Show threadAdrianna TanDec 18, 2024

Pufffy

#Birds #Puffins

Show threadAdrianna TanDec 19, 2024
I get notes with fish on them
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View from my lunch meeting
Show threadAdrianna TanDec 21, 2024

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

Same

Show threadAdrianna TanJan 9

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

#Birds #Monterey #Birding

Show threadAdrianna TanJan 9

I’m obsessed with the egg yolk jellies

#jellyfish #marine #monterey

Show threadAdrianna TanJan 10
My wife is in town (very rare!) so we took a nice evening stroll from the aquarium to the Sandbar
Show threadAdrianna TanJan 10

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

Show threadAdrianna TanJan 10
Black necked stilts at our onsite aviary (which rehabilitates and releases injured birds, and keeps those who can’t be released)
Show threadAdrianna TanJan 10
The ‘wave crash’ feature at the Monterey Bay Aquarium
Show threadAdrianna TanJan 10
GIANT sea bass
Show threadAdrianna TanJan 10

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

Show threadAdrianna TanJan 11
Baby birb (snowy plover)
Show threadAdrianna TanJan 14
I like to take the scenic route to my office (past the kelp forest)
Show threadAdrianna TanJan 14
The back deck when there’s no one there is really cool
Show threadAdrianna TanJan 22

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

Show threadAdrianna TanJan 22
The round blob in the top center is a southern sea otter frolicking by herself
Show threadAdrianna TanJan 22

Lunch with a view

#Birding #Cormorants

Show threadAdrianna TanJan 23

Seen around the office.

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

Show threadAdrianna TanJan 28
Pacific sardines at the roundabout
Show threadAdrianna TanJan 28
I sea you
Show threadAdrianna TanJan 28
Same window, a few seconds apart
Show threadAdrianna TanJan 28
The world feels weird. I’m just going to work by a window
Show threadAdrianna TanJan 29
I love that this penguin waddled over to ‘chat’
Show threadAdrianna TanJan 29
I need to not buy all the things at the store
Show threadAdrianna TanJan 29
Honk.
Show threadAdrianna TanMar 12
I think I am floundering (but actually it’s a mola mola)
Show threadAdrianna TanMar 13

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
Show threadAdrianna TanMar 21
A coworker was waving at me from inside the shark tank.
Show threadAdrianna TanMar 22
I went to see my friend. He’s the bass.
Show threadAdrianna TanMar 22

Black sea nettles

https://www.montereybayaquarium.org/animals/animals-a-to-z/jellies

Show threadAdrianna TanMar 22
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)
Show threadAdrianna TanMar 24

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

#Birds #Birding #Puffins

Show threadAdrianna TanMar 24
Room with a view
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Let me kelp you
Show threadAdrianna TanApr 16

I have puffins at my workplace

#Birds #Birding #Puffins #Marine

Show threadAdrianna TanApr 16
I didn’t realize I loved sea nettles and jellyfish so much
Show threadAdrianna TanApr 18
Shark
Show threadAdrianna TanApr 18
Ray of hope
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Sardines
Show threadUNREAL
@skinnylatte This is probably my favorite exhibit at every aquarium but Monterey does it the best.
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Show threadAdrianna TanDec 19, 2024
I get notes with fish on them
Show threadAdrianna TanDec 19, 2024
View from my lunch meeting
Show threadAdrianna TanDec 21, 2024

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

Same

Show threadAdrianna TanJan 9

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

#Birds #Monterey #Birding

Show threadAdrianna TanJan 9

I’m obsessed with the egg yolk jellies

#jellyfish #marine #monterey

Show threadAdrianna TanJan 10
My wife is in town (very rare!) so we took a nice evening stroll from the aquarium to the Sandbar
Show threadAdrianna TanJan 10

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

Show threadAdrianna TanJan 10
Black necked stilts at our onsite aviary (which rehabilitates and releases injured birds, and keeps those who can’t be released)
Show threadAdrianna TanJan 10
The ‘wave crash’ feature at the Monterey Bay Aquarium
Show threadAdrianna TanJan 10
GIANT sea bass
Show threadAdrianna TanJan 10

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

Show threadAdrianna TanJan 11
Baby birb (snowy plover)
Show threadAdrianna TanJan 14
I like to take the scenic route to my office (past the kelp forest)
Show threadAdrianna TanJan 14
The back deck when there’s no one there is really cool
Show threadAdrianna TanJan 22

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

Show threadAdrianna TanJan 22
The round blob in the top center is a southern sea otter frolicking by herself
Show threadAdrianna TanJan 22

Lunch with a view

#Birding #Cormorants

Show threadAdrianna TanJan 23

Seen around the office.

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

Show threadAdrianna TanJan 28
Pacific sardines at the roundabout
Show threadAdrianna TanJan 28
I sea you
Show threadDavid MichaelsJan 28
@skinnylatte I dunno, there's something fishy about this photo...
Show threadScott FrancisJan 28
@skinnylatte working in that kind of environment all day must be like a continual positive reinforcement of peaceful feelings all the time
Show threadSteve DavidianJan 23

@skinnylatte

Loving the mola mola.
And your aquarium!

Show threadDaveOfTheNuiJan 23
@skinnylatte That poor Penguin is getting the wedgy from hell!
Show threadC64toneJan 24
@skinnylatte huge!
Show threadMatt BlazeJan 22
@skinnylatte Are you trying to make the entire Internet want your job?
Show threadAdrianna TanJan 22
@mattblaze I have to do some hiring soon, so maybe
Show threadStella C 🇨🇦Jan 22
@mattblaze @skinnylatte Well I’m hooked.
Show threadDenis 🌏Jan 22
@skinnylatte And Santa Cruz County across the bay! ❤️
Show threadschrotthaufenJan 22
@skinnylatte If I wasn’t too blind to safely go diving, I’d want to jump in there😅
Show threadAdrianna TanJan 22
@schrotthaufen they do have diver volunteers who clean tanks and feed fish :) and a program to teach scientific diving to kids here
Show threadschrotthaufenJan 22
@skinnylatte I love that y’all teach kids how to dive. Most enjoyable sport in existence, imho. Added bonus: YOU SOUND LIKE DARTH VADER!
Show threadBob MonsourJan 22
@skinnylatte Massive! We were there a few months ago. What an extraordinary place!
Show threadhumanadverbJan 22

@skinnylatte Tank is big.

For a couple years when I was itty bitty my life's ambition was to be the scuba guy in there. Still a daydream of mine...

Show threadAdrianna TanJan 22
@humanadverb there’s a dive volunteer program to clean the tanks, but the line is long
Show threadkimothy siddonJan 14
@skinnylatte monterey bay aquarium is such a nice building, it's been a while since I've been there but i have fond memories
Show threadsb arms & legsJan 10

@skinnylatte
Lookit those getaway sticks!

These guys are awesome!

Show threadScott 🇯🇲 🇺🇸Jan 10
@skinnylatte It’s definitely striking a pose for your camera 😆
Show threadranjitJan 10
@skinnylatte You have the best job!
Show threadDavid McMullinJan 10
@skinnylatte
Feels kinda Fred Astaire somehow.
Show threadMarge吴静玫Jan 10
@skinnylatte Lovely! How many species in the aviary?
Show threadRamiroJan 10
@skinnylatte ooh actually, could you be my person on the inside? I love visiting when there's a giant sunfish / mola mola on display but I know they have difficulty keeping them too long because of how fast they grow
Show threadAdrianna TanJan 10
@ramiro ooh I will ask someone
Show threadJosh Jan 10
@skinnylatte the photo really does not convey how ridiculously big they are.
Show threadAdrianna TanJan 10
@josh0 280-500 lbs!
Show threadAmin Hollon 🏳Jan 10

@skinnylatte

Oh, I've gotta visit this some day…

amends bucket list accordingly

Show threadAdrianna TanJan 10
@amin lemme know! We can go whale watching ;)
Show threadAmin Hollon 🏳Jan 10

@skinnylatte

Oooh, haven't done that since South Africa! And I was a little 'un.

Show threadRebecca WallaceJan 10
@amin It's absolutely wonderful. The best aquarium, hands down, I've ever seen. We used to live in Monterey County and didn't go there enough.
Show threadAmin Hollon 🏳Jan 10

@wallacewords

A ringing endorsement!

Hm, been a long time since I've been to an aquarium, actually. There's one I've been to in California but I don't remember which…

Show threadyelling jackalJan 10
@skinnylatte Oooh I loved that part of the aquarium the most! The person there told us all about one bird that was surrendered by someone, the bird didn't know how to get along with other birds and got bullied so they built it its own lil island section 
Show threadJames B ToyJan 10
@skinnylatte cormorants convene on Cannery component.
Show threadalexa lake Jan 9
@skinnylatte
A photographer's natural affinity for anything near teal-orange 😉
Show threadDavid ThomsonJan 9
@skinnylatte that looks amazing, and also like it is dangerous to the touch…
Show threadLydia SchochJan 9
@skinnylatte @blogdiva Jellyfish are so cool.
Show threadAgas Ramirez 🎙️Jan 10
@skinnylatte I did not know these existed 🤩
Show threadDuchess of UmbrageJan 10
@skinnylatte WHOA
Show threadJoan AlbrightJan 9
@skinnylatte I see they're observing their social distance today
Show threadSindarina, Edge Case DetectiveDec 21, 2024
@skinnylatte Mood, to be honest.
Show threadMichael PotterDec 19, 2024
@skinnylatte Okay, a bit jelly.
Show threadkfDec 19, 2024
@skinnylatte this is giving elementary school teacher aesthetic in the best possible way