A less common gallinule, I only got to see a couple of these Grey-headed Swamphens while in Florida…
Category: Florida
A common denizen of the Blue Heron Bridge, I actually passed these guys up for photographs more often than not because of how difficult they are to frame in the shot because of those large gangly arms…
Scorpionfish are masters of camouflage – which is great for their hunting strategy since they basically just sit still until some fish swims in front of their large mouths and then they just suck them in… but it also makes them dangerous for careless divers…
A tiny little mollusk/sea slug that I managed to find several of at the Blue Heron Bridge, these Flapping Dingbats or Batwing Slugs (Gastropteron chacmolis) only grow to about 3-7mm.
Maybe I should have posted these a few weeks ago on Halloween… Regardless, here are some more Skeleton Shrimp photos from both Florida and Washington. Looking at these again, I realize just how hard these tiny critters are to find… now imagine doing it underwater,…
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!
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).
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…
I recently watched this video about seahorses on Youtube, so it reminded me I have a handful of seahorse close-ups to share… enjoy.
Gopher Tortoises (Gopherus polyphemus) are native to Florida and other southeast states. I only found a few of them when I was wandering around, but I was always surprised at how quick they were at retreating into hiding once they spotted me.
Ok – not to disparage the Striated Frogfish (Antennarius striatus) which is the one I found most commonly while diving at the Blue Heron Bridge, here is an assortment of photos of them…
While we’re on the subject of Frogfish… these ones were not common, and I only got to see them once (despite returning to the same location a couple more times to try and find them again for more photos). There were three individuals and the…
