On another recommendation from my friend Dawn (the same Dawn that suggested the Rattlesnake Canyon), I made a stop in Black Dragon Canyon to camp outside of Moab, UT for a night and to find the pictographs and petroglyphs there. Pictographs are paintings on stone…
One of my favorite little critters to find at the Blue Heron Bridge… I’m not sure why some of them have speckles for their coloration, but it certainly makes them look sparkly!
Not even going to try IDing these… just enjoy the colors and shapes of these beautiful nudis from Bali.
Though not flashy, these Ruddy Ducks were another “new to me” species I photographed at Arcata Marshes in California. The first three are males in their winter colors (apparently their bills turn a baby blue color during breeding season) and the last one is either…
I was not expecting to find lizards in Muir Woods, but indeed there were plenty of them to be found…
Still in the mollusk family and closely related to nudibranchs, Leech Aglaja (Chelidonura hirundinina) are considered “headshield slugs”. This is a species that I’ve looked for a while now and during my last visit to Florida were very plentiful at The Bridge.
A fairly common resident at the Blue Heron Bridge, I had plenty of photos of these Yellowline Arrow Crabs (Stenorhynchus seticornis).
Zion National Park is most famous for its canyon that has been carved by the Virgin River, so without any further ado…
Some photos of Leopard Nudis (Risbecia tryoni) from Bali…
A couple different species of Gallinules here. Both Common and Purple. The Common Gallinules seem to have only the red on their forehead crest and have a white strip on their sides, while the Purple Gallinules have the light blue on their foreheads and tend…
When they are young, Wolf Eels are reddish in colour…
One of my favorite nudibranchs from the PNW… here are some more White-lined Dironas (Dirona albolineata).
When I went to share this post, I tried to look up the name of this arch… and from what I can tell, its name is “Natural Bridge”. The reason I say that is I can’t find any other name for it, but I did…
