Good morning, buddies!!

A supermale bluehead bids you bon camming:

Closer look at the Bluehead taking a closer look at us...



Dovies on the gate:

Winter Weather Whining (WWW)

In Western Massachusetts some serious sleet is making drive time particularly slippery. Yuk.

Hey, Rusty, Good morning.
Saw the weather forecast for New England today--yukko pooey.
Looks "hopi nubla na Boneiru" this morning. Maybe the sun will break out down there and make us both feel better.

Hi Holly - how are things in your neck of the woods? I'm rooting for some Bonaire sun later - it never seems to stay cloudy all day there.

A couple parrotfish and a snapper:



Did you see Cynde's doggies in antlers? Hilarious...

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ooops, posted wrong

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I better check my notes, sorry

try again - "dropping by"

who is this?

G'morning Rusty, Holly & Denise...great captures! Don't know who that last post is. Looks like time for school to me!



Deb.

Is that Cynde Lee's wet pet, Coney? How did I miss that??? I blinked I guess. Looks like Picture of the Day to me, Denise!

Here's a dark parrotfish



And the skool cropped from the large format

Rusty, you rock! Our QOTC (queen of the cam)strikes again! Your fan....
Deb.

Deb - I just emailed you at the profile addy...

Visitors at the gate:

A woman of many talents & interests! That's our Rusty! Off to be a Captian of Industry...xxoo
Deb.

Bon Dia All. Looks like Beldar (our resident juvenile Coney) to me, great capture. The Blue Headed wrasse is named Bluebeard.

A few notes from the weekend, the outlaw scuba divers got off with a result of no finding and if they don't get busted in the next 6 months they're free. It took an hour long trial with witnesses, evidence and lots of testimony. The retrival of the snow mobile was orginally objected to by the prosecution but was entered into evidence because of the picture used by the defense to show the location. It was quite a story and one for the record books.

The other event was Jay's Eagle Court was Sunday, yes he finally got it after alot of yelling, screaming and wringing of hands. Very gratifing and we are very proud of his accomplishment. Those that don't know the story, Jay is our teenager, being typical, waited until the last possible second to get everything done for the Eagle requirements and his Eagle Project.

Good Morning Deb,
That comment about prints just zoomed by everybody else
Bob

Wrasses popping in:





Another shot of the visitors...

Hi Folks!
Haven't looked at the site in a while as my hubbie lost his job as his employers downsized the company to nothing and it was just too depressing reading about Bonaire and knowing we were not going to get there next year.
But on a jolly, festive note he has found a new job, went for the interview at 10 am and got the phone call at 3.30pm so we will be back to Bonaire in the summer.
Best wishes to everyone for the festive season. Ours is going to be much better than we thought.

This is such a good time of year for good news - another blessing to count, Julia.

Julia:
Masha Pabien!
(I think that's Hearty Congratulations!)
But, however they say it na Bonieru, that's what I mean.

Julia - Tell you husband congratulations. Glad to hear you'll be able to make it back to the island. My wife and I just made the decision in the last week to head back down in August of next year for our anniversary. The web cams went online about one week after we left last time, so I'm looking forward to seeing them in person...finally.

Do fish have belly buttons?

Jan - Not to be rude... but are you sure that's a belly button? Maybe he's preparing for another 'bombing run'.

Did Adam and Eve have belly buttons?

More wrasses



Guard Ducks

Looks like Frank and Lola are on the front gate, (or is Jake placing the plastic birds out again?)

Visitors have arrived...

I guess this couple just isn't going to pose for us.

I stand corrected...

I wonder if that's Sarah, Jake?

Cecil

Good call I am sure that is Sarah & Hugh delivering the Jelly Babies. I just got back last night and only got to the wecam once - and it was a night dive DOH!! Just too busy swimming and taking pictures with the fishes

Brian, look forward to your trip report.

I was wondering when Sarah and Hugh would make an appearance!

Good Afternoon all - very busy here, but was just taking a quick break. A little note of interest, just heard a double sonic boom which means the space shuttle is landing. We're on the direct path, but of course, once I've heard it, it's already past us - so I couldn't see it.

Welcome home Brian. Love the comics Rusty and great captures everyone. "The Other" Cindy

Just wondering - is "supermale" the name of a fish species, or is it what it sounds like - a male that is "more" male than your average male of that species? Sorry if this is an extremely elementary question...

Merpeople!

Arf Arf - Can you hear me, Tokyo?

Poor lil doggy! LOL



Here's the French Grunt!

Cindies

It is good to be back; no PBD yet but probably will kick in soon the 50F drop in temp is not helping. I will do a trip report at the weekend as I am running around all week and with the credit cards bills due soon I don't want to file for chapter 11. Hee Hee.

Onto the next link as this too long

Yes - it was Sara & Hugh, and the Jelly Babies are yummy!

A "Supermale" is the final gender stage in the parrotfish life cycle. Parrot fish and most if not all wrasses are born female, and when opportunity arises, a female will become a male, and that phase is called "supermale", or more appropriately, "terminal phase". This phase change can happen quickly or slowly, but the end result is almost always (species dependent) very visually different from the intermediate/female phase (coloration, markings, etc.).

Jake

Jake, thank you so much for the explanation. If I can belabor the point just a little more: the fish that are actually born male, then, are not as bright as the fish that were females and now are males? And this also means any fish (of the species that do this) that dies of old age would be male? I do hope that Charlotte will not become Charlie any time soon!

Anita

Supemale is like Fonzie and the rest of the males are Richie Cunningham and Pottsie and Ralph. Of course, Joanie looks like a young guy, too. The immature males and the females in the Blueheads are really interesting because they look nothing like the strongly marked and differently-colored supermale. They are yellow with a dark, sometimes broken, stripe down the side.

Hi Folks, was wondering whether we got posted! We're in the States right now, having a great holiday.. will post a trip report upon our return.. happy holidays all..

Sarah

Merry christmas sarah, glad we got you and am looking forward to the trip report!

Thanks Cynde...

Jake, glad you're enjoying the jelly babies.. I expect they're all gone now though!!! Oh well, perhaps I'll pop back in the Summer with more!!!.. going off to bed now.. exhausted from the travelling.. missing BON already.. S

Michael, I forgot to thank you for capturing us on the cams.. thank you, thank you... S