Seaweeds come in a huge variety of colours and shapes.

Seagulls dive into shallow waters and bring ashore enormous shells which they drop onto the rocky shore to open them.

Some often drop the shells from aloft for greater impact.

They say you have to have a lot of patience if you go fishing, well, the magnificent Great Blue Heron has plenty of that.   These striking birds stand on a rock or in a few inches of water and wait calmly for something tasty such as a fish to pass by within reach.

Birds are everywhere taking advantage of the living waters.

They swim the waters and walk the shores. Red-breasted Mergansers, above left, Lesser Scaups, above right, and the Double-crested Comorant, right, are but a few.

Watching them go about their business is always pleasurable.

With their brilliant reddish-orange bills, Black Oystercatchers patrol the water's edge at low tide, seeking out any small crustaceans.

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And keeping a watchful eye over it all high in the trees on the shore are the birds of prey such as the spectacular Bald Eagle. Sometimes a scavenger, it is also is quite capable of picking off one of the birds that may have dropped its guard. It's all part of life in and around the living waters.