A variety of crustaceans from the Pacific Northwest waters…
Category: Nature
I managed to find several spiders while in Death Valley National Park…. The first two were pretty well hidden, but just catching a glint of light off of their webs and a little patience looking for them worked well. I would have loved to have…
This coyote hung out with me for a good amount of time… I was sitting in my car while it wandered back and forth in the fields on both sides of the dirt road I was on. Right up until some other guy pulled up…
These Squat Urchin Shrimp (Gnathophylloides mineri) are usually pretty tricky to get a decent photograph of… they tend to be pretty shy and with all those spines, they have plenty of places to hide….
Baby bison are called Red Dogs
I spotted this tiny larval critter during a dive at the Blue Heron Bridge. I have no real clue what it is, but I would guess a mantis shrimp…
I photographed these Sanderlings (at least I think they are Sanderlings) when I was in Panama City, Florida earlier this year…
As the title says… nudibranchs from Florida. Enjoy!
This Harlequin Glass Slug (Cyerce cristallina) is from a dive in Lauderdal-by-the-sea back in 2022 with my friends Laura and Carl.
Today’s nudibranch I’ve labeled as “The Orange Dragon” because that is what I think of when I look at it, and tracking down its exact name is providing a bit tricky. A possible candidate is Placida barackobamai (yes, it is named after former president Barak…
It has been a while since I’ve done a “Nudibranch Week” and while this won’t be a set of daily posts, I’ll still give it that title. This will be part 1 of 4 and today we will look at some Pacific Northwest nudibranch photos…
Just an assortment of adult and juvenile Brown Pelicans from my trip to Mexico.
This pair of Barrow’s Goldeneyes was photographed back in the Grand Tetons National Park in 2023. I don’t know if this was a mating ritual or just some odd behavior I picked up in a couple of the photos.
Caught these two flounder duking it out during my last visit to the Blue Heron Bridge
