More Screen Captures From The Okeanos Explorer

I'm just going to post some pictures tonight from watching the Okeanos Explorer. These are s'caps I took yesterday while they were looking at the SE wall of Oceanographer Canyon. Tomorrow is the last day to watch the deep-sea exploration. I'm going to try to correctly identify what's in these pictures...

These are both Anthomastus, with the one on the bottom right being in the withdrawn state.

There are a bunch of Bivalves hanging out on this ledge.

Look at how little but fierce this Squat Lobster is!

Black coral with a Squat Lobster associate.

This Spiny Crab was walking along and using its pinchers to grab silt and put it in its mouth. In this picture, you can see its right pincher is moving a fist-full of silt to its mouth... (Um, it's facing left in case you can't tell...)

Here's another ledge of Bivalves with an Octopus hanging out. I never realized how cute Octopus are!

A closer s'cap of the cutie!

One of the scientists asked them to zoom in on this Barnacle hanging off of one of the Bivalves. And I was all ho-hum... But then they zoomed in and I could see the feathery cirria fanned out -- pretty cool!

This is a different spiny crab. I thought they looked pretty neat.

Dogfight Between an Osprey and a Bald Eagle, Bald Eagles in Ohio, More Screen Captures From The Deep-sea Exploration on the Okeanos Explorer

Here's an interesting story about a dogfight between an Osprey and a Bald Eagle. 

Bald Eagles are making a comeback in Ohio.

OK, time for more pictures from the deep-sea exploration. These are the last of the s'caps from Sunday... But... I've got a bunch more from yesterday and today. So, I'll just keep on with my normal post and then I'll put s'caps at the end... If you see the two red laser dots in any of my s'caps, they are used for measuring, with the dots being 4 inches apart. The last day of the exploration is Friday, so if you haven't been able to watch it so far, time is running out!

Anemones and coral on a rock.

This red crab is eating a Ctenophore (Comb Jelly)

The scientists were really excited when they saw this purplish coral. My favorite color is purple, so I liked it too. There's a shrimp on the right and I'm not sure what the translucent thing with dark blobs was. It was moving...

This Cup Sponge is hosting a Squat Lobster and a Brittle Star. There's a Red Crab in this shot too.

How cool is this?!?!?! A Sea Spider! I didn't know that there were spiders that live underwater. I wonder how closely they are related to land dwelling spiders, or if they only have that name due to the resemblance...

Ha! Photo bomb!

Doesn't this look unreal? Like, it's just too perfect...

Here's a Shrimp hanging out on some Coral.

It's impossible to find a rock that isn't hosting some sort of life...

I'm not seeing as many fish as I had expected...

At the end of the day, they bring all of the equipment back onboard the Okeanos Explorer. In the center of the bottom left quadrant is a piece of the equipment that they are hoisting out of the water.

This big block is another piece that goes into the water. I believe this piece contains the lights and cameras.

This is the last of my s'caps from Sunday. Tomorrow, I'll start with Tuesday's s'caps...

Bald Eagle Locations: Camellia, KE, and NX, More Screen Captures From The Okeanos Explorer 2013 Deep-sea Exploration

Bald Eagle Camellia's location was updated on the 11th, including two new pictures! And there's a picture of him on the day he was banded, when he was a baby. So cute! And then his location was updated just now. He is back in familiar territory...

Bald Eagle KE is now up around Quantico, where Bald Eagle NX has been hanging out. I wonder if they've seen each other...

Speaking of NX. There is a new location posted for NX. She is still hanging out south of Quantico.

OK. Time for more s'caps that I took on Sunday from the deep-sea exploration happening off of the east coast.

There were some really pretty Jellyfish.

It seemed like every rock was supporting some sort of life.

This little guy cracked me up! He is ready to take on the world!

I think this is coral. This is a close-up of the following picture.

I couldn't get a s'cap fast enough. He was quick to run into his burrow. It's pretty wild watching these animals run around, you forget that you are watching something underwater...

 Pretty Shrimp. I love the clarity of these cameras.

I don't remember what they called this... Squat Lobster?

 There's a worm that lives in this tube.

 But he refused to come out...

Okeanos Explorer 2013 Deep-sea Exploration -- More Screen Captures

Here's some more s'caps that I took on Sunday of the deep-sea exploration.

This is what happens when the ROV accidentally touches the silt. They were trying to maneuver to see something when suddenly clouds obscured it from view.

Hermit crab.

These next seven s'caps are of the same rock. These rocks are from glaciers. They'd see a rock and then zoom in on it and find all sorts of life making a home on/around the rock.

Okeanos Explorer 2013 Deep-sea Exploration

I spent a couple of hours today watching the deep-sea exploration that I blogged about yesterday. I took way too many s'caps! I'll present them over the next few posts. They said today that they were shallow at 503 meters, which is about 550 yards.

I forget what kind of shrimp they said this was.

I forget what kind of fish this is. It was very shiny! (Update 8/14: This is a Barracudina.)

Same fish as the one above. I think it's sifting through the silt looking for food.

 
Skate. This one has some spines along its back.

They were calling this one a Cancer Crab.

This is a different Skate than the one above.

Octopus. They didn't stay on this one very long, so the s'cap isn't the greatest.

Red crab at the entrance to its burrow. The two red dots are lasers from the ROV. They are using them to take measurements.

The next two pictures are the same Anemone. While we were watching, some little critter bumped into the anemone. Yum, yum! (The scientists were so excited when this happened. It was funny, listening to them.)

 

Bald Eagles NX and Camellia Locations, Two Bald Eagles In A Mid-air Fight, Deep-sea Exploration, Sumatran Tiger Cubs Born At The National Zoo, Slo-mo Video Of A Great White Shark Breaching

Bald Eagle NX finally checked in. She is still hanging out just south of Quantico.

There is also an update for Bald Eagle Camellia. He has been exploring...

A visitor to Alaska photographed two Bald Eagles in a mid-air fight over a fish that one of them had caught.

There is a deep-sea exploration off of Nantucket that is being streamed over the web. They are using a Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) that is tethered to the ship to explore the Northeast U.S. Canyons. They usually broadcast from 8:30AM to 4:30PM EDT. Researchers onboard the ship also provide commentary about what is being seen. See it while you can -- I believe they finish on August 17th.

Rare Sumatran Tiger Cubs were born at The National Zoo in Washington, D.C. There is a link to a web cam:

This slo-mo video of a Great White Shark breaching is pretty cool! You can see the water streaming out of its gills and see all the water its gaping mouth takes in. Way cool!

New Picture of Bald Eagle Dad Norfolk, AEF Eaglets Fledge And Are Tracked, Swainson's Hawk Morphs on Feathered Photography Blog, Bald Eagle Population on The James River

Duane has posted a new picture of Dad Norfolk on the Norfolk Eagles Forum. He is looking good!

I posted several times earlier in the year about the AEF eaglets. They were removed from their nest when they were 6 weeks and 2 days old. This was to prevent them from imprinting on humans. They were taken to a hack tower away from people where they continued to grow and strengthen their flight muscles. They could only view natural surroundings without being able to see the people that monitored them and brought them food and water. They then fledged at 13 weeks on August 2nd. They both have transmitters and can be tracked at AEF's web site. I don't see how to get the map to come up from that site. If you figure it out, let me know how to do it...

Ron Dudley has presented the various morphs of the Swainson's Hawk on his Feathered Photography blog.

The College of William and Mary has posted a story about the Bald Eagle population on the James River.

Bald Eagles at Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area

The Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area is 20 minutes outside of Salt Lake City, Utah. Bald Eagles arrive there around the middle of November and stay until about the middle of March. Hundreds of Bald Eagles congregate there each winter. There's a short video here. It looks like it's advertising a TV show, "The Utah Bucket List" which will air August 8th at 8:30PM. I'm going to have to see if I can find it online after it airs.

Bald Eagle Camellia Location, Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone, Maddie On Things, Physical Therapy Dogs

Reese has posted an update for Bald Eagle Camellia. Shirley Yanello and Beverly Nettleton both got pictures of him, which Reese posted. You can see his antenna in some of the pictures. He's looking rough - he's molting now.

The dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico is the size of Connecticut. The dead zone forms in the summer -- the result of fertilizer run-off causing algae blooms, which consume all of the oxygen so nothing else can live there. Everyone needs to be careful to fertilize at the right time, using the correct amount of the right product.

I previously blogged about Maddie on things. I found this other article about her and this slide show. (Make sure you click through all of the pictures.)

Here's a neat video about Physical Therapy Dogs. If I need physical therapy, I'd like to do it with a dog!

Juvenile Burrowing Owls on Feathered Photography, Where's Camellia?, Lion Neighbors, Impact of Reintroduction of Wolves at Yellowstone, Plague Carrying Squirrels, Animal Technology

I was out of town this past weekend -- family reunion. I hope you all had a good weekend!

Ron Dudley has posted a picture of juvenile Burrowing Owls on his Feathered Photography blog. These are some cute owls!

I guess Reese is off somewhere. No update on Camellia for a while. I looked at the tracking site for his most recent location and he isn't showing up on the map. I expect a new update soon, so I'll post that once it's been put into the map.

Here's a story that reinforces the idea that good fences make good neighbors. That's especially true when your neighbors are lions!

This story explains how the reintroduction of wolves at Yellowstone National Park has a positive impact on the grizzly bears that live there. Ecosystems are so complex, which is why conservation of endangered species is so important.

In LA, some squirrels have tested positive for the plague. I'm surprised because I thought the plague was a thing of the past and I didn't know that squirrels could carry it... It can be spread by fleas that bite the squirrels and then bite humans. And these squirrels did have fleas. Scary stuff...

There is some pretty cool 'animal technology' available these days. Will dogs be able to communicate with us one day? I think that would be awesome!

Bald Eagle HK Picture

Pam Monahan has posted a new picture of Bald Eagle HK on her SmugMug site. He looks so good. I don't see much 'dirty' left on him. He is Azalea's brother -- same nest (NBG), same year (2009). So I would expect her to look the same. Good job Pam!