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Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2011 12:53 pm
by Jan K
"There's Gold In Them Hills"
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2011 2:06 pm
by Dusty2
Wow! That top one sure is pretty.
Love goldens, Wish they would stick around a bit more
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2011 7:19 pm
by Tom Nic
Dusty2 wrote:Wow! That top one sure is pretty.
+1 on that! Huge, too - and I love the way the cerrata are "splayed"! Nice shots....
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2011 9:04 pm
by Jan K
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2011 11:14 pm
by Dusty2
Nice pic of the wolfie on the ledge. Looks like the viz was great!
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2011 3:05 pm
by Jan K
On Tuesday the visibility was superb, over 60 feet! Unfortunately, next couple days
it was "only" half of that, still nice, but not WOW ...
All sudden, the shallows are full of baby Mottled sea stars, with some larger ones
also "schooling" together. Inspiration for Betsy Ross ?
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2011 4:29 pm
by LCF
Wow, that was a lot of dendronotids!
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Sun Nov 13, 2011 8:25 am
by Jan K
Fun with sea pens
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Sun Nov 13, 2011 12:02 pm
by LCF
Poor sea pen, surrounded by predators . . .
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2011 11:48 am
by Jan K
Even the fish are covered with silt :(
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2011 1:22 pm
by Jan K
Santa Claus is already looking for a Christmas tree !
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2011 2:00 pm
by LCF
Oh, man, Jan, you need to make that into a Christmas card and sell it, like you did that fabulous cave picture several years ago!
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2011 4:57 pm
by Tom Nic
LCF wrote:Oh, man, Jan, you need to make that into a Christmas card and sell it, like you did that fabulous cave picture several years ago!
+1!
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2011 12:54 pm
by Jan K
Tom Nic wrote:LCF wrote:Oh, man, Jan, you need to make that into a Christmas card and sell it, like you did that fabulous cave picture several years ago!
+1!
It is not even Thanksgiving yet
!!!
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2011 7:09 am
by Jan K
Another of those sponges I passed over many times without a second look.
Until I realized, I didn't have it on my critter list !
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2011 5:54 pm
by Jan K
As I was taking pictures of the juvenile Wolfie, all sudden strong down-drift current hit and visibility went from nice 25 feet down to seven or so, chunks of seaweed swirling around and sand was cascading down the slope from the shallows. I cut the dive short, as it was murky all over the Fingers ...
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2011 5:18 am
by LCF
Jan, this remains the best thread on the internet!
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2011 7:40 am
by John Rawlings
LCF wrote:Jan, this remains the best thread on the internet!
Here, here!!!! To me there is no question of that! This thread is a treasure!
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2011 10:17 am
by Jan K
Thank you, thank you.. :luv:
This time not much of critters, just to share the beautiful, but cold weather we are
enjoying before the forecast rain hits us starting tomorrow... And John, thanks for
the Weezle Extreme Plus - it is really appreciated this time of the year
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2011 10:23 am
by Dusty2
Burr! Winter is here.
Nice pic of the cold mountains. Anytime they are that clear you know it's cold! but flat water like that is hard to resist given winter's penchant for windy days.
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2011 10:40 pm
by Jan K
Diving in protected, but murky waters of Lagoon Point, trying to avoid the tempest
all around us, I found numerous Hedgpeth's Sapsuckers, they seem to be winter
visitors to Whidbey ... Or I just didn't look close enough in the other seasons ...
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2011 11:02 pm
by Dusty2
nice shots, That's one you have on me Jan, I have never seen these.
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2011 6:35 am
by Jan K
Dusty2 wrote: I have never seen these.
Thanks Dusty, like everything else, the hardest is to find the first on. Once your eyes and brain
recognizes that the "little piece of seaweed with horns" is actually a slug, then it is so much
easier to find them.
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2011 4:06 pm
by Jan K
Not so easy to add new critter to the list, but I did manage on last night's dive at Langley.
One month ago, the sandy plain was host to lots of Blackbelly eelpouts. Last night, I did not
see a single one, but the Blacktip poachers were all over the place. And so I can add that
poacher to my list now. Diving just doesn't get old
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2011 6:24 pm
by dphershman
Dusty2 wrote:nice shots, That's one you have on me Jan, I have never seen these.
Ditto here, never seen one, hope to soon. Wonderful photos! And the discussion of chlorophyl is a wonderful addition too. Are they similar to the Lettuce nudibranchs one sees down in the Caribbean?