With all the exploration and discovery we have been doing, we thought it best to share some of the common critters we see scurrying under our feet and over our heads.

To do so, we headed out to the small marsh behind our condo at the Makai. It was a fiesta of life in such an unexpected location. Here you could find so many things to catalog, but we will give you a small dose:

Plants (7 species)

Spartina

Marsh Elder

Poison Ivy

Widgeon Grass

Eel Grass

Sea Lettuce

Phragmites

Birds (8 species)

Great egret

Mallard

Red-winged Blackbird

Song Sparrow

Barn Swallow

Laughing Gull

Herring Gull

Forster's Tern

Fish (7 species)

Mummichog

Striped Killifish

Rainwater Killifish

Pipefish

Atlantic Silverside

Flounder

Butterfly Ray

Aquatic Invertebrates (9 species)

Hard Clam

Oyster

Bay Scallop

Periwinkle

Blue Crab

Grass Shrimp

Amphipod