Unlike all the other squat lobsters I’ve photographed in warm tropical waters, the squat lobsters (Munida quadrispina) in the Pacific Northwest can grow quite large – with their main body sections being up to almost three inches long. Which makes for some amusingly long claw…
I got to see plenty of Harbor Seals while I was in Washington… I even got to dive with a few… but it wasn’t until I was in Cambria, California that I managed to get some decent photos. This group kept a watchful eye on…
Pikas are small rodents (most closely related to rabbits) that live in colder climates in Asia and North America. The ones I saw are American Pikas and tend to live at higher elevations in the western USA – so I saw them while in Colorado.…
Bird photography can be really difficult sometimes. Getting close enough to get good detail, getting the right focus when the birds don’t stop moving for long, getting the right lighting (which usually means lots of light to allow for a fast enough shutter speed). But…
I was also able to photograph some lizards in the Canyon of the Ancients National Monument.
During a particular night dive at the Blue Heron Bridge, I was surprised to see this octopus… not because octos were uncommon at the bridge, far from it… but rather because this is a Caribbean Reef Octopus – identifiable by that nice bluish-green color it…
One snowy morning on Whidbey Island was a very good day for spotting Bald Eagles…
On two consecutive dives in Washington, I happened up a somewhat uncommon site of fish trying to bite off more than they could chew (or swallow since most fish don’t chew)…
While in Washington I got the opportunity to see multiple fish guarding eggs. These first couple are all Greenling eggs (most likely White-spotted Greenling) and the later ones are a Lingcod and a Wolf Eel.
The last in this little tour of jays across the USA is the Steller’s Jay which can be found in the western part of the US, and these ones in particular are of the Pacific Coastal subset which can be identified by the blue streaks…
