Full Moon

Good Morning Irma!Beautiful isn't it?

The crack of dawn...

I hope that's not rain!

Morning Eillen, Irma and all

Today, the 7th Bonaire Dive Festival is beginning....

Wish be there... :-((

Nice weekend
Alex

I hope the rain clears of for the festival Alex! I sure it will be a great time!

Eileen,
I'm sure it will be great, with or without rain.

But with a sunny day, is better.

Alex

Good Morning!

Alex, no matter how you look at it, I would love to be there at the festival too!
pretty colours this morning!

Incoming!!!

Ooops, wrong 2nd pic, here we go...

Not too much action this morning. Bluebeard in waiting.

I'm off for awhile, catch you all perhaps later in the morning...

Hello Eileen and Alex. Here's a couple from the archives. Can't stay, gotta go set fire to the bbq. Annie B.

morning annie, eileen and alex! have a good bbq annie! just been reading some info on the bluehead wrasse in my new fish behaviour book...seems that our bluebeard in waiting may be waiting a long time! they are hermaphrodites (sp) and the terminal male is our pretty bluebeard...and there are only a few of them in each clan...but lots of juvenile initial phase and initial phase that can be female or male...when a terminal phase (like our pretty bluebeard) leaves the area, one of the others will change to a terminal male over a period of time...oh, and they are the most common fish on the reef...very intersting...can't wait to read more!

now, here is our terminal phase small pony named grendel!

Here's GRendal Pup.

OOPs. A dupe. Hi,Cynde! Fascinating stuff. But should we be discussing fish sex on this site?

ANd is Grendal spelled EL or AL?

margarite...i don't know about the grendal thing...i haven't finished my tea and am not awake yet! LOL!

Good morning, Cynde, Annie, Eileen, Alex and Margarite. Thanks for the great info on the wrasses Cynde! Just a tail for now!

morning barbara, thanks...it is fascinating! i'm trying to read up before my trip so i can "observe" and know what is going on a bit more! the book a i got is the de loach fish behaviour (reef, Caribbean) book...i ordered it through the main webcam page i'm off to meet a couple of gents to discuss joining the coast guard auxiliary (volunteer organization)...get some good captures all!

wow, there is a clever snake moving through hato...

That "snake" is a sloowwww mover! I just got done booking a trip to Oahu to visit old friends and do some snorkeling at Hanauma (early a.m. for me) in August...getting excited about that...I should locate a book to study as well...only have one of those plastic fish i.d. cards and it's fading!

I think it's spelt Grendel, but I like Grendl myself.
Picture makes me miss the big girl.

Great pictures! I cannot wait! 10 more days and we'll be there. 11 more days and we'll be in the water! Yeah!

Hello, Greta/Gary! YOu live pretty close to us. We live in Mckinney!! Be sure and let us know how to recognize you on the cams,OK? Where will you be staying? Is this your first time?

Here's a boat. Maybe the divers will stop by for a visit. Margarite

Ghost FIsh

hi margarite...the street snake has moved...


well, if they "accept" my application, i will be a part of the coast guard auxiliary and get my ID at the next flotilla meeting on june 28th! i get to start the boat class and begin going out on patrols soon! woohoo!

Only bluebeard peeking in for the last couple of hours.
Very cool, Cynde...ocean woman extraordinaire, you are! Woohoohoo!

barbara...i meant to say congratulations on your trip! you deserve it gal! have a GREAT time! i have the humann books for the caribbean and coast of california. i searched amazon and didn't find any books by them on the hawiian islands. however, you may want to check these out:

Marine Life Hawaii

Hi James & Margarite! Yes, I noticed we don't live that far from each other. I saw on your profile that you live in McKinney! I've also chatted with Charles Poteet from Dallas.

We will be staying at Buddy Dive. This will be our 5th time to Bonaire. The first two times (1997 & 1998) we stayed at Capt. Don's and the next two times (2000 & 2001) we stayed at Buddy's. In 1999, we went to L. Cayman. After that, we thought Bonaire was more our style...so we just keep returning. We love it there!

Do you get to Bonaire often? Isn't this BT great? Jake & Linda Richter have done a terrific job with it! Now if I can just learn how to post pictures & attachments. I've not ventured into that area yet.

We first met Jake & Linda in '97 during the first week they moved to Bonaire. It used to be so difficult getting to Bonaire or obtaining information about the island. Thanks to Jake & Linda's hard work, persistence and much more, they've really made Bonaire "visible" to people around the world. It's amazing the changes we've seen!

Hey, I have an idea! Are there any other D/FW BT'ers out there? Maybe we could plan to get together sometime and have our own BT-D/FW dinner! Any takers on this idea?

Greta

Greta, I would love it!! So far , I only know about C. Poteet, you all and us. But that's enough for a BT dinner. I'm all for it. Hey , you lurkers! Come on out and Talk to us!

We went to Bonaire last in Dec.,2002. Before that we went for the first time inSept. 2002. As you can imagine I just didn't get enough the first time. We are planning our next trip for Sept. I want to go twice a year (with one other dive trip to some other destination) every year until the day that I retire or win the lottery so I can go more often than that!!

I LOVE this place!

Hi everyone. The new bbq worked out just fine, and we had a lovely day. Cynde, terminal bluebeard sounds rather sad doesn't it. Annie B.

Searched the archives but could only find this little birdie who was brave enough to confront the street snake.

Isn't it Lovely. Here's the sunsets. Annie B

Thanks for the link, Cynde....my favorites there(you're probably not surprised) are the giant parrot fish!! Here's the last flicker of sunlight on Bon...maybe next year for me!

Oh, Hi Annie...didn't know you were still on line! Must be late there! Great shot of the bird and snake...LOL

And I almost forgot about my other favorite fish, the humuhumunukunukuapuaa....yes that's it's real name .... it's reef trigger fish!

Cynde...here's a link that I found after you inspired me to search the net som more...fish i.d....not as good as the reef cam dwellers but a good one. http://www.geocities.com/solidarus/reef.html

Barbara. I just decided to log on when our friends went home, just to catch up on things. I am glad to see that you have booked yourself a trip. You deserve it gal. Annie B

barbara, i will have to check out the link! annie, glad the bbq went well and worked out thanks for the sunsets gang!

James/Margarite,

Well, we will just have to arrange a DFW BT dinner when we return from our trip...to make you all jealous. Then you can do the same in September!

Charles Poteet: Are you reading us?

Greta