Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Look Mom, it’s a STINGRAY!

Yesterday we were having lunch on our patio, when Miller wandered onto the dock and screamed “Look Mom it’s a STINGRAY!”  I was a little slow getting up and getting up over there, and lo and behold there was not one stingray, but two.  They even hung around long enough for me to get my camera.  Usually, they are really shy, but not these two.  They put up with all the shouting and jumping up and down. 

DSCN1311

Remember last time we had stingrays here, we scared them off pretty quickly.

DSCN1312

Love this picture.  There are two rays, and Hank is looking at………….neither one!

DSCN1313

One swam off to quieter waters, but the other one hung around for a long time.

DSCN1314

It’s hard to tell how big they are, but I’d say the big one was two and a half feet and the smaller was about two feet across.

DSCN1315

It is amazing how long their tails are.  Probably five to six feet.

DSCN1317DSCN1318DSCN1319DSCN1320DSCN1321DSCN1322DSCN1323DSCN1325DSCN1326

The patterns are so gorgeous.

DSCN1327DSCN1328DSCN1329

We would love for them to make a home here, but they have probably moved on to a quieter spot.

No comments:

Post a Comment

Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.