I spend a lot of time looking at tidepools and scanning the sky. I'm a naturalist and macro photographer based near Santa Cruz on the California coast — most of my time goes toward rocky intertidal sites, minus tides, shorebirds, and whatever else turns up in the ocean margins between Año Nuevo and Point Reyes. This is where I put the photographs worth keeping.

iNaturalist @joepaquin California coast marine macro Santa Cruz bird photography

things i've built

Tidepool Dashboard Real-time tides, NOAA buoy data, and marine conditions for any coastal location.
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iNat Project Manager Bulk-add iNaturalist observations to traditional projects.
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Species Overlap Mapper Visualize geographic range overlap between species using iNat data.
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