I get notes with fish on them
View from my lunch meeting

The kelp forest exhibit says something like ‘you always know it’s a rockfish when it’s just laying there not moving’

Same

Birds before work (I went through a secret door to find some cormorants)

#Birds #Monterey #Birding

I’m obsessed with the egg yolk jellies

#jellyfish #marine #monterey

My wife is in town (very rare!) so we took a nice evening stroll from the aquarium to the Sandbar

Bloody-belly comb jelly. Can’t believe I get to see this at work

https://www.montereybayaquarium.org/animals/animals-a-to-z/bloodybelly-comb-jelly

Black necked stilts at our onsite aviary (which rehabilitates and releases injured birds, and keeps those who can’t be released)
The ‘wave crash’ feature at the Monterey Bay Aquarium
GIANT sea bass

I love this pic I took of the avocet this morning. I went to the aviary this morning before we opened and I had the whole place to myself

#Birding #Avocet #Shorebirds

Baby birb (snowy plover)
I like to take the scenic route to my office (past the kelp forest)
The back deck when there’s no one there is really cool

I don’t know if you know how big this tank is

You can also se inside here https://www.montereybayaquarium.org/animals/live-cams/kelp-forest-cam

The round blob in the top center is a southern sea otter frolicking by herself

Lunch with a view

#Birding #Cormorants

Seen around the office.

1. Sunfish costume (!!)
2. Penguin plushie

Pacific sardines at the roundabout
I sea you
Same window, a few seconds apart
The world feels weird. I’m just going to work by a window
I love that this penguin waddled over to ‘chat’
I need to not buy all the things at the store
Honk.
I think I am floundering (but actually it’s a mola mola)

I went to hang out with my friend, Ray

(You can watch the live stream too: https://www.youtube.com/live/QXhVdEyLRT0)

#Marine #Monterey #MontereyBayAquarium

Live Open Sea Cam - Monterey Bay Aquarium

YouTube
A coworker was waving at me from inside the shark tank.
I went to see my friend. He’s the bass.
My evening commute (I waited till closing time and for all guests to leave, then I went to hang out at the open sea exhibit by myself)

I saw this on a coworker’s desk (she works with the birds)

#Birds #Birding #Puffins

Room with a view
Let me kelp you

I have puffins at my workplace

#Birds #Birding #Puffins #Marine

I didn’t realize I loved sea nettles and jellyfish so much
Shark
Ray of hope
Sardines
@skinnylatte This is probably my favorite exhibit at every aquarium but Monterey does it the best.