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MONTEREY BAY SANCTUARY: ESTUARIES IMAGES
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Estuary Images
Otter in Elkhorn slough Snowy egret Elkhorn slough tide gates
Blond-headed sea otter in Elkhorn Slough, resting in an eel grass bed. Photo: Stamski / SIMoN NOAA. Snowy Egret (Egretta thula) hunting in shallow water of Elkhorn Slough. Photo: Stamski / SIMoN NOAA. Remnants of tide gates for evaporation ponds (active from 1930s to 1970s). Photo: Stamski / SIMoN NOAA.
mudflats sanderlings on mudflat Scott Creek
View of Elkhorn Slough mudflats and watershed, looking east. Photo: Stamski / SIMoN NOAA. Pair of Sanderlings (Calidris alba) walking on a grassy mudflat in Elkhorn Slough. Photo: Stamski / SIMoN NOAA. Main channel of Scott Creek leading into a marsh area. Photo: Pederson / SIMoN NOAA.
Willet Kayakers in Elkhorn Slough Pescadero marsh
Willet (Catoptrophorus semipalmatus) walking in a wetland north of Moss Landing. Photo: Stamski / SIMoN NOAA. Kayakers in Elkhorn Slough. Photo: Stamski / SIMoN NOAA. Pescadero Marsh. Photo: Pederson / SIMoN NOAA.


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