Comments for The Marine Detective

Comment on Where are the Whales?! by The Marine Detective

The Marine Detective — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 05:35:54 +0000

Yahoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!! What a massive motivator. What a great kindness Seabed Habitats. It will take me a few days to pass the torch of Liebster but it is coming! Thank you, thank you, thank you!

Comment on Where are the Whales?! by Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:17:12 +0000

Dear Marine Detective

Your blog has won a Liebster Blog award from Seabed Habitats (seabedhabitats.org):

http://seabedhabitats.org/2012/02/21/liebster-blog-award/

I am a big fan of yours.
Seabed Habitats

Comment on Fins Verses Feathers – Transient Killer Whales Harass Rhinoceros Auklets by Edward Johnson

Edward Johnson — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 06:04:28 +0000

Too me this photo sequence is totally amazing. I have long read about these same pelagic birds being the target on occassion of killer whales. However this is the first time that I have ever seen such an encounter. Great work Jackie!

Comment on Fins Verses Feathers – Transient Killer Whales Harass Rhinoceros Auklets by Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 00:22:19 +0000

Wow one tough bird!!

Comment on Kelp Greenling Colour and Courtship by The Marine Detective

The Marine Detective — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 01:32:05 +0000

Slide show commentary updated on January 22, 2012 in light of the valued feedback from Alex Hirsekorn above.

Comment on Kelp Greenling Colour and Courtship by Alex Hirsekorn aka Tidepool Geek

Alex Hirsekorn aka Tidepool Geek — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 01:05:59 +0000

Hi Jackie,

Beautiful pictures! I think, though, that you may be misinterpreting the male greenling’s courtship color change a bit. At the Feiro Marine Life Center in Port Angeles, WA we have a male that has been courting off and on for about a week now. His normal color is very similar to the one shown in the second picture of your slideshow. When he’s actively displaying for his girlfriend his head stays the same color as always but his body turns a paler shade of blue (very similar to the animal in your video). Your description seemed to imply that the head gets brighter but our observation is that the body color sort of fades. Another interesting point is the speed of the change. Our greenling will change from normal to courtship colors in a minute or less and he routinely changes back and forth according to whether the female is present in ‘his’ part of the tank. BTW: The pair has produced one small cluster of eggs (the female is smallish and may have just reached maturity.

Keep up the good work!

Comment on Invasive and Indiscriminate Tagging of Whales? by jackiehildering

jackiehildering — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 23:21:50 +0000

Article on suction cup radio tagging where “after a set amount of time, they fall off, float to the surface, and send out a radio signal so they can be retrieved and their data analyzed”- http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2012/01/a-whales-virtual-reality.html?ref=hp

Comment on Of Angels and Argonauts? by Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 19:30:43 +0000

Leaves you beyond words……….
Donna

Comment on Of Angels and Argonauts? by Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 23:47:16 +0000

Very moving Jackie

Comment on Sharks Among Us #4 – The Salmon Shark by jackiehildering

jackiehildering — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 19:02:47 +0000

Thank you so much for this feedback Willie. It gives me such satisfaction to get such feedback and to know that I might be bringing Northern Vancouver Island closer to those who love this area too, like you do.