During my last visit to Florida, I managed to catch some birds with their next generation in different stages of development… See if you can figure out which species are here…
Category: Florida
This colorful Fringeback Dondice (Dondice occidentalis) was found during one of the dives on my most recently Florida visit.
Much rarer than the Striped Bumblebee Shrimp (which I can usually find on almost every dive at the Blue Heron Bridge), this was the first and only time I have ever found a Spotted Bumblebee Shrimp (Gnathophyllum modestum) so far.
Apologies for the month long hiatus… I will try to get back into a routine, but as usual when these hiatuses happen – no promises. When I was in Florida recently, one of the critters getting a lot of attention at the Blue Heron Bridge…
I’ve seen Red-orange Ghost Shrimp (Corallianassa longiventris) several times, and I’ve learned that the only way to see anything more than the tips of their claws and their face is you have to tempt them out with something to eat. I managed the first shot…
On a recent dive, my buddy Laura spotted one of these Yellow-ringed Janolus (Janolus flavoanulatus) nudibranchs, and that seemed to open the flood gates and we started seeing a bunch of them. At one point I found a small area that had four of them…
Found this cool Seahare on a recent dive at the Blue Heron Bridge. I believe it is an Atlantic Black Seahare (Aplysia morio).
This Palm Warbler was nice and cooperative to let me get some good close shots…
While we’re in the archives, I figured I’d share a few more of these…
Dusky Jawfish (Opistognathus whitehursti) are fairly regular fish at the Blue Heron Bridge. Like most (maybe all?) jawfish, they are mouth-brooders – meaning they hold their eggs and the babies for the first few days in their mouths to keep them safe. They tend to…
While we’re on the subject of eyes, let’s do another installment in the The Eyes Have It series. Enjoy.
Scallops have a lot of eyes. They’re basically just light sensing to help them detect if a predator is approaching so they can close their shell. But they are still kind of mesmerizing. Here is an assortment of scallops from both Florida and Washington.
It has been quite hot and humid recently even though I’m not in Florida, but while I’m thinking about Florida, here is an assortment of bird photos I took in 2021 while I was there…
Some Lemon Shark photos from the archives…
Pleurobranchs differ from Nudibranchs in that their gills tend to be on the right side of their bodies as opposed to towards the tail on their back. I’ve been able to find some Pleurobranchs both in Bali and in Florida, but I’m feeling lazy about…
