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Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Fri Dec 06, 2019 7:18 am
by Jan K
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Sat Dec 07, 2019 10:02 am
by Jan K
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Sun Dec 08, 2019 9:54 am
by Jan K
Early last year, the stormy weather deposited a piece of tree outside the seawall at Langley Harbor.
Every time I dive there, I swim by it. It is amazing to watch the transformation as the shipworms consume that massive piece of wood...
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Mon Dec 09, 2019 7:44 pm
by Jan K
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Tue Dec 10, 2019 8:51 am
by Tidepool Geek
Hi Jan,
Nice find and a fascinating bit of history!
It's a bit concerning to think about the potential for invasiveness though.
Nervously yours,
Alex
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Tue Dec 10, 2019 4:57 pm
by oldsalt
Jan, This is so cool. Your skill as an observer continues to astound me. Your historical vignette about Hirohito's passion for marine biology strikes a nostalgic chord for me. In 1969, while convalescing from wounds, I was assigned to the naval hospital in Yokosuka, Japan. Bike riding accelerated my recovery and riding past the emperor's summer palace in Hayama was a favorite route. This site included his marine biology lab where he conducted his research. It burned down soon thereafter, but a museum built on the site includes some of the late emperor's specimens. I hope to return to Japan to reminisce. It may be worth a visit.
-Curt
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Wed Dec 11, 2019 7:17 pm
by Jan K
oldsalt wrote: ↑Tue Dec 10, 2019 4:57 pm
Jan, This is so cool. Your skill as an observer continues to astound me. Your historical vignette about Hirohito's passion for marine biology strikes a nostalgic chord for me. In 1969, while convalescing from wounds, I was assigned to the naval hospital in Yokosuka, Japan. Bike riding accelerated my recovery and riding past the emperor's summer palace in Hayama was a favorite route. This site included his marine biology lab where he conducted his research. It burned down soon thereafter, but a museum built on the site includes some of the late emperor's specimens. I hope to return to Japan to reminisce. It may be worth a visit.
-Curt
Thank you Curt for adding to the story...
Interesting how intertwine life is.
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Thu Dec 12, 2019 9:29 am
by Jan K
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Fri Dec 13, 2019 8:53 am
by Jan K
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Sat Dec 14, 2019 5:22 am
by Jan K
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Sun Dec 15, 2019 10:19 am
by Jan K
The new visitor (maybe even our new resident) nudibranch made it to the Slugsite as "The Ophisthobranch of the Week".
http://slugsite.us/bow2007/nudwk1124.ht ... 81R2IoXG_8
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Mon Dec 16, 2019 2:19 pm
by Gdog
very cool!! Hope you get feeling better soon Jan
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Mon Dec 16, 2019 4:22 pm
by Jan K
Thank you GD, I sure miss diving...
Menwhile, still under the weather, no diving. Except diving into recent memory.
Like when I promised Maya thousands of fish and they didn't show up :(
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Sat Dec 21, 2019 6:26 pm
by Jan K
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Tue Dec 24, 2019 3:44 pm
by Jan K
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Fri Dec 27, 2019 7:47 pm
by Jan K
While the tides are good, the weather is unpredictable, the southerly winds ranging from breezy to strong.
Before Christmas the forecast was for light wind for Thursday and Friday, only to be updated at Christmas day to gale warning.
Since it was predicted to hit later in the afternoon, I sneaked in a dive before lunch. Visibility was marred by silt, but ten to twelve feet
was enough to find some of the resident fishies. Kelp greenling guarding eggs was one of them.
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Sat Dec 28, 2019 9:50 am
by Jan K
Couple more fish from the Keystone dive.
Although we are getting close to the season when Lingcod lay eggs, none of the huge individuals were present at this time.
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Sun Dec 29, 2019 10:59 am
by Jan K
Keystone Jetty these days - lots of sea urchins, less sea stars. :(
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Tue Dec 31, 2019 9:47 am
by Jan K
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Sun Jan 05, 2020 11:00 am
by Jan K
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Tue Jan 07, 2020 11:52 am
by Jan K
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Tue Jan 14, 2020 10:42 am
by Jan K
While the snow and icy roads discourage road travel, I am at home, looking at old photos.
How much have some of my favorite dive localities changed. And not for better. :(
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Thu Jan 16, 2020 3:09 pm
by Jan K
Another one in the "Where have all the critters gone, long time passing ?" series...
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Fri Jan 17, 2020 6:22 pm
by Jan K
Another critter missing around Whidbey underwater scene.
Where there were fields of Sea pens - empty sandy plain.
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Sat Jan 18, 2020 3:15 pm
by Jan K
I sure miss the Squat lobsters, wherever they are now.
Their apartments are now just empty holes without their smily faces. :(