Whidbey Island Critters

Jan K · Post by **Jan K** » Fri Jul 25, 2014 11:15 pm

Somebody moved Keystone mermaid. She isn't hiding in a cave under the rock anymore ...

Jan K · Post by **Jan K** » Mon Jul 28, 2014 8:19 am

Another week of the sea star wasting drama. Still dying...

Jan K · Post by **Jan K** » Thu Jul 31, 2014 10:34 pm

I was watching the crab crawling over the Lingcod, expecting some action.
Especially when the Ling started to open its mouth...

But the Ling obviously doesn't like crab legs and the crab liked me or my camera more.

Jan K · Post by **Jan K** » Sun Aug 03, 2014 7:48 pm

Opalescent squid weekend of love

oldsalt · Post by **oldsalt** » Sun Aug 03, 2014 9:36 pm

Jan: Yet another amazing sequence from you. Thank you for sharing your observations and your talent.
-Curt

LCF · Post by **LCF** » Sun Aug 03, 2014 9:53 pm

Wow, Jan! When you told me about them yesterday, I thought they'd be interesting, but they're way better than that.

Jan K · Post by **Jan K** » Mon Aug 04, 2014 6:42 am

Thank you.
Just when I think there isn't much else I can waste pixels on, something else shows up.
Got to love the underwater world...

ljjames · Post by **ljjames** » Wed Aug 06, 2014 12:12 am

https://s3.amazonaws.com/easel.ly/all_e ... /image.jpg

Jan K · Post by **Jan K** » Sat Aug 09, 2014 12:14 pm

Few more - about the squid eggs.
Selfie:

Don't touch them with bare hands!

LCF · Post by **LCF** » Sat Aug 09, 2014 5:14 pm

Wow, it would be unnerving to have your hands and arms go numb after handling egg capsules. Glad for the warning, although I don't intend to disturb any.

Tom Nic · Post by **Tom Nic** » Sat Aug 09, 2014 5:49 pm

LCF wrote:Wow, it would be unnerving to have your hands and arms go numb after handling egg capsules. Glad for the warning, although I don't intend to disturb any.

Wow. I missed that somehow on the initial reading.

Jan K · Post by **Jan K** » Wed Aug 13, 2014 10:22 am

Here is another critter crab finds hard to swallow ...

Tom Nic · Post by **Tom Nic** » Wed Aug 13, 2014 7:56 pm

Fascinating

Jan K · Post by **Jan K** » Thu Aug 14, 2014 10:33 am

It is fish inside the jellyfish time ...

LCF · Post by **LCF** » Thu Aug 14, 2014 11:06 am

All I could think of, while looking at those amazing pictures, was how brave you are to be doing macro photography that close to a Lion's Mane jelly!

Jan K · Post by **Jan K** » Thu Aug 14, 2014 6:41 pm

Lynne,
Maybe " not too smart" might be better description than "brave"

However, I did noticed that the jellyfish was not trailing its stinging hairlike weaponry like the on last week at Holmes Harbor which got me as I was swimming through 2 feet of visibility. But at least I know that I don't suffer nasty allergic reaction to their sting.

Jan K · Post by **Jan K** » Fri Aug 15, 2014 7:01 am

"Eyes bigger than one's stomach".
But wait, anemones don't have eyes ...

Jan K · Post by **Jan K** » Fri Aug 15, 2014 10:04 pm

Another critter added to my list

Jan K · Post by **Jan K** » Sat Aug 16, 2014 7:09 pm

This Lingcod has total disregard for the "No fishing in Keystone Underwater Park" rule ...

Greg Jensen · Post by **Greg Jensen** » Sat Aug 16, 2014 10:49 pm

Tough week for starry flounders- first the anemone, now this.

dwashbur · Post by **dwashbur** » Sun Aug 17, 2014 6:41 am

In honor of Robin Williams, my mind is hearing him at the beginning of Mrs. Doubtfire when he's overdubbing that cartoon:

"Hello, lunch!"

Jan K · Post by **Jan K** » Sun Aug 17, 2014 2:41 pm

Another batch of Sea star surveys here on Whidbey.
Sea stars became so sparse, that it is a treat to find one.
Maybe that is the reason, that most localities have still healthy ones and few wasting.

Jan K · Post by **Jan K** » Thu Aug 21, 2014 8:21 pm

My favorite sea stars (Stimpson's Sunstars) are dying at Deception Pass ... :(

Jan K · Post by **Jan K** » Sun Aug 24, 2014 3:58 pm

I never thought that Langley would be some day without starfish.
Now it looks like that day is not too far off :(

Jan K · Post by **Jan K** » Mon Aug 25, 2014 10:18 am

This site manage to stay unaffected by the wasting disease. Until now. :(

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