| Author | Post |
|---|
Doug
Charter Member
|
Posted: Sat Jan 20th, 2007 11:59 pm |
|
Deb,
As I looked at both on a google image search, I tend to agree with your ID. I believe I've seen your chain moray at Soldado, as well (last New Years), intertwined with some columns of coral. Hard to tell with all the s-curves, but I'm guessing about 4 feet long?
Doug
____________________
"Let him who has a free hand cast the first stone."
Dennis Miller, on the Pee Wee Herman public outcry.
|
admin
Administrator
| Joined: | Sat Dec 23rd, 2006 |
| Location: | |
| Posts: | 2416 |
| Status: |
Offline
|
|
Posted: Sun Jan 21st, 2007 12:00 am |
|
HOW cool is this? Online diving school!! I love it - don't stop! I'm starting a whole section for you girl!
MJ -- LOL -- Yerba Mate? On Culebra? You've been holding out on me!! I'll trade some Good Earth Chai tea.....
e-mail me you phone #, and we'll figure out a good morning -- I'd love to come hang and orchid oggle (how is that spelled?)
____________________
Life is short. Break the rules, Forgive quickly, Love truly, Laugh uncontrollably,
and never regret anything that made you smile!
|
Diving Debbie
Forum Expert
|
Posted: Sun Jan 21st, 2007 12:07 am |
|
Doug,
Ya learn something new every day! I was just going to post back that eels are 4-6 feet long, but this particular species says size is 1 - 1 1/2 feet; max 2 1/2 feet. It's hard to tell when they are all bunched up in a hole, but I thought all eels (except garden eels) could reach 4-6 feet.
You know the best thing that ever happened to me? My house "came with" a set of reef fish books, so I didn't have to move the ones from Atlanta to Culebra. I would be lost without them on this post!
____________________
Click here for Adventures of Deb and Lew
|
Diving Debbie
Forum Expert
|
Posted: Sun Jan 21st, 2007 12:09 am |
|
admin wrote:
HOW cool is this? Online diving school!! I love it - don't stop! I'm starting a whole section for you girl!
I refuse to continue unless you come to Lewis' birthday party. How's that for pressure? 
____________________
Click here for Adventures of Deb and Lew
|
admin
Administrator
| Joined: | Sat Dec 23rd, 2006 |
| Location: | |
| Posts: | 2416 |
| Status: |
Offline
|
|
Posted: Sun Jan 21st, 2007 12:09 am |
|
| I love it -- the bird guy and the fish girl....
____________________
Life is short. Break the rules, Forgive quickly, Love truly, Laugh uncontrollably,
and never regret anything that made you smile!
|
admin
Administrator
| Joined: | Sat Dec 23rd, 2006 |
| Location: | |
| Posts: | 2416 |
| Status: |
Offline
|
|
Posted: Sun Jan 21st, 2007 12:17 am |
|
all I can say is the chances are very high I'll be here.....I just haven't had enough R&R time.....so much to do, so much to see, so little time.....
____________________
Life is short. Break the rules, Forgive quickly, Love truly, Laugh uncontrollably,
and never regret anything that made you smile!
|
Doug
Charter Member
|
Posted: Sun Jan 21st, 2007 12:37 am |
|
Deb,
Are we talking chain moray, spotted snake, or sharptail for the 1.5'-2.5'?
Yeah, the reef I.D. books at my friends' have seen a better day. Prolly a good houseguest gift for March.
Doug
____________________
"Let him who has a free hand cast the first stone."
Dennis Miller, on the Pee Wee Herman public outcry.
|
Diving Debbie
Forum Expert
|
Posted: Sun Jan 21st, 2007 12:53 am |
|
Doug wrote:
Deb,
Are we talking chain moray, spotted snake, or sharptail for the 1.5'-2.5'?
Yeah, the reef I.D. books at my friends' have seen a better day. Prolly a good houseguest gift for March.
Doug
Sorry - the chain moray, but while we're at it, the spotted snake maxes out at 4 feet, and the sharptail maxes out at 3.5 feet.
The Humann books are in their 3rd edition now; prolly a good gift!
____________________
Click here for Adventures of Deb and Lew
|
admin
Administrator
| Joined: | Sat Dec 23rd, 2006 |
| Location: | |
| Posts: | 2416 |
| Status: |
Offline
|
|
Posted: Sun Jan 21st, 2007 01:00 am |
|
this thread has been moved by the webmistress to Debbie's new Underwater Corner at http://www.gotoculebra.com/forum/view_topic.php?id=80&forum_id=17
____________________
Life is short. Break the rules, Forgive quickly, Love truly, Laugh uncontrollably,
and never regret anything that made you smile!
|
Hillman
Charter Member
| Joined: | Sat Feb 10th, 2007 |
| Location: | |
| Posts: | 364 |
| Status: |
Offline
|
|
Posted: Tue Mar 6th, 2007 08:22 pm |
|
Results of vote posted in PRWow;
Taino name given to Puerto Rican parrot aviary
Posted: Tuesday, March 6, 2007 - 03:14 PM
SAN JUAN (AP) – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) announced Tuesday that the new home of the Puerto Rican parrot in Río Grande will be christened with a Taino name: Iguaca Aviary.
The name Iguaca won the vote when it received the support of 50% of the 1,950 people who participated in the selection.
"The preferred name, Iguaca, was the word used by the Taino Indians for the Puerto Rican parrot and won by an ample margin, receiving 50% of all the votes (965). Second place went to Borincano (300), followed by Río Grande (259), Esperanza (251), and Esmeralda (157)," FWS Field Office Supervisor Edwin Muñiz said.
The new aviary is substituting one that the federal agency maintains in El Yunque.
"The purpose of having a new aviary is to provide modern and advanced veterinarian services for these birds and maximize the number of parrots available to release into the wildlife," he said in a press release.
The Iguaca Aviary will open its doors to the public April 28. A special ceremony will be held to recognize the instrumental organizations and individuals for the Puerto Rican Parrot Recuperation Program.
The Puerto Rican parrot is one of the most threatened birds in the world with only 20 to 25 wild at El Yunque and a new population being established in the Bosque de Río Abajo Aviary in Utuado, which is administered by the Department of Natural and Environmental Resources.
Among the wild populations of El Yunque and Río Abajo and the two aviaries on the island, the number of Puerto Rican parrots surpasses 200, FWS Press Official Lilibeth Serrano said.
Muñiz said the final goal is to have self-supporting populations throughout all Puerto Rico.
Public funds and private donations were used to build the new aviary. Congress assigned $1.7 million, and the FWS collected $700,000. Among the main donors are the Puerto Rico Conservation Trust, Herencia, and Wal-Mart Puerto Rico.
|
Island Woman MJ
Island Expert
| Joined: | Mon Dec 25th, 2006 |
| Location: | Culebra |
| Posts: | 2267 |
| Status: |
Offline
|
|
Posted: Tue Mar 6th, 2007 08:41 pm |
|
Great name! I didn't know it was Taino for parrot...respect for Taino history; excellent!
Thanks for the update, Hillman!
Last edited on Tue Mar 6th, 2007 08:42 pm by Island Woman MJ
____________________
Salva lo que queda! Save What's Left!
|
Current time is 03:55 pm | Page:   1 2 |
|
