Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2015 9:04 am
Gorgeous colors!
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Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2015 3:02 pm
really beautiful!
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2015 4:31 pm
Thank you
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2015 7:13 pm
Two nudibranch predators of sea pens :
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Sat Nov 07, 2015 2:05 pm
Bull Kelp dying - definitely a sign that winter season is here...
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Sun Nov 08, 2015 7:49 am
Gunnels, gunnels everywhere ...
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Sun Nov 08, 2015 7:57 am
I LOVE Gunnel conventions!!
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Sun Nov 08, 2015 8:49 am
Nice! Haha, that padded sculpin just couldn't miss out on the fun!
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Sun Nov 08, 2015 5:56 pm
Sooo many gunnels! That's fantastic!
Great job!!
Great job!!
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Sun Nov 08, 2015 7:34 pm
Ohmygod that is a lot of gunnels!
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Sun Nov 08, 2015 7:53 pm
Is such a gunnel group common? I have never seen it.
-Curt:questionmarks:
-Curt:questionmarks:
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Sun Nov 08, 2015 8:09 pm
Last year in September, I found them at the same rock pile under the same rock in large numbers. But rest of the year, they are not there.oldsalt wrote:Is such a gunnel group common? I have never seen it.
-Curt:questionmarks:
I don't know, is it some mating thing with gunnels ?
They are not loners, but most of the time I see just few of them together ...
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Sun Nov 08, 2015 8:20 pm
I've seen big groups like this sometimes at 3 tree too under the corrugated pipes. But it has been many years.
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Mon Nov 09, 2015 7:56 am
During my last week dive in Penn Cove, checking on the "Dead Zone" I found that many of the Cockle shells had juvenile crabs inside them.
So I looked it up since it was something new to me and found that there is a reason for it
So I looked it up since it was something new to me and found that there is a reason for it
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2015 7:39 am
Egg Yolk Jelly and eggs :
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2015 6:30 am
Ratfish flyover from Keystone.
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2015 12:29 pm
So cool, Jan!
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2015 2:21 pm
very fantastic! I love watching those guys!!!
Great shots from underneath!
Great shots from underneath!
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2015 5:10 pm
I love the way ratfish swim by flapping their fins like a bird.
Also, I find it cool that ratfish are first cousins to sharks. So, a goldfish is more closely related to a (land) rat than it is to a ratfish.
Also, I find it cool that ratfish are first cousins to sharks. So, a goldfish is more closely related to a (land) rat than it is to a ratfish.
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Fri Nov 13, 2015 9:19 pm
Crab feast
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Sat Nov 14, 2015 6:53 pm
I never seen Northern Kelp Crabs in crab trap. Maybe because the season seems endless this year and most Dungeness crabs are gone?
True, the hordes I used to see around the tire reef are not there now. :(
True, the hordes I used to see around the tire reef are not there now. :(
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Sun Nov 15, 2015 8:34 am
Some call it Flowers of the sea ( although,the are animals )
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2015 7:11 am
1. Whidbey version of Botticelli.
2. Shrimps looking for Venus.
2. Shrimps looking for Venus.
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2015 8:51 pm
No wonder I struggle with IDs of some critters ...
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2015 11:20 pm
Thanks for the continued education Jan! Wow, 500m deep. Those Breadcrumb Sponges sure have range.