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Aug 9, 09 Comments Off
 Elkhorn Spawning Good afternoon from tiredville! We are all completely wiped out!! Last night we did see some spawning but boy oh boy did we ever have to work for it! The second we jumped in we were greeted by great visibility and fast moving current! There are no words to explain how hard it can be to swim in current let alone try and take some pictures. Imagine being in a river and swimming against the current for an hour and forty five minutes, that’s what it’s like. For this shot I had to dump all my air and wedge myself between a little rock and a dead piece of coral to keep from moving as the current was constantly pushing me. I watched as one of the researchers seen here along with his assistant first found a group of eggs that were getting ready to be released then ever so carefully wrapped the area with a thin net, attached a bottle to collect the eggs and then just waited. Slowly one by one tiny little eggs started appearing in the cup and after a short amount of time he removed the cup filled with some eggs gave it to the assistant and attached another. These guys were kind enough to point out eggs to me that were getting ready to be released but with the strong current I just couldn’t stay still enough for a good shot but did get one or two that I will send you. While I was shooting Aimee was checking the surrounding corals for more eggs but found nothing and like the rest of us she had to pretty much just focus on fighting the current all night. When your swimming in this heavy current your breathing so fast or as we call it, “sucking air”, it really gives you a major headache! Unfortunately I can’t go tonight but hopefully there will still be some action on monday still, will keep you posted.
I have to get ready to drive to the other end of the island for a wedding and won’t be home till late again, I am really tired! Talk to you all tomorrow again, Barry
9-8-2009
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