Breaching Humpback Whales! 2/21/08 |
Wow, it’s been a while, hasn’t it? Hopefully my blog readers haven’t completely forgotten me! Part of the reason for the gap is that Masa got a new boat, so we had some down time bet...
Posted by on Fri, 04 Apr 2008 13:25:00 GMT |
Close Encounters with Wyland the Artist, Part II 12/29/07 |
After a marathon day with Wyland, the Artist, where we boated, swam and snorkeled all day, followed by an artist’s reception at Wyland Galleries in the evening, Wyland was up and ready for more ...
Posted by on Wed, 27 Feb 2008 18:13:00 GMT |
Close Encounters with & Wyland the Artist! 12/28/07 |
As some of you may have noticed from my "Giants in the Industry" blog of Nov. 30, 2007, I do occasionally associate with humans. Most encounters of this type never make it into my blog, but now and th...
Posted by on Tue, 19 Feb 2008 16:53:00 GMT |
Closest Ever to False Killer Whales! 12/20/2007 |
As some of you may have noticed from our spotty blog appearances, Masa and I haven’t been out on the water quite as much as we’d like to. It’s the holiday season, when everything is ...
Posted by on Fri, 25 Jan 2008 14:42:00 GMT |
Dinner with Some Giants in the Industry 11/30/07 |
Most of my blog entries so far have been about our activities on the water with fish and marine mammals, but today I’m going to write about how I spend some of my free moments on dry land with t...
Posted by on Wed, 09 Jan 2008 11:48:00 GMT |
Surfers in Kona 11/29/07 |
Today was the day after the green sea turtle tagging (see 11/28 blog), an event which ended in a tumultuous rainstorm. Because of the storm, the surf was particularly high today. Big Island is not the...
Posted by on Wed, 26 Dec 2007 11:03:00 GMT |
Green Sea Turtle Tagging on the Kona Coast 11/28/07 |
Between mechanical problems with Masa’s boat and the unwillingness of Kona’s marine life to cooperate, I haven’t managed to get many compelling photos lately. Thankfully, an interest...
Posted by on Tue, 11 Dec 2007 14:18:00 GMT |
To Take or Not to Take Floating Trash 11/9/07 |
We left the boat launch at about 10:45 and headed out to the FADs (Fish Aggregation Devices), as we normally do, but we hadn’t even left Keauhou Bay when we came across a huge baitball of akule ...
Posted by on Tue, 04 Dec 2007 19:47:00 GMT |
The strange dietary preferences of Oceanic Whitetip Sharks 11/1/07 |
11/1/07We went out earlier than usual today because we were up at an ungodly hour. I went in to work at SeaPics.com for a while before going out. Amazingly, my employee, Christine, was already in the ...
Posted by on Wed, 14 Nov 2007 14:07:00 GMT |
Face to Face with Pilot Whales & Oceanic Whitetips! 10/25/07 |
10/25/07It’s been two weeks since my last blog entry, but only because we had mechanical problems. The starter on Masa’s boat didn’t work, so we had to get it repaired. Two weeks con...
Posted by on Fri, 02 Nov 2007 16:56:00 GMT |
