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Archive for the ‘Uncategorized’Nov 23, 09 Comments (0)
 Eleutherodactylus johnstonei Good evening, by request again here is another shot of our little Tree Frogs except this time a side profile! I found this one on our porch again in the same plant as last time, could be the same one but not for sure?? As I sit here I can hear two or three right outside the window just a chirping away! Many here call them whistling frogs but I think the real name is Caribbean Tree Frog or Eleutherodactylus johnstonei as they are better known throughout the scientific community.
We had a nice little rain shower here this morning and most of the day it was overcast. Strong winds are currently driving big waves into the coast and really stirring up the water for the divers hopefully tomorrow it will calm down a bit!!
I forgot to tell you all about this driving goof-ball I ran into yesterday. We have this really terrible parking lot at the Aquarium, it’s all dirt and rocks and littered with glass bottles. This parking lot is mostly used for employees but other folks use it as well. As I came to work I was right behind this super ugly Hummer with a lady driving. She turned into our dirt parking lot and stopped and then tried to back that big monster up into a little spot between two other parked cars! She tried and tried and tried and I was now boxed in and there were now about seven other cars waiting for her to park this beast! Now folks picture this, it’s still early so 80% of the lot is empty, if fact if she would have just drove straight in and down 3 more spaces there was nothing! But no this crazy lady had her mind set on this spot and she just kept on trying! Now the honking and name calling started from many other vehicles from behind me, I was just to shocked wondering how in the world she was going to get that thing in-between those two cars! Finally after almost four minutes of trying she gave up and was forced to park 20 feet away in another spot!! Now are you ready for this, are you sitting down, she gets out of her Hummer dressed in workout clothes and was headed for the gym across the street, geez talk about one lazy human being, she had so many people pissed off it wasn’t even funny and never once acknowledged any of them, I just shook my head in disbelief, it’s a crazy world we live in!!
Till tomorrow, Barry
Nov 19, 09 Comments (0)
 Seahorse Good evening folks, what a busy day!! After getting up at 4:45 and sending out the daily mail I took Aimee and the dogs via the car and dropped them off at the salt ponds and they walked five miles back to the house thru the desert. After dropping them off I drove to the entrance of the new Hyatt Regency and met with a man named Richard who is the designer/architect of the new 350 room Hyatt Regency that is currently underway and being built. We jumped in his car and off we went on a fun morning of getting to see this new project up close and personal. We first went to a big mountain where we parked and took off by foot on a freshly made “Curacao style hiking trail”, meaning it was wide enough to drive a truck up. The view on this mountain was spectacular, you could see for miles in every direction! At the top of the mountain the trail ended and this is where I may come in, they want the trail finished. The goal is to start now where the trail left off and take the hikers to some caves and then back to where we started, kind of a big loop. Richard who claims he is in his 70’s walked so fast up the trail I could hardly keep up, this guy is in great shape! Besides the trail on the mountain he also showed me other areas in need of nature trails as well but first we need to get some aerial shots if possible to get a better idea of where to put in trail. On the way out I had my photo taken for a security pass card that needs to worn at all times and by 10:30 I was back at home.
At home I quickly put the underwater camera together and loaded my dive gear and off we went both Aimee and I to Penn Resort to place some buoy markers out in the ocean. Aimee stayed on shore holding one end of a 100 meter line and I was at the other end in the water. I swam out first 40 meters from shore and placed an underwater maker, then one at 50, and another at 60. The owners of the resort want a visual to see what distance looks the best from shore for a new proposed breakwater. For those of you asking what a breakwater is, that’s when you place big boulders out in the water to help protect the resort you are building and to give your guests a calm swimming area without having to worry about the pounding waves. Does that make any sense? After placing the buoys I swam back to shore and this time Aimee handed me the camera. While here I wanted to get some better shots of that strange sponge we found here on the last trip, it was still there and looked great.
I think we got home around 1:00, I then got my broken Mac and took it to a friend who is going to see what he can do? While out I also went in search of some new trail building tools, gloves and surveying tape. Next on my list I drove all the way back out to the new Hyatt Regency and picked up my new pass just in case I go out there on Sunday to start trail building. I finished my two hour drive with a stop at the grocery store and finally back home where it feels like I went non-stop all day!
Your seahorse was found on the Superior Producer the other night, in fact we saw two, they were both together but very hard to photograph.
That’s my crazy day, time for dinner, till tomorrow, Barry
Oct 25, 09 Comments (0)
 Big Moth Good evening gang, we had this monster moth or butterfly hanging out at the aquarium the other day and it just so happens I had my camera with me that day. The wingspan on this bad boy was around 10 inches making it one of the largest I have ever seen. I looked on line but could not find a name so I am counting on my butterfly and moth experts out there to help me. The underside of this guy was pretty dark, like a dark brown to black if that helps at all? This moth pretty much just hung onto this tree all day trying to stay out of the wind.
I forgot to tell you all about our little wild parakeet encounter yesterday morning. I was taking Aimee to the whale at 6:15 in the morning and all of a sudden she yells, “that was a little parakeet sitting in the middle of the road”!! I hit the brakes and wiped a u-turn as fast as I could and sure enough there in the middle of the road on the white stripe was a little green parakeet. I pulled over and raced out and grabbed him and carefully handed him to Aimee, one more car and he would have been run over! He wasn’t moving much, we thought he may have a broken leg or wing so I took him home and put him in a little cage to rest. Well about 40 minutes passed before I could get back to him and when I returned he was now clinging onto the cage door. Stupid me I opened the door to put some food in and out he flew never to be seen again? We are guessing he just ran into a windshield and laid there on the road in a daze and just needed some time to recover. I sure hope he’s alright?
Aimee was home sick all day with something?? I first took the dogs for a two hour hike at Saint Joris, then went with my buddy Cival to the Bat Caves and did some photography and just got home from a 25 mile mountain bike ride, I am done!!
Hope all is well with everyone, I can sure tell it’s the weekend I never hear from anyone! Bye, Barry
25-10-2009
Oct 18, 09 Comments (0)
 Little Frog Good evening all, something a little different for you all this evening, this is our noisy little Whistling Tree Frog, Eleutherodactylus johnstonei that we have everywhere on the island, they are only about the size of a dime! As I sit here typing I can hear at least 10 of them outside at this very moment! Eva found this one on our porch when she was here. I then set up the tripod and camera and proceeded to sit there motionless and waited quietly for around 45 minutes for him to again start making noise. The high pitched whistle you hear is caused from them blowing up their little sacks which they do non-stop continuously all night long! When we first got here that sound used to drive me absolutely crazy, (it sounds just like crickets chirping) now we love it!
Not a whole lot else to report, took the dogs for an hour and a half walk this morning, worked on my driftwood furniture and went on a bike ride at 5:00, that was my day!
For those of you asking about the photos I have in Ranger Rick, I found out they will be in the December/January issue, if anyone can pick me up a copy please do! Scuba Diver should be out now, I found the new Sport Diver today but not Scuba Diver. There was an alarming article about Blue Fin Tuna, they could be extinct by 2012!! And 80% of all the ocean fish and mammals could be gone by 2048!! Watch what you buy folks, this is for real!!
Off to bed, talk to you tomorrow, Barry
18-10-2009
Apr 6, 09 Comments (0)
 open-ocean-dolphin-dive Good evening, we finally had a repair guy come to the house after a week and a half of phone calls to fix our phone line. He worked for two hours doing something, the internet was working briefly but moments after he left it was out again! Can you say frustration! So now it’s the weekend and we again will have to wait until Monday to call him back.
Yesterday morning which was Saturday I geared up for a fun dolphin dive out on the reef at 9:00. I was joined by George seen here with our dolphin Annie and three friends from work plus three other divers it was a full house! We all hung out mid-water at around forty feet watching Annie dive into these big schools of small fish eating as fast as she could. You just can’t believe what great hunters these animals are until you see them in action underwater! In-between her feeding frenzy she would gently glide on in for a pit-stop for some loving and petting from George. I swam around trying to get photos of everyone with Annie which turned out to be quite a task because all she wanted to do was play and catch fish!!
Hope you all are doing well, so sorry about all these dumb internet problems, when it rains it pours!! Till tomorrow, Barry
04-04-2009
Mar 27, 09 Comments (0)
 Our Dog Indi with an Orphaned Kitten Good afternoon guys, look what we found today!! This morning I took the dogs to Saint Joris and at the beginning of our hike at the waters edge we heard this strange noise coming from the top of the mountain. I really thought it was a bird of some kind but couldn’t identify this strange new noise? The dogs were obviously going crazy and took off to investigate. The hike up was very difficult with tiny loose rocks, hazardous incline, cacti and thorns and as we got closer the noise stopped. The dogs knew there was something there but we couldn’t find it so we left. We hiked for two more hours and on the way back I again heard this strange noise coming from the same area once again. The dogs raced ahead again and this time they found our mystery noise. I have no idea where this little kitten came from?? It was up on top of this sharp piece of limestone just a meowing away!! Indi was the first on the scene and moments later Inca jumped up on this rock as well and started sniffing and licking away! I gently picked the kitten up and put her in my camera bag closed the cover and off I went. I noticed Inca wasn’t following us back down the trail because she didn’t know where the cat went? I had to walk back up the trail and show her the Kitten inside the bag before she would follow, it was to funny. So who needs a really beautiful now famous kitten?? Please let me know if any of you are interested or if you know of someone, it’s really has a pretty coat.
Last night when I took Sharon home we got hit by a motorcycle?? We were stopped at a three way stop getting ready to turn left when out of nowhere this guy on a motorcycle plows into us hitting the front of the car and falling off. We both just looked at the guy in shock as he picked himself and his bike up off the road? He then jumped back on and tried to start it but had to push it to the side of the road, we just shook our heads and drove off. He either just learned to ride, had no breaks, or was drinking, I am guessing the last one!
That’s about guys, see you tomorrow, Barry
03-24-2009
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