Sightings for the Week of July 22, 2013

July 26th, 2013 | Category: Sightings
Brittle Star (photo by: Jay McIlwain)

Brittle Star (photo by: Jay McIlwain)

This week at Grand Bay:

22nd – Box Turtle (Terrapene carolina), American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)

23rd – White Ibis (Eudocimus albus), Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus), Salt Marsh Snake (Nerodia clarkii), Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus)

24th – Box Turtle (Terrapene carolina)

25th– juvenile White Ibis (Eudocimus albus), Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus), American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)

26th– Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus), Box Turtle (Terrapene carolina), American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis), Wood Duck with ducklings (Aix sponsa), Black Skimmer (Rynchops niger), Atlantic Stingray (Dasyatis sabina), Ballyhoo (Hemiramphus brasiliensis), Brittle Star (Class Ophiuroidea), Sea Cucumber (Class Holothuroidea)— Visit our Facebook page to see a video of this critter!

 

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