Where Have I Been/ Updates

Sorry Everyone, I am going to not post anything on this blog anymore

I have decided to just focus on my fashion and 

my random blog.

I won't close down this blog I just don't feel the need to post anymore

so now it will just be an encyclopedia.

Sincerely,
Hannah


P.S. The only thing I will change is the countdown widget to random
countdowns.

Eagle and Baby

Harbor Seal

We have been seeing a few of these in WA.

"Hi There!"

"What are you looking at?"

       
     "The harbor (or harbour) seal (Phoca vitulina), also known as the common seal, is a true seal found along temperate and Arctic marine coastlines of the Northern Hemisphere. The most widely distributed of pinniped (walruses, eared seals, and true seals), they are found in coastal waters of the northern Atlantic and Pacific oceans, the Baltic and North Seas.

Harbor seals are brown, tan, or gray, with distinctive V-shaped nostrils. An adult can attain a length of 1.85 meters (6.1 ft) and a mass of 132 kilograms (290 lb). Females outlive males (30–35 years versus 20–25 years). Harbor seals stick to familiar resting spots or haulout sites, generally rocky areas (although ice, sand and mud may also be used) where they are protected from adverse weather conditions and predation, near a foraging area. Males may fight over mates underwater and on land. Females bear a single pup, which they care for alone. Pups are able to swim and dive within hours of birth, developing quickly on their mothers' fat-rich milk. Blubber under their skins helps to maintain body temperature.

Mama and son.

Their global population is 5-6 million, but subspecies in certain habitats are threatened. Once a common practice, sealing is now illegal in many nations within the animal's range."-Wikipedia

"I'm in the water"

Bald Eagle

I saw this one from my lookout on the puget sound and
 hurried and snapped a shot!

In case you don't live in America the bald
 eagle is our national bird!

"The Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus Greek hali = salt, aeetus = eagle, leuco = white, cephalis = head) is a bird of prey found in North America. It is the national bird of the United States of America and appears on its Seal. This sea eagle has two known sub-species and forms a species pair with the White-tailed Eagle. Its range includes most of Canada and Alaska, all of the contiguous United States, and northern Mexico. It is found near large bodies of open water with an abundant food supply and old-growth trees for nesting.

Its diet consists mainly of fish, but it is an opportunistic feeder. It hunts fish by swooping down and snatching the fish out of the water with its talons. It is sexually mature at four years or five years of age. The Bald Eagle builds the largestnest of any North American bird, up to 4 meters (13 ft) deep, 2.5 meters (8.2 ft) wide, and one metric ton (1.1 tons) in weight.^[2]

The adult Bald Eagle is mainly brown with a white head and tail. The sexes are identical in plumage, but females are larger than males. The beak is large and hooked. The plumage of the immature is brown. Bald Eagles are not actuallybald, the name derives from the older meaning of the word, "white headed".

In the late 20th century the Bald Eagle was on the brink of extirpation in the continental United States, while flourishing in much of Alaska and Canada. Populations recovered and stabilized, so the species was removed from the U.S. federal government's list of endangered species and transferred to the list of threatened species on July 12, 1995, and it was removed from the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife in the Lower 48 States on June 28, 2007."-Wikipedia

"In Skagit Valley, Washington, United States"-Wikipedia

Dungeness Crab!

                                     

RESULT:

"The carapace widths of mature Dungeness crabs may reach 25 centimetres (9.8 in) in some areas off the coast of Washington, but are typically under 20 centimetres (7.9 in).^[2]They are a popular delicacy, and are the most commercially important crab in the Pacific Northwest, as well as the western states generally.^[3] The annual Dungeness Crab and Seafood Festival is held in Port Angeles each October.^[4]

Dungeness crabs have a wide, long, hard shell, which they must periodically moult to grow; this process is called ecdysis. They have five pairs of legs, which are similarly armoured, the foremost pair of which ends in claws the crab uses both as defence and to tear apart large food items. The crab uses its smaller appendages to pass the food particles into its mouth. Once inside the crab's stomach, food is further digested by the "gastric mill", a collection of tooth-like structures. M. magister prefers to eat clams, other crustaceans and small fish, but is also an effective scavenger. Dungeness crabs can bury themselves completely in the sand if threatened." -Wikipedia

The pics are from me! This is me taking pics of crab and one is my Dad pulling up one of our traps! ~Hannah
By the way, if you have crabbed before you may see we have some crab that are too small,but don't worry we threw them back in!
Second Trip:

 

We got a ton more the second trip!

Seagull!

Fly away!

Hi there!

The babies are so cute!

I took this pic and the two below!

Gulls or seagulls are birds in the family Laridae. They are most closely related to the terns and only distantly related to auks, skimmers, and more distantly to the waders. Wikipedia

New Video Update!

Here is a vid, I thought you all would enjoy!