Is it possible that I have no Green Heron photos on my site? This seems strange to me because they are one of my favorite birds…. Well, let’s remedy this seemingly improbably situation.
Category: Florida
I’ve been getting reports from my Florida friends that these Harlequin Sea Goddess nudibranchs are back in force at the Blue Heron Bridge this summer. I don’t remember which scientific name was settled on for which species is at The Bridge, but I do remember…
I don’t know if I will make it back to the BHB again this year, but here are the seahorse photos I have from this year so far.
I took these two photos within minutes of each other almost exactly two years ago during a visit to Florida. Both birds are Double-crested Cormorants, but the first one is a juvenile and the second is an adult.
During my last visit to Florida, I managed to catch some birds with their next generation in different stages of development… See if you can figure out which species are here…
This colorful Fringeback Dondice (Dondice occidentalis) was found during one of the dives on my most recently Florida visit.
Much rarer than the Striped Bumblebee Shrimp (which I can usually find on almost every dive at the Blue Heron Bridge), this was the first and only time I have ever found a Spotted Bumblebee Shrimp (Gnathophyllum modestum) so far.
Apologies for the month long hiatus… I will try to get back into a routine, but as usual when these hiatuses happen – no promises. When I was in Florida recently, one of the critters getting a lot of attention at the Blue Heron Bridge…
I’ve seen Red-orange Ghost Shrimp (Corallianassa longiventris) several times, and I’ve learned that the only way to see anything more than the tips of their claws and their face is you have to tempt them out with something to eat. I managed the first shot…
On a recent dive, my buddy Laura spotted one of these Yellow-ringed Janolus (Janolus flavoanulatus) nudibranchs, and that seemed to open the flood gates and we started seeing a bunch of them. At one point I found a small area that had four of them…
Found this cool Seahare on a recent dive at the Blue Heron Bridge. I believe it is an Atlantic Black Seahare (Aplysia morio).
This Palm Warbler was nice and cooperative to let me get some good close shots…
While we’re in the archives, I figured I’d share a few more of these…
Dusky Jawfish (Opistognathus whitehursti) are fairly regular fish at the Blue Heron Bridge. Like most (maybe all?) jawfish, they are mouth-brooders – meaning they hold their eggs and the babies for the first few days in their mouths to keep them safe. They tend to…
While we’re on the subject of eyes, let’s do another installment in the The Eyes Have It series. Enjoy.
