Brown Pelican – IUCN Conservation Status: Least Concern I’ve watched brown pelicans diving my entire life I absolutely love this photo because of the splash of water that you can see behind the brown pelican as it started to take off from the water. I don’t know which of us was more startled when I […]
PYGMY FILEFISH – IUCN Conservation Status: LEAST CONCERN The pygmy filefish and the green feather algae are almost the exact same color! This is yet another photo from Blue Heron Bridge in West Palm Beach, Florida. Diving here is like playing underwater Where’s Waldo. There are lots of cryptic creatures that camouflage with the seafloor. Some practice mimicry, […]
ATLANTIC LONGARM OCTOPUS – IUCN Conservation Status: LEAST CONCERN The longarm octopus can change their color and texture! Can you find the octopus? The eyeball is in the center of the photograph. Once you find the eye, the rest of the octopus appears. As the name suggests, the longarm octopus are known for their long arms. Their arms can […]
LONG-SNOUTED SEAHORSE – IUCN Conservation Status: DATA DEFFICIENT This long-snouted seahorse may be pregnant! It’s odd to think of seahorses as “fish”, but these ornate creatures are indeed a species of fish. However, unlike a lot of fish, seahorses are not good swimmers. They do have fins and are able to swim, however they rely on the […]
‘AHINAHINA – IUCN Conservation Status: CRITICALLY ENDANGERED I rented an ocean kayak on my honeymoon I love to go out on the water in an ocean kayak. It all started when my family would vacation in Florida. I saw that there were kayak rentals, and I began to ask for that as my birthday present […]
HARBOR SEAL – IUCN Conservation Status: LEAST CONCERN The harbor seals pile up on these rocks You wouldn’t know by looking, but this was taken in the middle of winter. This was a January kayak adventure off Salisbury Beach, Massachusetts. The Atlantic Ocean waters are around 40 degrees this time of year. Yet, you would never guess that […]
LONG-TAILED DUCK – IUCN Conservation Status: VULNERABLE These ducks are able to dive deeper than any other ducks! This duck’s name fits the bill. As you can see in this photo, the long-tailed duck does indeed have a long tail. In fact, the tail can reach about six inches long. What else makes this duck so unique? Long-tailed ducks […]
Greenbanded goby – IUCN Conservation Status: LEAST CONCERN Cayman Greenbanded goby – IUCN Conservation Status: ENDANGERED Christopher Columbus called Samana Bay “Golfo de las Flechas” This beautiful sunset is from the Samana Peninsula in the Dominican Republic. More specifically this was taken near a small municipal district called, Arroyo Barril, just west of Samana. If […]
HUMPBACK WHALE – IUCN Conservation Status: ENDANGERED Playa El Valle is located 100 miles from shoals of the Silver Bank This sunset is also brought to you by the Dominican Republic. However, this sunset is from El Valle, a small town along the northeastern coast. This was a remote, white-sand, cove-style beach. The beach sits […]
SALTMARSH SPARROW – IUCN Conservation Status: ENDANGERED This intertidal salt marsh is called Hampton Salt Marsh Conservation Area This sunset photo was taken where I live, in Hampton Beach, New Hampshire. This intertidal salt marsh is called Hampton Salt Marsh Conservation Area. This costal estuary is an important habitat for birds, fish, crustaceans, and seals. When viewed from […]