Friday, July 31, 2009

How to eat crab

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As we were leaving Sandy Beach, we discovered a gull eating a crab.


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Or, uh, attempting to eat a crab.


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He finally got hold of it.


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And as we watched, he ran, then flew. . .


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And dropped the crab. I think they do this to break into the shell.


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I don’t think the crab will be attempting to escape after that tumble.


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Camera Critters

Thursday, July 30, 2009

Just a little beach walk

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Not sure what kind of flower this is, the guys found it while hiking near sandy Beach in Acadia National Park.


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I explored the water’s edge while waiting for them. Snails, weird water bugs, starfish, and all sorts of nearly hidden creatures.


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When we found this little fellow we did not know what it was either.


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But we found out later, while on the lobster boat, that it’s a Toad Crab.


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He must have been a baby. Such a tiny guy!


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So unusual looking!


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PhotoStory Friday
Hosted by Cecily and MamaGeek

Wednesday, July 29, 2009

color my world

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Just having some fun in the garden with the macro lens. The roses may not look too impressive, until you see. . .


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. . .how flipping tiny they are.

Monday, July 27, 2009

Going Lobstering

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After the bad luck on the whale boat the day before, we hesitantly boarded the lobster boat. Although, we figured lobsters should be pretty easy to find.


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Because they have a teaching license they are able to keep various catches to share with passengers, but all catches are eventually released.


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The captain snagged a buoy.


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Once the captain could, he would grab hold of the rope attached to the buoy. . .


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. . .and, place the rope on the pulley to help pull up the trap.


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Each trap was like a little mystery, waiting to see what might be inside. There were lobsters, but also, crabs and starfish would come along.


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I think I see lobsters!


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I don’t think he likes it much. While the lobster wiggles, the measuring thing (technical term) is placed in the eye groove and run to the divot where the tail starts.


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Each lobster would be measured. Only lobsters falling in a certain range are allowed to be kept.


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Each tail is checked for eggs. If there are eggs attached to the tail, the lobster is a female and thrown back.


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The gulls anxiously waited for the small lobsters to be thrown back.


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And they fought for lunch.


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Crabs would get thrown back too, but not until we got a lesson.


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Our guide told us interesting tidbits about lobsters and even passed one around for us to hold. Yep, I held a lobster. . .and a starfish.


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The captain has been getting gulls to eat from his hand. But not on this day, the gulls preferred to eat what was tossed.


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Sunday, July 26, 2009

Macro Monday Letters


Macro Monday is easy to play, snap a macro (or any close-up) photo, post it on your blog and come back here and sign Mr Linky. Don't forget to visit each other. :)


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Travel Scrabble helps Haden and I make it through many hours of riding.


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And my sweet little Blackberry (with crappy camera!) helps me stay in touch with everyone across the miles.