Imagery by Sadie Hine

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Intertidal Portraits

Intertidal Portraits
Coastal California

Coastal California
Pacific Northwest

Pacific Northwest
Africa

Africa
Colorado

Colorado
San Francisco Bay Area

San Francisco Bay Area
Illustration

Illustration
Graphic Art

Graphic Art

About: Sadie Hine

I’m a wildlife photographer and illustrator based in Humboldt County, CA with experience involving subjects big and small, ranging from nudibranchs to leopards and everywhere in between.

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View fullsize For world lizard day, here’s a snapshot of a Bonaire whiptail from earlier this summer. Truly one of the most stunning lizards I have ever seen- and the most colorful individual from the trip. Endemic to the island of Bonaire, these whiptails
View fullsize As the tide started to come in, I began walking back to my car when I was stopped by some oystercatchers. I watched as two parents tried to teach their kids how to eat limpits. The babies still had a ways to go, and seemed pretty confused by the whol
View fullsize On the rocks 🪨 🦭 #seal #harborseal #marinemammals #wildlife #nature #photography #wildlifephotography #pnw #coastal #california #norcal #phoca #pinniped
View fullsize Watching these young pelagic cormorants serpent around reminded me of watching garden eels peek out of the sand. Every once in a while, their necks would extend way out from the cliff face and rhythmically sway around - a funny comparison, I know.
View fullsize Never have I smiled more than when I first spotted this gigantic Noble Dorid (Peltodoris nobilis) #nudibranch #nudibranchs #seaslug #nobledorid #sealemon #peltodoris #peltodorisnobilis #wildlife #nature #photography #tidepool #tidepooling #tidepool
View fullsize Hilton’s Aeolid (Phidiana hiltoni) #tidepool #tidepooling #wildlife #nature #macro #photography #nudibranch #seaslug #nudibranchs #aeolid #hiltonsaeolid #phidiana #california #marin #norcal #californiawildlife
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View fullsize Photos from an awesome field trip out to sea for ornithology! Featuring a few black footed albatross (the stars of the show), a pink footed shearwater and a Laysan albatross. #albatross #blackfootedalbatross #laysanalbatross #pelagic #pelagicbirdin
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View fullsize Landscapes under the dock #dockfouling #tidepooling #wildlife #nature #photography #ocean #california #norcal #biology #marinebiology #macro #macrophotography #wildlifephotography #naturephotography
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View fullsize Columbia lilies at the base of an old growth redwood forest #columbialily #tigerlily #lilium #liliumcolumbianum #pnw #pacificnorthwest #redwoods #humboldtcounty #california #norcal #wildlife #nature #photography #macro #landscape #botany #botanical
View fullsize A horned nudibranch caught red handed, snacking on some Velella velella 🍴 By the wind sailors (Velella velella) are a jellyfish-like hydrozoan that wash up along the west coast in spring and summer. This one got caught in an eel grass raft in the h
View fullsize Two out of six curious river otters that came to investigate us while dock fouling. With no sea otters around, river otters commonly take to the waves in search of crabs and other seafood 🦀🍴 #riverotter #otter #northamericanriverotter #lontra #lon
View fullsize California kingsnake for world snake day 🐍 #californiakingsnake #calking #lamproptis #lampropeltiscaliforniae #worldsnakeday #snake #herping #herps #california #wildlife #nature #photography #wildlifephotography
View fullsize California quail - a bird with calls and patterns never get old #californiaquail #quail #bird #birding #birdwatching #callipepla #california #wildlife #nature #photography #birdphotography
View fullsize A tadpole shrimp (Lepidurus) from a vernal pool deep in the forests of Northern California. These guys belong to the same taxonomic family as “Triops,” a popular pet throughout my childhood. #lepidurus #lepiduruscryptus #tadpoleshrimp #
View fullsize Silene salmonaceae - a rare flowering plant endemic to a small region of Northern California #catchfly #silene #silenesalmonacea #klamath #klamathmountains #klamathcatchfly #botany #flower #wildflowers #california #norcal #trinityalps #nature #photo
View fullsize This is a Pygmy short-horned lizard. Their main defense mechanism is to be small, stay still and pretend to be a stone. It works surprisingly well, as it took us an exhausting few hours of wandering in the heat to find one. In my mind, horned lizar

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