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Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Sat Aug 31, 2019 8:41 am
by Jan K
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Sun Sep 01, 2019 11:33 am
by Jan K
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Tue Sep 03, 2019 1:29 pm
by Jan K
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Wed Sep 04, 2019 12:02 pm
by Jan K
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Thu Sep 05, 2019 8:51 am
by Jan K
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Sat Sep 07, 2019 8:16 am
by Jan K
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Sun Sep 08, 2019 1:12 pm
by Jan K
Of course, visit to Skyline would not be complete without a juvenile Wolf eel ...
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Sun Sep 08, 2019 6:58 pm
by Jan K
Saturday dive at Keystone Jetty.
Making bubbles and collecting memories with friends...
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Mon Sep 09, 2019 8:22 am
by Jan K
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Thu Sep 12, 2019 7:47 am
by Jan K
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Thu Sep 12, 2019 10:20 am
by Jan K
Well, it sure didn't take long. The identifying game is getting harder and more confusing by the day. It used to be the domain of common names, thanks to the advances in DNA and other research, the scientific one joined the circus. Thanks to a note from a fellow diver and underwater photographer (thank you Merry Passage), another change in the taxonomy, Janolus fuscus is no longer the correct scientific name, please welcome Antiopella fusca.
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Thu Sep 12, 2019 2:23 pm
by ScubaJess
cool new name! Thanks for the update Jan. Also great pics as always!!!
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Fri Sep 13, 2019 5:31 am
by Jan K
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Sat Sep 14, 2019 8:24 pm
by Jan K
The official Keystone Mosshead Warbonnet salute
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Mon Sep 16, 2019 5:57 am
by Jan K
Saturday at Keystone. Little bit windy and overcast above, but underwater quite nice.
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Tue Sep 17, 2019 7:21 am
by Jan K
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Wed Sep 18, 2019 7:33 am
by Jan K
I wonder if love for the Kelp Greenlings blossoms in the fall?
On this dive they ignored my intrusion into their space and let me click away... I have to admit, they present quite a glamorous pair.
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2019 6:15 am
by Jan K
First time to find the Orange (in this case in red color) Feather Duster worm out in the open. Usually I see only their crown which quickly disappears underground when it detects my presence.
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Fri Sep 20, 2019 4:14 pm
by Gdog
Great shots of the worm Jan. Beautiful!
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Fri Sep 20, 2019 6:12 pm
by Jan K
Thanks, after all these years seeing only the top portion, now I saw the rest of it. Why it was exposed like this, I have no idea.
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Fri Sep 20, 2019 6:28 pm
by Jan K
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Sun Sep 22, 2019 4:29 pm
by Jan K
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Wed Sep 25, 2019 10:10 am
by Jan K
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Fri Sep 27, 2019 6:46 pm
by Jan K
Langley September 24, 2019.
Langley Harbor was the place on Whidbey Island where sea stars were present in large numbers, even during the height of the wasting episode.
But instead of thousands spread out in the large area of seawall, tire reef, rock piles and sandy plain with a floating dock above, supplying a plenty of food in the form of mussels raining down to the delight of crabs and some sea stars, I am guessing the count is down to hundreds.
Mottled stars being hit most noticeably. Ochre stars too are present in much lesser numbers. Leather stars are now present here in larger numbers that ever, they were really scarce here in the past.
The water data from nearby Penn Cove Mussel Farm are not updated since August 5th. I think the pictures from the three localities in span of few months show how much different the harbor now looks, as far as the sea star population is concerned. I still find few baby stars here and there, but overall, it is depressing. Not a single Sunflower star found. Wasting syndrome still present. :(
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Mon Sep 30, 2019 8:56 am
by Jan K