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- Sat Jul 27, 2019 11:02 am
- Forum: Everything Else
- Topic: Westport seabirds, whales, dolphins
- Replies: 7
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Westport seabirds, whales, dolphins
Once again, I went to sea with Phil and Chris Anderson of Westport Seabirds. Getting far enough offshore to see pelagic birds requires early departure. Sunrise found our enjoying particularly calm seas. DSC_1821.JPG A juvenile tufted puffin greeted us soon after we crossed the bar. DSC_1830.JPG It t...
- Thu Jul 18, 2019 9:36 am
- Forum: Dive Recaps & Trip Reports
- Topic: Big Sur
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1543
Re: Big Sur
Absolutely wonderful. I only know Big Sur from the surface, and being a cautious mariner, I gave the coast a wide berth. You gave me a whole new perspective. Your comment about sea lions and mola mola: When I observed this many years ago, I was told that they bit the fins off to immobilize the fish ...
- Sat Jul 06, 2019 3:21 pm
- Forum: Everything Else
- Topic: Minke Whales
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1543
Minke Whales
Mt wife and I spent the fourth on a whale watching cruise in the San Juans. For over forty years we traveled these waters in our own boat, so we found ourselves sailing in the wake of many memories. The most interesting animals we found were three Minke whales feeding south of Cattle Point. Just as ...
- Tue Jun 18, 2019 9:19 am
- Forum: General SCUBA Discussion
- Topic: Okay ... another what is this?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3978
Re: Okay ... another what is this?
Reminds me of a recent conversation with a diver at Edmonds. After my recounting my old story about seeing a salmon shark in the San Juans, he counters, "I saw a hammerhead at Kayak Point." Trying to conceal my disbelief, I made some non-committal response. He follows with, "It must h...
- Sat Jun 08, 2019 6:17 pm
- Forum: General SCUBA Discussion
- Topic: Happy Birthday ScubaJess!!!!
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3410
Re: Happy Birthday ScubaJess!!!!
Happy B'day to SJ and YE. I regret that I will never be able to dive with either of you. Your posts delight me. I feel that I am a friend.
Keep it coming, Curt![:rawlings: :rawlings:](./../images/smilies/oldtimer.gif)
Keep it coming, Curt
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- Wed May 15, 2019 5:01 pm
- Forum: Critter Watchers - PNW Marine Life
- Topic: Whidbey Island Critters
- Replies: 5451
- Views: 1083995
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Jan: I love these posts. Several comments. In my recent trips through Deception, I tell those with me to check these posts because amazing as the pass is, it is more so underwater. Many times I would leave port in my sailboat, cruising through the magic of a sunny morning, just to encounter a curtai...
- Thu May 09, 2019 10:45 am
- Forum: Everything Else
- Topic: Pinnipeds, whales, and seabirds
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2153
Re: Pinnipeds, whales, and seabirds
Wow!!! WEstport Seabirds? Is it a charter company? Curious. Kirsten Kirsten: Yes. The owners, Phil and Chris Anderson, do regular surveys of pelagic seabirds and cetaceans and take people out with them. Phil is not only a long time charter boat captain, but he is the former director of Washington S...
- Wed May 08, 2019 9:28 am
- Forum: Everything Else
- Topic: Pinnipeds, whales, and seabirds
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2153
Pinnipeds, whales, and seabirds
While on a diving trip at Race Rocks, a few years ago, we saw all five pinnipeds located in our waters: harbor seal, California sea lion, Steller's sea lion, northern fur seal, and elephant seal. I repeated that experience while out with Westport Seabirds last weekend. We first encountered this tagg...
- Mon Apr 29, 2019 8:37 am
- Forum: Underwater Imaging - Photography & Video
- Topic: Skookumchuck Narrows video short
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4164
Re: Skookumchuck Narrows video short
Mike: I never got a chance to dive Skookumchuck, so thank you. That was wonderful.
-Curt
p.s. In my cruising years, I moored my sailboat nearby and watched the kayakers surf the standing wave there in 15-20 knot currents.
-Curt
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p.s. In my cruising years, I moored my sailboat nearby and watched the kayakers surf the standing wave there in 15-20 knot currents.
- Thu Apr 04, 2019 9:29 am
- Forum: Everything Else
- Topic: Techblog article featuring underwater 360!
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1424
Re: Techblog article featuring underwater 360!
Laura: I applaud you and your work. You no longer surprise me with your contributions. Thank you.
Curt
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Curt
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- Wed Mar 27, 2019 4:41 pm
- Forum: Critter Watchers - PNW Marine Life
- Topic: Whidbey Island Critters
- Replies: 5451
- Views: 1083995
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Congratulations on another new species. Since you have been at it for so long and so thoroughly, it has become rare for you to see something new. I just realized I saw some additional new species of birds on my recent trip to the Gapalagos and Peru's Palamino Islands. In reviewing my photos, I found...
- Wed Mar 27, 2019 4:27 pm
- Forum: Underwater Imaging - Photography & Video
- Topic: some clips from 2018
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4387
Re: some clips from 2018
Chris: You have such a great eye. I feel I am diving with a great observer when I watch your video. Thank you.
-Curt
-Curt
- Mon Mar 25, 2019 7:19 pm
- Forum: Everything Else
- Topic: Puget Sound whale watching
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1381
Puget Sound whale watching
"The Three Princes of Serendip", a 16th century retelling of an old Persian folk tale, gave the English language the word serendipity. Serendipity, finding something while looking for something else, describes my watching gray whales lately. While cooking breakfast, the flipper and fluke o...
- Sat Mar 23, 2019 7:52 pm
- Forum: Dive Recaps & Trip Reports
- Topic: ThThTh 3/21 Dive & BBQ report
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2942
Re: ThThTh 3/21 Dive & BBQ report
Are these baby salmon? I saw this school of them right at the shore (<5ft) in front of the staircase when I was coming back up. https://photos.smugmug.com/Underwater/Seattle-Diving/Redondo-Beach-Park-2019-03-21/i-bSNmXjh/1/2187e163/M/_DSC2693-M.jpg [/quote] I think you called it right. Salmon go thr...
- Tue Mar 12, 2019 3:42 pm
- Forum: Everything Else
- Topic: The Bottle Thread
- Replies: 276
- Views: 185048
Re: The Bottle Thread
I agree that this is an epic find. You should have fun over the years creating stories of how it ended up in you possession. I had a similar find years ago, not as old and certainly not as rare. For my own reasons it was special. I was diving the old "crab pier" at Mukilteo. During the Col...
- Sun Mar 10, 2019 7:19 pm
- Forum: Dive Recaps & Trip Reports
- Topic: ThThTh in Indonesia
- Replies: 69
- Views: 14348
Re: ThThTh in Indonesia
Friends: Yelloweye insinuated you just scratched the surface with your report. Jan Kocian has been feeding us reports on his Fiji trip in installments. I would enjoy reading and seeing more.
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-Curt
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- Thu Feb 28, 2019 10:05 am
- Forum: Dive Recaps & Trip Reports
- Topic: Barclay Sound
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2989
Re: Barclay Sound
"They that go down to the sea...They see the works of the Lord and the wonders of His creation." Psalm 107
-Curt![:rawlings: :rawlings:](./../images/smilies/oldtimer.gif)
-Curt
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- Tue Feb 26, 2019 4:30 pm
- Forum: Critter Watchers - PNW Marine Life
- Topic: Whidbey Island Critters
- Replies: 5451
- Views: 1083995
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Jan: When I think about it, I must laugh at myself. If I were to tell someone how eagerly I await your posts, and they asked "What is in them?" "Oh, pictures of oysters, sponges, flatworms, and slugs." Add my near obsession with whales and seabirds, no wonder I am considered weir...
- Mon Feb 25, 2019 5:33 pm
- Forum: Dive Recaps & Trip Reports
- Topic: Barclay Sound
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2989
Re: Barclay Sound
Chris: Exquisite. Your opening time-lapse shot of the bay reminds me why I have spent hours staring at the sea. My son says time you enjoyed wasting is not wasted. The dog made me smile. The sea life you showed was an eloquent statement of why we love the ocean. Thank you.
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-Curt
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- Thu Feb 21, 2019 6:20 pm
- Forum: Critter Watchers - PNW Marine Life
- Topic: Whidbey Island Critters
- Replies: 5451
- Views: 1083995
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
When I look at the wonders you depict, I think of an exchange I had with a cousin years ago. He asked why I didn't return to my birth state of Missouri. "It doesn't have an ocean for one thing" I replied. He answered, "What's the big deal about the ocean? It is nothing but water."...
- Mon Feb 18, 2019 11:42 am
- Forum: Critter Watchers - PNW Marine Life
- Topic: Whidbey Island Critters
- Replies: 5451
- Views: 1083995
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Jan: You show us again and again the marvels one can see in what many consider sites not worth the effort: Langley, Coupeville, and Holmes Harbor. But you are an exceptionally gifted observer.
-Curt
-Curt
- Mon Feb 18, 2019 11:33 am
- Forum: Underwater Imaging - Photography & Video
- Topic: barclay sound
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3917
Re: barclay sound
Chris, I probably say it too often, but the pictures on this board are therapy for one who misses diving. I made just one trip to Barkley Sound, and focused on diving wrecks. It is one of the placed where I felt I was at the edge of the world. Your pictures are glorious. Also, doing that many mid-wi...
- Thu Feb 14, 2019 4:08 pm
- Forum: Critter Watchers - PNW Marine Life
- Topic: Whidbey Island Critters
- Replies: 5451
- Views: 1083995
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
My access to internet has been limited while I was in the Galapagos. I just saw your trip photos. My goodness. My Fiji photos are so lame in comparison. Thank you,
Curt
Curt
- Thu Feb 14, 2019 3:07 pm
- Forum: Everything Else
- Topic: Southern adventure contnued
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1485
Southern adventure contnued
I used to feel smugly superior as I strapped my gear on and looked at the tourists go by in their orange life jackets. Guess what happened? Old age! After a marvelous week in the Galapagos, we continued on to visit old friends in Peru. In earlier visits we had taken in the most common sites: Machu P...
- Fri Feb 08, 2019 9:32 am
- Forum: Everything Else
- Topic: Galapagos adventure
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4542
Re: Galapagos adventure
That's right. They are endemic here. I was unable to get an underwater picture of them, but they are amazing when they are hunting. Here's a group of three. Notice the vestigial wings. CurtYellowEye wrote:Very cool! Awesome!
What's a flightless cormorants? Do they just swim and dive?