Thursday, December 28, 2006

Oh the creatures we have seen

We finally saw the black dolphins (we didn't go see the white ones in the tank). It was really cool to watch them arcing through the water, sometimes in pairs as though they were trying to look fancy for us. I didn't get any good pictures although for a while I thought that the second picture above was of a pair of dolphins until I looked closer and realized it was of a sea-doo that Liam went on with some friends. Man, was I disappointed. It would have made a good picture.
And then there are the pelicans... We were strolling along the edge of the water in Guaymas and came upon some men cleaning fish and throwing the remains to a group of pelicans. Fisherman came with coolers full of fish for them to take care of. One man motioned for us to come closer and so we did, of course. Liam threw a slimy fish skin out to the eager crowd of birds. One pelican even nipped a man on the hand. These are huge birds! It was cool to see them up close and watch them fight over the fish and hold them in their pouches. I also spent a long time at the beach at Miramar just watching them dive into the water for fish. They skim along the water and then dive hard and fast straight down. Other creatures we have seen are starfish, countless crabs (some of them hermit crabs living inside abandoned shells), huge sea slugs (at least that what we think they are - there are round flat ones and cucumber-shaped ones), stingray, a variety of birds, and lots of cockroaches.

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