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Just a few more photos and a short video to add to yesterday’s post…
Last week I saw a listing for a Sea Turtle Sunrise Walk with Dr. Larry Woods (a local sea turtle researcher). I debated it for a bit wondering whether it really would be worth doing, but eventually decided that this is precisely what the whole…
A couple Red-shouldered Hawks and a Barred Owl today…
I found this Lined Seahorse (Hippcampus erectus) during one of the dives at the bridge. After a few minutes, it was obvious it no longer wanted to have its photo taken, so I left it alone, but I wish I had managed some better photos.…
I have finally managed to put together the first video from my dives at the Blue Heron Bridge. I opted to just go ahead and do them in order so to speak, so this video is of the first two weeks of diving at the…
When I first photographed these grasshoppers, I assumed it was two different species… but it turns out that they are just a juvenile and an adult Eastern Lubber Grasshopper (Romalea microptera). They are large grasshoppers – about 2-3.5 inches long with the females being larger…
I’m sure this won’t be my last photo of an Arrow Crab – they are pretty common in this area but I still find them to be a really cool critter. I feel like they are one of those animals that would be much more…
If my ID is correct, this is a Halloween Pennant Dragonfly (Celithemis eponina). It was being fairly cooperative, so I decided to try my hand at some in-flight photos. Results were ok, but could be a little sharper. I’ll have to keep trying.
Before we get too far away from the Blackline Fireworm post, I want to share some photos of the Bearded Fireworms (Hermodice carunculata). The Bearded Fireworms seem to be much more varied than the Blacklines, often having bodies ranging anywhere from white to pale green…
This male Brown Anole was showing off for the female I posted yesterday…
I finally started messing with B&W conversions again, so you might see more pop up in the near future, but today I will share a female Brown Anole (Anolis sagrei), and tomorrow I will share a photo of a male (and you’ll see why that…
Fireworms seem to be a regular sight at the Blue Heron Bridge – both during the day and on night dives. I’ve seen Bearded Fireworms before (and I’m sure I’ll share photos of them soon) but this was my first time seeing Blackline Fireworms (Chloeia…
I’ve been on the lookout for this for a while now since we have seen some Common Octopus mating when I first got here, and there are plenty of them that appear to be guarding burrows like I would expect them to do when guarding…
