fabulous photos friday

Fab Photos Friday: Beach Birds of a Feather

May 8, 2015 By Tam Warner 5 Comments

is 14 boobie — Boobie!

I love the ocean, and I also LOVE ocean birds. Birds are beautiful creatures, predator or prey. Here are some of my favorites. Birds of a feather!

Ecuador

Taking flight.

Our little friend was quite comfortable with us.

Fabulous Photos Friday under the Caribbean Sea!

August 22, 2014 By Tam Warner 21 Comments

My last visit to Cozumel was wonderful. I spent it with friends, did yoga, and went diving and snorkeling A LOT.

Enjoy looking at the fabulous creatures and scenery you can see under the waves in the beautiful

Mexican Caribbean!

Looking up from below is a beautiful sight.

A squirrel fish with a cleaner shrimp. — A squirrel fish with a couple of cleaner shrimp.

Looks like the surface of the moon, doesn't it? — Looks like the surface of the moon, doesn’t it?

Here is some scale: the pinnacles and mountains of coral on Palancar Reef are fantastic. — Here is some scale: the pinnacles and mountains of coral on Palancar Reef are fantastic, just unreal in their beauty and size!

Half under!

Beautiful siphonore (jelly)

A hunting yellow ray with buddy.

Blue clawed arrow crab

Looks like a smile doesn't it? — Looks like a smile doesn’t it? Pretty funny looking Green Moray!

Gorgeous lobster. They are amazingly colorful. — Gorgeous lobster. They are amazingly colorful, and so alien!!

Teeny, tiny spotted cleaner shrimp. An inch?

A baby Trumpetfish hiding. I see you!111111 — A baby Trumpetfish hiding. I see you!

A very exciting find! A slender pygmy filefish! An inch or so, perfectly hidden.

Two strange fish!

This little territorial damsel bit me! Brave, it's only like 3 inches! — This little territorial damsel bit me! Brave, it’s only 3 inches!

I LOVE corkscrew anemones. Isn't it beautiful?? — I LOVE corkscrew anemones. Isn’t it beautiful??

You can see inside this file clam!11111111

These are mollusks, Flamingo Tongues.

Knobby anemone!

para 14 queen angelfish and bubbles awesome — A Queen Angelfish playing with a diver’s bubbles!

This is a great find as well, an inch at most, he was digging away! Rough boxcrab.

Beautiful Hawksbill

I love turtles. — I love turtles, what can I say?

This is a whitespotted filefish....I think they are pretty cool fish! — This is a whitespotted filefish….I think they are pretty cool fish!

Soft corals...they almost look like weeping willows, don't they? — Soft corals…they almost look like weeping willows, don’t they?

This odd dude is only found in the waters of Cozumel: The Splendid Toadfish

Hope you enjoyed today’s show and tell! Some of these are not as appreciated as they should be. I love photographing the little stuff!

Have a great weekend!11