Blue Heron Bridge Trolls

[fisheyeview]

BTW, HAPPY BIRTHDAY KEVIN!!!!!

:balloons:

 

[mntlblok]

Great shot!!!!!

Thanks! Going to experiment with adding another +2 of diopterness today. No housing, yet, for my microscope.

Kevin

 

[tibenmiami]

Great Video!

Can't stands it no *more*! I give up. I promise to do better later. . .

Banded or Dusky Jawfish with mouth eggs - YouTube

BTW, I'm hearing both Dusky and Banded Jawfish here. Which is it??

Kevin

 

[scubajim 1]

99 minutes of bliss today. The Viz was easily 60 plus and water was 78. The current was very mild and there were lots of web burrfish to play with today.
The seaweed blennies seemed particularly playful today.

Seaweed Blenny


I also saw this purplemouth moray

Purplemouth Moray


Web Burrfish


Lots more nice images today that I'll post later. Hope everyone else enjoyed today's dive as much as I did.

 

[mntlblok]

Dusky vs. Banded

Guess I'll just have to collect some DNA - or ask Rob Myer(s?).

Kevin

Based on info from Steven Kovacs yesterday, I'm thinking that the guy with the mouth eggs is a Banded, and the one pictured here - significantly smaller than the Banded, is a Dusky. Ran into him on the way back to dry land on Wednesday.

Kevin

 

[mntlblok]

pennies

Thanks! Going to experiment with adding another +2 of diopterness today. No housing, yet, for my microscope.

Kevin

This was the range I would have been limited to with that setup - if I hadn't also kept the wet diopter in place - but I did (another +2?). Perfect day for it, though, as my new hero, John Casey (Biminitwist) took me on an unbelievable tour, finding all kinds of stuff I'd never seen before (but had wanted to), and they were nearly all the perfect size for my setup. As I told him after the dive, it was absolute sensory overload. All the critters even behaved well for their photo sessions. Actually, I didn't even have time to get *to* all the things he found for me. I'll now have months of post-processing to keep me busy and (possibly) out of trouble. This bridge has some *serious* talent hanging around under it. To top off a fabulous day, I got to spend the rest of the evening with some of my other bridge heroes, Patrice Marker, Rob Myers, and Steven Kovacs. Only now starting to get to the pics. . . Hoping to meet the eagle-eyed better half of John for my last dive today - if I can talk my daughter into sticking around long enough after picking them up from the airport.

Kevin

 

[Biminitwist]

Thanks Kev. Really wanted to produce for your Birthday dive at the bridge.
Tragically now I'm another 165 minutes further into the black hole of terrific unedited video!
Highlights: the fighting squat lobster colony, posturing pike blennies and more tiny octos than I could count.

Jim: from that shot it looks like a striped burrfish, I'm still seeking the webbed......

Anne- thanks for the id on my Moon Snail, was great meeting you.

John

 

[scubajim 1]

Based on info from Steven Kovacs yesterday, I'm thinking that the guy with the mouth eggs is a Banded, and the one pictured here - significantly smaller than the Banded, is a Dusky. Ran into him on the way back to dry land on Wednesday.

Kevin

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Yup...most likely.

 

[D2Diver]

LOST :-( Left my Tusa mask at bridge. Looked at the picnic table near playground & it was all clear so maybe it fell off onto the sand. Easy to know it's mine as my reading glasses are attached!!

 

[AnneDiver]

Nice to meet you in person, John, and keep those fantastic videos coming, I especially love the mollusks in action!