Wednesday, February 28, 2024

more baja videos

This is a humpback peck slapping, and it looks kinda cool
 

And a willet wading in shallow water



Friday, February 23, 2024

Tuesday, February 20, 2024

Cool Pelican


 This is a shot from Puerto Escondido, and this pelican got a mouthful of fish.  He then is trying to sift all the little fish out, similar to the way the lunge feeding baleen whales eat.  The pouch retracts elastically and the fish get caught in the bill.  I wonder if pelicans will start to grow little "baleen" hairs on their bills to make this work out easier in the future.  

Wednesday, February 14, 2024

Monday, February 12, 2024

Friday, February 2, 2024

Fiddler crabs


 

Week 2 in The gulf of california

This week was really nice, and we went to a lot of the same spots.  Good sunrises and sunsets.
A bit of wind again, with the sand getting nice patterns behind this grass clump
This is a bit of sea foam that flew up over to the grass beside a lagoon
A cool tree at Punta Salinas
And a nice little sandpiper searching
I had a nice skiff tour with some bottlenose dolphins
And an American Oystercatcher
Also some Blue footed Boobies
And another bottlenose dolphin with a nick in the tail.
I had a great skiff tour with a Blue Whale
We went to Loreto
And snorkeled with sea lions again.

 

Sunday, January 28, 2024

Neat Pelican Video

I took this in the estuary in San Jose del Cabo.  Its pretty neat seeing the pelican move.
 

Friday, January 26, 2024

First week in Baja

My first week in baja was really nice!  First I started in San Jose del Cabo, and I went to the estuary and found some ducks!  This was a Cinnamon Teal
And a Blue Winged Teal
And a Kestrel
And a Gila Woodpecker
I don't know this flower, but I like it.
A Yellow footed gull
We went to Isla San Jose for the first day
and then Agua Verde for the second, and I got a nice Cardon Cactus, then in the small town there was a turkey
And some nice goats
Cute babies
Here's a shot of the Safari Voyager from up on a hill
Another yellow footed gull
and I'm really happy with this turkey vulture
Some Cholla cactus fruits
A paper Nautilus shell

Blue footed Boobies


A frigate
A nice Cardon, at Danzante Island

An Elephant tree
A Brittle Star
Gray Whale!
A picture of the ship
And some pelicans
And a fig tree in Espiritu Santu

Some old cholla wood in Espiritu Santu island

A view from the top of the hill
and an Agave 
A lizard
Another fig shot
the beach we landed on
the full moon that night
the reflection of the full moon
And this shot, which I am really proud of, is Jupiter, and the moons of Jupiter.  Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto.  I've seen them before with binoculars and this was the first time I got a photo of those moons
The next morning I got a nice shot of the moon
And the baja west of Isla San Francisco
A cholla flower bud
A view from up on isla san francisco
A shell
A view from the hill on Isla San Francisco.  It was super windy and fun to be on the hill
Here's the ship from a nice height
And a shrike!

 Whoa, this was a lot of photos, and it was a great week.  I'm excited to get to La Paz and see if Aquila is still sitting pretty, and maybe go over and check on her.  And begin another week.