Page 185 of 217
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2021 9:00 am
by Jan K
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2021 12:38 pm
by Jan K
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Sat Jan 09, 2021 6:54 pm
by Jan K
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2021 2:19 pm
by Jan K
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2021 7:12 pm
by Jan K
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2021 4:55 pm
by Jan K
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2021 9:56 am
by Jan K
For a month now, I watch commercial divers (sometimes up to five boats), slowly moving around Mutiny Bay digging up Geoducks. What will be left after they leave? I am not trying to stir the pot, we have enough problems lately in this country. But it keeps me wondering, do we have to be so efficient in harvesting our seas ?
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2021 10:53 am
by Jan K
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2021 8:42 am
by Jan K
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2021 3:03 pm
by Jan K
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2021 4:26 pm
by Dominick Gheesling
Absolutely LOVE your posts!!!
Looking forward to diving in PNW very soon.
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2021 10:06 am
by Jan K
Dominick Gheesling wrote: ↑Wed Jan 20, 2021 4:26 pm
Absolutely LOVE your posts!!!
Looking forward to diving in PNW very soon.
Thank you Dominick, hope you will enjoy what our waters have to offer....
Unlike some of the tiny critters occupying the rocks of Keystone Jetty, Wrinkled dogwinkle snails aka Frilled Dog Whelks are not hard to find. This time of the year, they congregate in large numbers and cover some of the rocks completely. Their yellow egg cases are showing up in great numbers. Why so many egg? Well, it seems that not only do the adults eat the eggs of their own and other species, but the first-hatched young will eat the eggs of their unhatched siblings. And to make it even more interesting, Leafy Hornmouth snails also join the reproduction show, mixing their shell together with Dogwinkles. Theirs are on the orange side of yellow, ans casing is of different shape .
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2021 8:00 pm
by derekcs
Thank you for identifying these eggs. I thought they belonged to the kelp greenling that was circling around but couldn't be sure.
Jan K wrote: ↑Wed Jan 20, 2021 3:03 pm
Kelp greenling males are also guarding eggs, and most of their eggs are also in empty barnacle shells.
The greenling spend lot of time chasing away the Striped perch which are cruising all over the jetty now.
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Sat Jan 23, 2021 8:59 am
by Jan K
derekcs wrote: ↑Fri Jan 22, 2021 8:00 pm
Thank you for identifying these eggs. I thought they belonged to the kelp greenling that was circling around but couldn't be sure.
Some of them are better guardians than others.
No shortage of Northern Kelp crabs, just a shortage of kelp this time of the year.
Few more snaps from last Saturday dive. How the time flies...
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2021 8:13 am
by Jan K
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2021 10:31 am
by Jan K
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2021 9:26 am
by Jan K
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Thu Jan 28, 2021 8:38 am
by Jan K
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Fri Jan 29, 2021 2:44 pm
by Jan K
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2021 10:16 am
by Jan K
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2021 6:46 am
by Jan K
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Mon Feb 01, 2021 8:45 am
by Jan K
As most of you know, planning to dive Keystone depends a lot on weather, most importantly, on the wind. Its direction and speed. Checking different sources on internet, one will quickly discover, that like most things today, there is no unity. On Wednesday I looked at Keystone forecasts for Thursday and I got to choose from 14.7 knots on Ventusky to 6 knots in Windy. This time, I trusted my action to Windy and it was right. The official Marine Forecast for mariners cheated by predicting 5-15 knots, which didn't really help me with planning.
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2021 10:21 am
by Jan K
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2021 9:17 am
by Jan K
Re: Whidbey Island Critters
Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2021 9:45 am
by Jan K
Keystone Jetty dive, January 28th.
These tiny snails have some beautiful markings. Too small for my old eyes to pick up while underwater and too late to seek out the more interesting ones. I will leave it to you guys and gals with better eyes or macro setup to get the pictures these beauties deserve