell
Fun Fact: Littorinid snails cannot move or feed through soft substrates like mud or sand.