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….
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Baby bison are called Red Dogs
Some shots from around Skull Rock in Joshua Tree NP. Another one that was hard to get a good angle that was not swarming with people…
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…
The rest of my photos from Carlsbad Caverns… And it is a little hard to see, but look closely to see one of the most clever signs ever posted at a national park.
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
A bit of an abstract one today… In some of the hot springs in Yellowstone, there are bacteria mats that can take a while to grow. I found them interesting to look at and tried to photograph them and capture some of the patterns in…
Is it possible that I have no Green Heron photos on my site? This seems strange to me because they are one of my favorite birds…. Well, let’s remedy this seemingly improbably situation.
