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Harbor WildWatch @harborwildwatch.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

This decorated prickleback loves to come out at feeding time. Come check it out every day at 4:00pm (Wed-Sun) at the Marine Life Center

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Harbor WildWatch @harborwildwatch.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Pier Into the Night highlights from last night’s event. Harbor seals, crabs, and even an octopus! Don’t miss the next one March 7 7pm at Maritime Pier in Gig Harbor and March 17, 7pm at 7 Seas Brewing Brewing!

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Harbor WildWatch @harborwildwatch.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Our Marine Life Center will be closed to the public January 14th- 25th! This closure is so we can update our Marine Life Center for our guests and animal residents. We thank you for your patience as we work hard to make our Marine Life Center an enjoyable and educational space for everyone!

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Harbor WildWatch @harborwildwatch.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

That’s a wrap on SEVEN nights of beach monitoring in a row! Truly we are so thankful for these people who left their houses well after most folks go to bed to do some community science! Here’s some highlights from Sunrise Beach Park: squid eggs, so many seastars, leafy, moon snails, and shrimp!

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Harbor WildWatch @harborwildwatch.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

Check out our weekly newsletter: Blue Water Task Force Results, Winter Beach Monitoring, and Holiday Hours! conta.cc/48hvHNE

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Harbor WildWatch @harborwildwatch.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Have you decorated for Halloween? This sharp nosed decorator crab is decorated to help them blend in with their chosen habitat. This one has decorated itself with tunicates and sponges. These crabs have Velcro-like hooks on their carapace which helps things to stick. #crab #docktober

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Harbor WildWatch @harborwildwatch.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

PLANKTON: WANDERERS OF THE SALISH SEA🌊 From diatoms to Lion’s Mane Jellies, come learn all about the organisms that keep our ocean ecosystem running! The Marine Life Center is located in Downtown Gig Harbor, and is open Wed-Sun 11-6pm. FREE ADMISSION. We’ll “sea” you soon!🦀 #plankton #salishsea

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Harbor WildWatch @harborwildwatch.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

Happy World Octopus Day! Our Pacific Red Octopus, Roomba, came out and put on a show this morning. We’re open Wednesday through Sunday, from 11am-6pm and we’re located in the heart of downtown Gig Harbor. You can’t miss it, it’s the building with octopus arms! #worldoctopusday #marinelofecenter

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Harbor WildWatch @harborwildwatch.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Roomba has found a new den!🐙 Octopus live in “dens”, secure places that they can hide their soft bodies from would be predators. These dens can often be identified by their “gardens”, decorations made from the parts of past meals! Stop by the Marine Life Center Wednesday-Sunday 11-6pm to see her!👀

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Harbor WildWatch @harborwildwatch.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

We’re forever curious about tidepools!

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Harbor WildWatch @harborwildwatch.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

Join us for Salish Sea Storytime! 🐙📖 Every Wednesday at 11:30am, join one of our naturalists as we dive into different stories about our waterways! After the story, we have a short activity for kiddos to show their creative side! Join us on Wednesdays for this FREE weekly activity! 🦀 #storytime

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Harbor WildWatch @harborwildwatch.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

What wonderful creatures will we find during the next round of extreme low tides? Join us to learn more about flatworms and other amazing sea life that calls the Salish Sea home. More details for each beach tour can be found on the Harbor WildWatch website including where to meet. #beachtour

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Harbor WildWatch @harborwildwatch.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Roomba, our current Pacific Red Octopus (Octopus rubescens), was out and about today exploring her habitat! Here is a great example of how these octopuses can change the color and texture of their skin. Roomba went from bright red, to a tawny brown, and then a white shade within seconds. 🐙

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Harbor WildWatch @harborwildwatch.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

This weekend we walked the Maritime Gig Festival Parade as a “smack” of jellies! One of the biggest events in Gig Harbor, our Harbor WildWatch crew and volunteers designed their own jelly costumes to walk in the parade with🪼 All that hard work paid off, we won Best Costume in the parade! Woohoo!

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Harbor WildWatch @harborwildwatch.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

Talk about texture! This is the arm of an ochre star, Pisaster ochraceus. Sea stars belong to the phylum Echinodermata which means “spiny skin” clearly seen here. The skin is covered with gills and to keep them clear of any debris they possess tiny pinchers called pedicellariae #seastar #salishsea

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Harbor WildWatch @harborwildwatch.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

Join Harbor WildWatch for a fun, educational and FREE public tour along the stunning shorelines of the Salish Sea. Please check the website calendar for program details such as where to meet, what shoes to wear, Discover Pass needs for State Parks, etc: Harborwildwatch.org #learnhavefun #lowtide

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Harbor WildWatch @harborwildwatch.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Happy volunteer appreciation week! There is absolutely no doubt about it, we could not do what we do without our AMAZING volunteers! Please join us in saying a big and heartfelt THANK YOU to our amazing volunteer team!🦀

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Harbor WildWatch @harborwildwatch.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

Happy Fry-Day! 208 of these little chum salmon fry were released last week by students from Minter Creek Elementary. By now, they are out in the estuaries adjusting to the salt water. In 3-5 years and luckiest of them will return to spawn.

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Harbor WildWatch @harborwildwatch.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

It’s a good thing geese are waterproof! Today’s weather really was all over the place.

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Harbor WildWatch @harborwildwatch.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Check out our weekly newsletter! Kicking off Low Tide Tours, How YOU Can Help Water Quality in the Puget Sound, Downtown Walking Tours & Gratitude to Bruce and Beth myemail.constantcontact.com/Wildside-Wee...

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Wildside Weekly April 3, 2025

Email from Harbor WildWatch Kicking off Low Tide Tours, How YOU Can Help Water Quality in the Puget Sound, Downtown Walking Tours & Gratitude to Bruce and Beth Wildside Weekly April 3, 2025 Photo:

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Harbor WildWatch @harborwildwatch.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

On Wednesdays we wear PINK! Spiny Pink Star, Pisaster brevispinus

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Harbor WildWatch @harborwildwatch.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

Enjoying strolling along the water during these lovely spring days? Come visit our downtown Marine Life Center! Aquariums, touch tanks, microscopes, bones, and more🦀 FREE admission, open Wednesday through Sunday, 11-6!

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Harbor WildWatch @harborwildwatch.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Northern Kelp crabs like this little guy can grow to be 3-4 inches across their carapace, or their shell. This little one is only a few centimeters right now!

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Harbor WildWatch @harborwildwatch.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

PAID Internship with Harbor WildWatch, Summer 2025 Application Open NOW! We are currently looking to fill 2 internship positions for Summer (May-August) of 2025. Applicants should complete the application form by 11:59pm, April 2nd. Want to join our team? Apply today! forms.gle/QgfegrZkSHBF...

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Environmental Education Internship - Summer 2025 (PAID)

HARBOR WILDWATCH is a nonprofit 501(c)3 organization based in Gig Harbor, Washington. Our mission is to inspire stewardship for the Puget Sound, and greater Salish Sea, by providing environmental moni...

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Harbor WildWatch @harborwildwatch.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Join us at our Pier Into the Night event at 7 Seas Brewing, Wednesday 19th, 7pm!🦀 This is the last Pier Into the Night that we will host for the season due to late sunsets, but don’t worry, we will pick back up in the fall! “Sea” you there! #salishsea #harborwildwatch #pierintothenight

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Harbor WildWatch @harborwildwatch.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Don’t forget, our Cocktails and Fishtales event is TONIGHT, March 12th, from 5:30-7:30 at Ocean5! This event is free for members and volunteers, and a suggested donations of $20 for non-members. No RSVP is required!

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Harbor WildWatch @harborwildwatch.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Check out this brooding anemone and her babies. This aptly named animal cares for her young by keeping them close. When they get larger, they will migrate away a short distance. Come see these in person at the Marine Life Center 11-6 Wednesday to Sunday in downtown Gig Harbor Wa.

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Harbor WildWatch @harborwildwatch.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

Happy international women’s day to our amazing team! We are so proud of all the hard work this team puts in to educate and inspire stewardship for our Salish Sea🦀 Thank you to our staff members, board, volunteers, and everyone in between! #internationalwomensday #salishsea #harborwildwatch

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Harbor WildWatch @harborwildwatch.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Check out our Wildside Weekly newsletter! Cocktails and Fishtales (3/12), PAID Internship Application OPEN, Science Saturday (3/15) & Gratitude to Mary conta.cc/43qnqWB

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Harbor WildWatch @harborwildwatch.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

This is the underside of a clingfish, Gobiesox meandricus. This intertidal fish uses its suction cup disc, made of its modified pelvic fins, to stick to rocks and other smooth surfaces. We have two at the Marine Life Center but they like to hide.

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Harbor WildWatch @harborwildwatch.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

What are you looking at? Our painted greenling often poses right next to the glass to have a look at visitors. His eyes rotate in their sockets to give a wide view and this guy never misses a morsel of food with his keen vision and bottomless appetite.

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Harbor WildWatch @harborwildwatch.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

The world’s cutest fish, the pacific Spiny Lumpsuckers come visit them at the Harbor WildWatch Marine Life Center in Gig Harbor Wa!

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