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Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Thu Sep 21, 2017 9:40 am
by Jan K
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2017 8:48 am
by Jan K
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Sat Sep 23, 2017 6:26 pm
by Jan K
And now the bad news. Wednesday dive at Coupeville was not only about the fragile beauty of jellyfish, but the reason I dive there is to monitor the health of sea stars. Since the terrible die-off in recent years, 2017 looked like the worse is behind, since although the water temperatures were really high, I did not see any wasting. Until now. Still, most of them are still healthy, but Friday, I was checking Langley, I found some wasting there as well. And today, at Skyline, I found wasting Six-rayed stars which were not affected by the last calamity. Divers, keep your eyes open ! :(
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Mon Sep 25, 2017 11:03 am
by Jan K
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2017 9:04 am
by Jan K
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2017 9:46 am
by Jan K
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2017 9:22 pm
by Tangfish
I just love your photos and illustrations, Jan, in case I haven’t let you know lately!
Every time I’m gingerly doing something with the Board’s database, this thread and Down the Memory Line are the two things I have in my head that cannot ever be lost!
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2017 7:59 am
by Jan K
Tangfish wrote:I just love your photos and illustrations, Jan, in case I haven’t let you know lately!
Every time I’m gingerly doing something with the Board’s database, this thread and Down the Memory Line are the two things I have in my head that cannot ever be lost!
Thank you for your kind words and also for providing a platform for sharing our underwater experiences with others...
Death and life - one supports the other. Keystone Jetty sample...
Fish, sea star and chiton.
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2017 11:07 pm
by Jan K
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Fri Sep 29, 2017 6:45 pm
by Jan K
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Sun Oct 01, 2017 11:49 am
by Jan K
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Sun Oct 01, 2017 2:20 pm
by ScubaJess
Beautiful snaps!!! It was soooo fun diving with you & Yelloweye! I really love the pic you made of me with the fish! I'm in my happy place under the sea! :-)
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Mon Oct 02, 2017 3:33 pm
by Jan K
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2017 7:56 am
by Jan K
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Thu Oct 05, 2017 4:16 pm
by Jan K
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Fri Oct 06, 2017 8:34 am
by ScubaJess
These are excellent!!! I love the Shrimp!!! Also I love your little guy hanging on the Kelp. He gave me a smile. :-)
Happy Friday!
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Fri Oct 06, 2017 10:03 pm
by Jan K
Thank you Jess, Happy weekend !
Possession Point Fingers, Thursday dive. Hopefully the Orange sea pens are coming back.
So far only juveniles are gracing the scene...
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2017 9:04 am
by Jan K
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2017 5:02 pm
by oldsalt
Jan: When the orange sea pens "take root", doesn't that lead to a herd of striped nudibranchs stampeding through, or have you noticed that the sea pens can survive in one location for some period of time?
-Curt
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Sun Oct 08, 2017 10:20 am
by Jan K
Hi Curt, In the past, it did not take long for the Tritonia and Armina to show up and snack on sea pens. This time I did not see any slugs yet, but I would be not surprised if they do, and soon.
And because today is OCTOber EIGHT.
Happy World Octopus Day.
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Mon Oct 09, 2017 3:01 pm
by Jan K
Driftwood Park. The Cockscombs are hard to identify in the field, some guide books mention stripes on jaws for the Slender, but to differentiate between "Fleshy crest" and "Moderate Flashy Crest" to distinguish between the Slender and High Cockscomb sounds too subjective for me.
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2017 4:44 pm
by Jan K
Lots of Cross jellies in local waters now. Some carry hitchhikers...
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Thu Oct 12, 2017 4:50 pm
by Jan K
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Fri Oct 13, 2017 1:57 pm
by Jan K
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Sat Oct 14, 2017 6:56 pm
by Jan K