Wednesday, November 1, 2017

A starry celebration

 

Well, I was caught up in listening to Game 7 of the World Series tonight.  And when the Astros won, I decided to post a sea star picture to help their fans celebrate. Here's an orange Sunflower Star (Pycnopodia helianthoides, in the class Asteroidea) to say — Congratulations, Houston!  

P.S. Astro is Greek for "star."

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2 comments:

  1. UnknownNovember 2, 2017 at 10:20 AM

    Hi Jackie! When did you take this? Post-sea star wasting? If so, please let me know!

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  2. Jackie SonesNovember 2, 2017 at 10:25 AM

    Hi, Sarah!

    No, this is an older photo from 2011. I haven't seen a Sunflower Star in Northern California since summer 2014 -- see this post below for my last observation on 12 July 2014:

    http://bodegahead.blogspot.com/2015/11/where-have-all-sunflowers-gone.html

    Jackie

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