Sightings

4 dives and various other activities means lots to report this week:

Lots of small fish coming into the outlying islands drew in some interesting birds:

• Tropic bird sp. (only my second sighting here);
• a few different terns;
• audubons's shearwater;
• brown noddy;
• American oystercatcher X 3;
• lil blue heron;
• yellow crowned night heron;
• green heron;

Plus underwater:

• self found pregnant seahorse (possibly individual #5, possibly a relocated #1);
• monster hawksbill turtle sleeping in a wreck;
• the "tame" green turtle;
• sailfin blenny;
• spawning hermit crabs;
• slipper lobster;
• juvenile queen trigger;
• eyed flounder;
• post-larval yellow headed jaw;
• southern stingray X2.

Oh. And the Snake of course.

OWl UPDATE TOMORROW - WITH PICTURES!