January 9, 2009 Dansk tekst til venstre English text on the right Dagens baghave: Backyard of the Day: Bird Rock, La Jolla, San Diego County, California Bird Rock is located off the coast at the western end of Bird Rock Avenue in La Jolla, San Diego County, California.   Det skulle blive rigtig godt lavvandet i eftermiddag, så vi camperede ved Bird Rock i La Jolla og ventede tålmodigt. We were expecting a really good low tide this afternoon, so we day camped at Bird Rock in La Jolla and waited patiently.       Det var højvande, da vi slog lejr. Der er ingen strand som sådan ved Bird Rock. Det meste af tiden går vandet helt op til bulværket ved støttemuren, der beskytter husene ovenfor. Det er kun ved lavvande, man kan gå rundt her. It was high tide when we set up camp. There is no actual beach at Bird Rock. Most of the time the water goes clear up to the bulwark at the seawall protecting the houses up above. It is only at low tide it is possible to walk around here.         Bird Rock er tilholdssted for måger, brune pelikaner og massevis af skarver. Bird Rock is a perch for sea gulls, brown pelicans, and lots of cormorants.

En hundeluftning, syv skolebøger og en lille lur senere, var solen kommet frem, havet havde trukket sig langt tilbage, og det var bare om at komme ud og udforske tidevandssøerne. A dog walk, seven home school books, and a little nap later, the sun had come out from behind the clouds, the ocean had retreated, and it was time to go out exploring amongst the tide pools.     Som sædvanligt var der masser af smukke søanemoner, som jeg slet ikke kan stå for. Den her hedder en Solskinsanemone. As usual there were lots and lots of gorgeous sea anemones, which I absolutely love. This one is called a Sunburst Anemone.       Ved lavvande kan man gå tørskoet helt ud til Bird Rock, så stor kan forskellen være på ebbe og flod. At low tide you can walk all the way out to Bird Rock without getting wet, so drastic are the tidal variations.

April fandt en lillebitte snegl. April found a teeny tiny snail.

Koloni af ormesnegle ~ Colony of wormsnails.         Rurer og blåmuslinger ~ Barnacles and blue mussels             Vi fandt en rigtig flot algesnegl. Den var stor, måske omkring fem centimeter høj og bred. We found a really nice turban snail. This one was big, maybe a couple of inches tall and wide.

Alger ~ Algae         De små ben med turkise "ringe", som stikker ud af sneglehuset til højre, tilhører en eremitkrebs, der bor i det forladte sneglehus. The tiny legs with turqoise "rings" sticking out from the snail shell on the right belong to a hermit crab that lives in the abandoned shell.

Søvugge ~ Chiton     Rødalger ~ Red algae         Vi fandt en Californisk Søhare, som er en stor havsnegl, der var travlt optaget af at guffe en hel buffet af rødalger og tang i sig. We found a California Sea Hare, a large sea slug, who was in the middle of chowing down on a veritable smorgasbord of red algae and seaweed.

April foran Bird Rock ~ April in front of Bird Rock             Endnu en eremitkrebs ~ Another hermit crab     Begyndelsen til en brun algeplante. The beginnings of a brown algae plant.

Eremitkrebs ~ Hermit crab

	Boondocking Information The coastal area near Bird Rock has ample street parking, but relatively narrow streets. It is accessible even for a large RV, but any two-way traffic has to be negotiated carefully. We saw no posted parking restrictions. Facilities: A stairway to the water. Dogs are allowed if leashed.
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