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Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Tue Oct 31, 2023 9:12 am
by Jan K
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Fri Nov 03, 2023 6:24 am
by Jan K
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Sat Nov 04, 2023 4:45 am
by Jan K
Hot off the press: Starfish Are Basically Bodiless Heads Crawling Around The Ocean.
From the magazine Nature. November 2, 2023
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2023 6:34 am
by Jan K
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2023 9:31 am
by Jan K
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Fri Nov 10, 2023 1:00 pm
by Jan K
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Sat Nov 11, 2023 9:21 am
by Jan K
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Sun Nov 12, 2023 9:15 am
by Jan K
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Mon Nov 13, 2023 7:55 am
by Jan K
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Wed Nov 15, 2023 8:04 am
by Jan K
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2023 8:10 am
by Jan K
Driftwood Pond #2, November 10, 2023 dive.
The Glassy Bubble Shell slugs took residence in this pond. None are found in Pond #1. Not laying eggs yet. They seem to feed in the shallows on Japanese fireweed, on green Hair algae and Sea lettuce as well in the deeper parts of pond on stuff associated with rotting wood and bottom muck.
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Sat Nov 18, 2023 8:13 am
by Jan K
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2023 2:37 pm
by Jan K
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Wed Nov 22, 2023 11:49 am
by Jan K
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Thu Nov 23, 2023 11:39 am
by Jan K
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Fri Nov 24, 2023 1:07 pm
by Jan K
Langley Harbor, November 18, 2023 dive.
The visibility was so good on Friday that I returned on Saturday to enjoy more of it. Well, although there was no rain, no wind, same high tide cycle, the great visibility did not survive 24 hours. Saturday provided almost 20 feet visibility, instead of 30. Well, still not bad. My friend Ken installed water temperature logger at the seawall, so now can hopefully monitor the temperature which affects the sea star wasting, ( at least that is what seems to be part of the problem).
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Sat Nov 25, 2023 10:39 am
by Jan K
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2023 9:35 am
by Jan K
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Tue Dec 05, 2023 11:40 am
by Jan K
Langley Harbor, December 2, 2023.
Neck seal got replaced, back to dry diving (for the time being as they stay dry only so long)
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While I was waiting for the drysuit fix, all the Whitespotted greenling eggs hatched, no sign of them or the male guardian.
And the Nanaimo dorids laid their eggs on featherduster worm's tube.
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2023 9:29 am
by Jan K
Langley Harbor, December 2, 2023 dive.
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Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2023 8:58 am
by Jan K
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Fri Dec 08, 2023 8:23 am
by Jan K
Holmes Harbor, December 3, 2023.
In addition to the silt making visibility bad, there are also tiny organism called plankton. Of course, they are floating, swimming around most of the time and are part of the life underwater, but this time I could actually see some of it once I put the picture on large computer screen. The little point and shoot captured few of phytoplankton "sticks" so I can see them without a microscope with my old eyes. After the dive, of course. While diving, all I do is complain about bad visibility...
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2023 8:29 am
by Jan K
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Tue Dec 12, 2023 8:11 am
by Jan K
Keystone Pilings, December 8, 2023. I don't visit the Pilings often, what used to be a wonderful shallow dive became sort of a wasteland, void of diversity. Gone are the multitudes of rockfish, crabs of so many kind, tunicates, sponges, sea stars, nudibranchs....
Even the anemones are fewer and tubesnouts and barnacles are not as photogenic as the large rockfish were. Now the current rushes across bare seafloor, dead Bull kelp stipes tangled around pilings, not exactly thing of beauty. After while I let the current carry me to much more interesting part of the underwater park - the Jetty.
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2023 11:55 am
by Jan K