By Athena Burk Bravo, Uma Garcia, Akira Wittkamper

Our first full day on the island started off by getting familiar with the local wildlife found in the tide pools of Deadman Bay. During our first hour, we spent time exploring the tidepools, at a high level and beginning to identify the species we were seeing.

We were lucky to have our guide Alex with us able to answer the questions regarding the ecosystem we were seeing. When we first got to the beach, we noticed the abundance of barnacles. As we began to explore further, we saw sea cucumbers, sea anemones, crabs, chitons, sea stars and even a bald eagle! We were able to identify the types of species more specifically with the help of our group and Alex.

Included below are some of the sights we saw this afternoon.