Aerial Maps Courtesy of the CRD NATURAL AREAS ATLAS
Area1: Cliffs with Boulders
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- The south end of the bluff on North Taylor Beach. 2006
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- Below the cliffs at the south end, this glacial erratic made of Pillow lava reflects some of the interesting geological history of the area.
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- Development on property on the top of the bluff has allowed destabilization of the bluff and this massive slide. 2007.
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- The cliffs along North Taylor BeachAt high tide, the waves erode directly at the toe of this cliff.
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- The cliffs along North Taylor Beach With Climate change leading to higher ocean levels, the rate of erosion will no doubt increase
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- Hair like Desmarestia has drifted onto the rocks. It contains high quantities of Sulfuric acid which leads to rapid breakdown of its tissues.
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- The rocks provide a stable substrate for attached algal species such as this Fucus
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- A Great Blue heron flies along the shore where it is often seen perched on rocks.
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- The giant gumboot chiton grazes Ulva or sea lettuce in the low intertidal zone.
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- Limpets can even gather a covering of green algae by the end of summer.
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- A collection of various molluscs which form part of the energy web among the rocks
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- During low tide, the snails often cluster in the shade of a protective rock although they can seal water in to prevent dessication
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- Along with the decaying algae come masses of grazing littorine snails.
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- Red filamentous algae forms a mat over some of the intertidal rocks. Fucus and Ulva also grow here.
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- At low tide in the fall, a wide range of drift algal and invertebrate species can be found on the rocks along the beach
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- The holes in this red blade algae are not random, but grow that way so that the blade is exposed to less drag and better aeration
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- The green algae, Spongomorpha covers a few of the rocks at the end of summer.
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- The top surface of the mossy chiton Mopalia
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- –and the inside with the shell chevrons remaining after the animal has been eaten by a shorebird.
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- November 15, 2008: tube worms show up in the strand line after the winter winds from the north and east agitate the offshore sand bar. These tube worms have provided a valuable resource of food for fish and invertebrates.
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- Winter brings a variety of birds foraging in this section of Parry Bay along Taylor Beach. Here a flock of common mergansers dive for food on the shallow sandy bottom.
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- Canada geese which are an unwelcome pest for farmers in the area, find the shores of Parry Bay a good habitat for moulting season in the summer. Mount Baker in Washington State shows up over Victoria in the northeast.
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- Link to the Anthropogenic Impacts on Habitat modification