It was full moon the other day. Big moon big tide. Not only is high tide higher than average, low tide is lower. It gave me the opportunity to explore parts that are infrequently exposed.
This Eastern Reef Egret is striding among the exposed coral, in the second photo it’s doing what I was being careful not to do, stand on the hard coral. But then it weighs a lot less than me. Surrounded by hard and soft corals, crinoids, sponges, chitons and a whole load of things beyond my identification skills, it was hard to keep my mind on the bird watching.
Click on the galleries for a better look and feel free to narrow these critters down to species level in the comments.
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