Turner Fenton - Day 5

The weather is beautiful again today, perfect for a walk to the beach for the Turner Fenton students.  This morning armed with buckets and shovels we walked down to Pottery Creek to dig for marine worms.  The students found lots of different species including blood worms, clams worms, milky ribbon worms, red-lined worms, and bamboo worms.  As the tide pushed us further up the mud flat we moved over to another part of the beach with rocks and seaweed to complete a survey of the invasive green crab.  We found quite a number of crabs, each of which received a small spot of nail polish.

This afternoon the group was headed to Canada's Chocolate Town, St. Stephen, in search of treats and goodies for the bus ride and to take home as gifts.  We wish you safe travels back to Brampton and hope to see you all again in the future!  

Lots of colourful gear!

Hmmm, which worm is it?

Wow, that worm is pretty long!

Students also found clams in the sediment.

Digging through the mud.

One of the groups found a hermit crab on the beach.

Whoa, that is one thick ribbon worm!

On the hunt for the invasive green crab.

Found a female.

Sometimes there were handfuls waiting to be measured and marked.