During a dive at the Blue Heron Bridge, I would usually find the Bumblebee Shrimp under these Purple Urchins, and not a ton of critters eat urchins, so I was surprised to find this crab walking around trying to munch on this one…
Category: Travel
Along with Giant Pacific Octopus, I got to see Pacific Red Octopus (Octopus rubescens) while diving in the Pacific North West. On a dive on Thanksgiving, we had hoped to find some Stubby Squid which had been spotted at this same dive site, so when…
During a visit to Green Cay Wetlands in Boyton Beach, Florida, I happened to find this Black Necked Stilt with its youngsters foraging in the wetland…
Some Mule Deer bucks with their antlers still in velvet…
During my time in Mancos, Colorado, I found a trail that was labeled as “The Ramparts” and with my interest in all things medieval I just had to check it out… and I was not disappointed! The autumn colors were absolutely gorgeous but I still…
Alright – to wrap out Nudibranch Week 2.0 here are a couple shots of Leopard Dorid Nudibranchs (Diaulula sandiengensis) and some Giant Nudibranchs (Dendronotus iris). The Giant Nudis can get up to 12 inches long but I the ones here are actually fairly small with…
We might as well stick the the color theme today, and we’ll take a look at a bunch of yellow nudibranchs. I’m going to skip trying to ID each one, but I think there are Noble Sea Lemons (Peltodoris nobilis), Monterey Sea Lemons (Doris montereyensis),…
Today we’ll look at three different nudibranchs that though unrelated all definitely share the common feature that orange is certainly the defining color. First up is a single shot of a Cockerell’s Nudibranch (Limacia cockerelli) which was a surprising treat to find. Next up is…
I am not sure on the ID for these first nudibranchs – or if they’re even the same species – but I am pretty sure they are in the Aeolid family. They were all tiny little things… each less than half an inch long. This…
No – these were not photographed in Alaska, but I guess that is where these Alaskan Skeleton Shrimp (Caprella alaskana) were originally identified. I’d seen them on a number of dives in Puget Sound, but one dive in particular we came across a buoy line…
A fairly common sighting in the Puget Sound waters, I got good opportunities to photograph plenty of Red Rock Crabs (Cancer productus)… including multiple mating pairs. They can grow to about 8 inches across and you can see they have quite powerful claws.
Sometimes animals just make funny faces at the camera…
