A deep-sea gorgonian growing on the nose of the sunken RMS 'Titanic'. Photographed with my participation during the dive 1/240 of the deep-sea manned submersible 'Mir-2' during the 42nd cruise of the research vessel 'Akademik Mstislav Keldysh'. The depth is 3850 m. The photo was previously used in my article (Vinogradov G.M. 2000. Growth rate of the colony of a deep-water gorgonarian Chrysogorgia agassizi: in situ observations // Ophelia, 53 (2): 101−103, fig. 2), the gorgonian was identified by the second, collected, specimen as Ch. agassizi. Later T.N. Molodtsova (P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, RAS) reidentifited it as Ch. campanula (Molodtsova T.N., Sanamyan N.P., Keller N.B. 2008. Anthozoa from the northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge and Charlie-Gibbs Fracture Zone // Marine Biology Research, 4 (1): 112−130, p. 122). Mentioned articles can be found on Research Gate (https://www.researchgate.net/publication/233062908_Growth_rate_of_the_colony_of_a_deep-water_Gorgonarian_Chrysogorgia_agassizi_In_situ_observations; https://www.researchgate.net/publication/249019633_Anthozoa_from_the_northern_Mid-Atlantic_Ridge_and_Charlie-Gibbs_Fracture_Zone).
Глубоководная горгонария, вырасшая на релинге носа затонувшего «Титаника». Сфотографирована при моём участии во время погружения глубоководного аппарата «Мир-2» № 1/240 в 42 рейсе научно-исследовательского судна «Академик Мстислав Келдыш». Глубина 3850 м. Фотография ранее была использована в моей статье (Vinogradov G.M. 2000. Growth rate of the colony of a deep-water gorgonarian Chrysogorgia agassizi: in situ observations // Ophelia, 53(2): 101−103, fig. 2), горгонария была определена по второму, собранному, экземпляру как Ch. agassizi. Позже Т.Н. Молодцова (Институт океанологии РАН) переопределила её как Ch. сampanula (Molodtsova T.N., Sanamyan N.P., Keller N.B. 2008. Anthozoa from the northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge and Charlie-Gibbs Fracture Zone // Marine Biology Research, 4(1): 112−130, p. 122). Упомянутые статьи можно найти на Research Gate (см. ссылки выше, в английском тексте).
Scientific survey
Scientific survey for fisheries research
White worm foraging on tree roots and moss underwater. 2 to 5cm long
Dicephalic neonate found in a residential yard. GTS 861. VW ABC 015. Note several spinal kinks. Specimen survived several months, fed sporadically, died and was preserved.
See: Wallach, Van, and Gerard T. Salmon (2013) Axial Bifurcation and Duplication in Snakes. Part V. A Review of Nerodia sipedon Cases with a New Record from New York State, 102-106. In Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society 48(8).
this observation is for the snake
A pigeon in the convention center at the Ecological Society of America annual meeting. #ESA2018
Observation for the snake.
Observation for the grebe here:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/145529777
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Habitat is South LA Marsh, very few trees around
In wet waste area between warehouses
Three-toed Amphiuma (Amphiuma tridactylum) being eaten by a Mud Snake (Farancia abacura). Found by Nick Haertle.
78 degrees, 82% humidity, scattered showers
Many babies schooling around presumed parent in shaded, shallow (1/2 to 1 ft deep) backwater swamp. Based on a quick dot-count, I estimate that there were as many as 2000-3000 baby bowfins in the school.
This partially leucistic singing male Red-winged Blackbird certainly caught my eye! Note also the pale bill tip and feet.
Drinking from hummingbird feeder: https://youtu.be/6jjG5YDtlO8
Gizzard Shad being swallowed by a Double-crested Cormorant
Courtship display
Observation for the grebe.
Observation for the snake here:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/145529994
Heard calling. Seen by many birders over a few weeks in early 2012. Accepted by Louisiana Bird Records Commitee: http://losbird.org/lbrc/rltrki.html
Tres forte concentration de pigment jaune chez cet individu. Xantho.
Green anole mating with female cuban brown anole
Prey of a European Roller
Curious shot taken by my friend Vinícius Ferarezi (who's agreed with this publication) on the Kiss concert. A katydid (Phaneropterinae?) landed on the MIC hahahaha
My wife took this cell phone image of a female Efferia in our yard today. Likely not identifiable past genus level.
A well-endowed descendant of William Randolph Hearst's private Zebra herd.
flew away before i could get to the other side
I've never seen this behavior before. I thought it was a turtle at first glance. It stayed in this position until I had completely passed by, them emerged an flew toward the clutch observed nearby.
Three reptiles in one shot
REAL CRUMMY image...but again, solely for documentation. This was one of two banded individuals initially discovered in Texas. When the band numbers were researched, one bird was determined to be an escapee from a Kansas zoo and the other was a wild bird hatched and banded in the Yucatan. After drifting back and forth between Texas and Louisiana for a few years, the wild bird spent some time by itself in Grand Chenier, Cameron Parish, Louisiana. Seen here with Michael J. Musumeche.
This represents the first accepted Louisiana state record.
Cardinal getting territorial with itself in this mirror. It was doing the same thing last week too. It spends a not-insignificant amount of time battling itself.
Noisiest babies ever. Constantly chattering every second from morning until afternoon for the past week.
Scouting and interpretive walk with @wildcarrot
https://bugguide.net/node/view/176890/bgimage
I don't recall the host plant. :(
Two sets of what I believe are eggs. I think the top are hemipterans but unsure of what the bottom group are.
Oriental Dwarf Kingfisher
all images of the same individual
Azorella on Boot Hill, just off the overland track during fieldwork for the Australian Antarctic Science Project "Nowhere to hide? Conservation options for a sub-Antarctic keystone species".
http://melodiemcgeoch.com/nowhere-to-hide-in-the-sub-antarctic/
Five green and yellow tortoise-shell-like structures found on a fallen leaf (probably hangehange, Geniostoma rupestre) on a forest track. Nine days later numerous tiny yellow egg-shaped objects appeared scattered over the surface. Eggs?
This otter was in one of the 'gator ponds on the way to Africa Lake.