Hermit crab

Hermit crab leaving a trail across the sand at the east end of Dauphin Island, Alabama, on a small beach protected by jetties made of boulders.

A curious difference in sizes of these flowers

Dauphin Island, Alabama. Photograph by A. K. Rindsberg

Portuguese man-of-war

On the beach in Alabama, Dauphin Island, 2003. Photograph by A. K. Rindsberg.

How do they decide who has to stand in the water?

Shorebirds on an attached sand bar under a cloudy sky.