Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Tue Oct 06, 2015 7:54 am
Adding new critter to my list. Cucumber normally hidden in muck.
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Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Tue Oct 06, 2015 9:41 pm
Wow, that is a really cool find.
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Tue Oct 06, 2015 9:44 pm
Now I'm gonna be on the lookout for one!
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Sun Oct 11, 2015 9:58 pm
Another critter added to the list, my first flatworm !
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Mon Oct 12, 2015 7:48 am
So cool....
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Mon Oct 12, 2015 10:11 am
Awesome!
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Mon Oct 12, 2015 10:17 am
Sunday dive at Keystone with my daughter. It doesn't get any better ... 
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Mon Oct 12, 2015 10:35 am
The size of that ling cod! Great pictures Jan. I especially like the one of the cross jellyfish, vis looks amazing and love the light in the shallows.
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Mon Oct 12, 2015 10:49 am
Thank you. The Lings at Keystone are big and tame. As for the shallows, the Bull kelp is dying - sign that winter is coming. But the sun yesterday provided nice touch to the scene...
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Mon Oct 12, 2015 3:53 pm
What a blessing. I noticed a large aggregation of urchins. Is this normal, or do you think it a result of seastar wasting?
-Curt
-Curt
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Mon Oct 12, 2015 8:02 pm
Curt, I believe that the demise of the Sunflower stars are responsible for the exploding population of Green sea urchins at Keystone and at Coupeville.
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Mon Oct 12, 2015 8:09 pm
Yes, everywhere I've seen a ton of urchins it was preceded by the sudden absence of sunflower stars in a once populous area of them. Though my foggy memory says that the urchin population explodes and then tapers off a bit.
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2015 6:29 am
They didn't include scuba divers in their brochure ....
Here are some of the traps non diving locals use:
and some rockfish from the old Langley Tire Reef:
Here are some of the traps non diving locals use:
and some rockfish from the old Langley Tire Reef:
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2015 11:11 pm
I returned to Deception Pass after couple months of goofing off elsewhere. Found few healthy stars, Stimpson's, Mottled, Six rayed and Blood, one wasting Mottled star. Everything else looks as I left it back in summer
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2015 12:28 am
We are lucky to have you among us. Thank you for taking the time to do what you do.
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2015 5:54 am
Extremely nice work. It is indeed a great park above and below!
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2015 8:53 am
Love it!
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2015 9:31 am
Fantastic photos and narrative, as always Jan!
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2015 5:39 pm
Thank you guys, I went back the next day, so here are few more from the pass :
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Sat Oct 24, 2015 7:20 am
Absolutely lovely
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2015 7:52 am
In case you didn't know, October 29 is celebrated around the world as the SEA SLUG DAY ! 
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2015 9:32 pm
Sailfin sculpin daytime encounter:
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2015 10:40 am
End of October sea star surveys:
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2015 11:58 am
Love these creative posts Jan. Glad to see you back at full steam posting them!
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2015 7:39 am
More of Autumn colors. Above and under Possession Point State Park ...
