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Estuary Life

from Slugs at Sea by Banana Slug String Band

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Bridge: Life is good here by the bay.

Chorus: Estuary, salty and fresh,
the river mixes with the sea
Estuary, salty and fresh,
life has diversity

Life is good here by the bay.
Diatoms bloom and grow from organic decay.
The food chain starts where the river outflows its
nutrients to the bay.
Life is good here by the bay.

The innkeeper worm digs his habitat
and lives commensally
in a U-shaped burrow on the tidal mudflat
with a crab, a clam, and the fish go by.

Bridge, Chorus, Bridge

Wading birds eat crustaceans,
an invertebrate cuisine.
Leg and beak adaptations
dig deep, shallow, or in-between.

Bridge

Salmon use the estuary
when they must migrate.
Before the fry swim out to sea,
here’s where they acclimate.

Bridge, Chorus, Bridge

Some bays are changing dangerously
with our human impact.
Let’s learn some ways to live so we
can keep our bay life intact.

Bridge

Estuary, mud flat, marsh and bay,
our wetland communities
Keep fill and toxic spills away
from this good life by the sea.

Bridge, Chorus, Bridge


Arranged and © 1991 Banana Slug String Band/Slug Music (BMI). All rights reserved.
We welcome you to use our lyrics & music for classrooms and camps. Please include credit. Thank you!
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from Slugs at Sea, released January 1, 1991

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