Bald Eagle Alaska Goes On An Adventure, Nanticoke River Bald Eagles, "Earthflight" Miniseries Schedule, More Screen Captures From The Okeanos Explorer Deep-sea Exploration

A glove trained Bald Eagle named Alaska went on an adventure. She got loose when she was spooked by a screech of gulls. (Screech is a collective noun for a group of gulls.) But she returned to her handler for some fish! Take a look at the picture -- that's a huge Bald Eagle!

You can google Nanticoke River to see where this story takes place. It's near the Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge. This news article is about Bald Eagles in that area.

I mentioned in a previous post about the Miniseries "Earthflight" that will be airing on PBS starting in September. This recent article shows the schedule -- where the filming takes place and what birds are involved.

More s'caps from the Okeanos Explorer deep-sea exploration that just finished up. These pictures were taken on Tuesday 8/14 on the SE wall of Oceanographer Canyon.

Paramuricea Coral and Black Coral.

Look at the difference in the Paramuricea Coral in the next two pictures. That's fishing line laying on it. You can see the damage done to this coral by the fishing line. I've seen baby birds on nest cams that are tangled in fishing line. I've seen pictures of birds with fishing line tangled around them. Birds can lose a foot from tangled fishing line cutting off the circulation. I've seen birds with fish hooks stuck in them. And I read a story about the rescue of a bird that was in a tree hanging upside down from fishing line. If it hadn't been spotted, it would have died. I'll say it again: Please properly dispose of your fishing line!

Paramuricea Coral and Anthomastus

This is some type of Sponge.

And a closer look, where you can see a shrimp is making this sponge its home.

This is a Glass Sponge on the lower left. It looks like a squat lobster is inside, you can just see what looks like a pincher inside it. I think that's Bamboo Coral at the top...

I saw a few of these red sea stars over the few days that I watched the exploration. (I think this is a Bat Star.)

Dinner time! I think they said that was a squid being eaten.

Look at how well this Toad Fish is camouflaged.

They zoomed in on the same fish. This is a face that only a mother could love!