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Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2011 12:51 pm
by Jan K
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2011 1:04 pm
by Dusty2
Nice work Jan, I love grunties. :luv:
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2011 1:22 pm
by Jan K
And wrapping up the three days of Pass diving.
When I took the picture, I thought the sculpin was having a meal, but at home on the computer screen
it looks like the skeleton managed to escape the bite by latching onto the lip and although the sculpin
was darting around with the meal soooo close, it was unable to bite it
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2011 2:03 pm
by Tom Nic
That is beautiful and unusual coloring on the Penpoint!
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2011 5:39 pm
by Norris
So glad you posted this Jan. I saw one of those shrimp on a piece of kelp the other night and every time I placed my finger close to it, it would probe me with the two ends. It was really interesting and I had no idea how I was going to hunt down what I saw.
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2011 10:24 am
by Jan K
Shore entry during salmon season :
This Wolf is still toothless
Somewhat older neighbors ...
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2011 12:47 pm
by Dusty2
Nice shot Jan. I like the one with the sculpin and the shrimp. Poor guy, Kinda like the horse and carrot.
I went by the puallup river heading up to Redondo early this morning and the fisher persons where elbow to elbow and there were zero boat and trailer spots to park. Not a good time to dive near a fishing spot!
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2011 9:13 pm
by Jan K
Thanks Dusty. The Keystone parking lot is filled with boat trailers and all kinds of vehicles towing them, at least the part we dive in is No Fishing zone, so kelp in the thing to watch for not to get snarled by ...And kelp doesn't have hooks ...
This little sea star was described last year, so it now has its own scientific name. In Andy Lamb's book it is still listed as Henricia sp.nov.
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2011 3:02 pm
by Jan K
After three weeks of diving elsewhere on Whidbey, I revisited Langley Tire Reef.
The Sunflower stars are still the dominant critters .
I found Sailfin sculpin, the creature of the dark, actually out in the daylight ...
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2011 10:24 am
by Jan K
Also at Langley, this unusual ( for me) colored White-lined dirona aka Frosted aka Alabaster nudibranch :
compared to others I have seen in the past
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2011 10:30 am
by nwscubamom
Look at all that color variation!! I think you have a record setter there though.
- Janna
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2011 10:54 am
by Tom Nic
A gorgeous pink!
(Unless of course I'm color blind and messing up the color.)
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2011 7:03 am
by Jan K
Another one of the "hard to see" critters...
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2011 8:15 am
by Dusty2
Wow what a beautiful find on the pink alabaster nudie! I'd love to see that one become more common.
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2011 8:15 am
by Jan K
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2011 10:53 am
by Chenari
And this is why I always laugh when people talk about nature being inherently good. XD
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2011 11:14 am
by oldsalt
A bypasser admonished me for taking crab. "How can you possibly kill innocent crab?" I rejoined,"Innocent crab? Hardly. These are unrepentant killers, even conscienceless cannibals." Hey, I can be as anthropomorphic as anyone. Starfish, crab,or dysentery inducing amoeba, they survive the only way they can. (And yes, I know about dysentery first hand.)
-Curt
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2011 7:11 pm
by Jan K
During my last dive at Langley I found Sailfin sculpin in the open, so I decided to
see how the tire reef looks for them at night, when they should be out and hunting.
I was not disappointed. Although the visibility was not that good, I found six Sailfin
sculpins wandering about ...
And I added another new fish to my list. Although they are described as common, all these time
I somehow missed to see one .
THe Roughback sculpin darts all over the sandy plain east of the tire reef
And the Stubby just sits there, not much action from it at all...
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2011 6:09 am
by John Rawlings
Wow...all of a sudden something has changed for me. When I access this thread all of Jan's wonderful pics are just broken links. Previous to this I had no problem at all. I checked the other photos that are being posted by other members and they are fine....just Jan's. It seems that everyone else can view the shots, so it must just be my system.
Does anyone have any idea what might be the problem? I'd hate to not be able to see Jan's pics!
- John
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2011 7:36 am
by Tom Nic
John Rawlings wrote:Does anyone have any idea what might be the problem? I'd hate to not be able to see Jan's pics!
- John
Try a different browser. Sometimes IE gets a little "weird"... Happens to me on Facebook from time to time. I'll just on Chrome and that usually takes care of it. I'm sure others can suggest many other of their own personal favorites when it comes to browsers - Mozilla, Firefox, etc.
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2011 10:24 am
by John Rawlings
Bizarre! After at least a full day of broken links, suddenly and for no apparent reason whatsoever I can now see all of Jan's marvelous photos!
IE can most certainly behave strangely from time to time....
- John
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2011 3:59 pm
by LCF
Wow -- I went away for two weeks, and Jan has been diving up a storm! I really enjoyed coming home to a whole bunch of new pages to peruse.
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2011 8:27 pm
by dwashbur
John Rawlings wrote:Bizarre! After at least a full day of broken links, suddenly and for no apparent reason whatsoever I can now see all of Jan's marvelous photos!
IE can most certainly behave strangely from time to time....
- John
That's why you avoid IE and use Firefox instead. Microsoft has a tendency to fix things to the point where they don't work at all.
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2011 8:40 am
by Jan K
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2011 6:51 am
by Jan K