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Jenna Inglese | Flora and Fauna Log
@jennainglese.bsky.social
Landscape and wildlife photographer
Marine scientist
Nature lover
November 15, 2025 at 2:57 AM
I dove in my first bull kelp forest this summer while doing @reefcheckfoundation trainings. Since then, I’ve dove in more kelp and I’m obsessed with it 🤩

Did you know that kelp has two life cycles?
September 29, 2025 at 6:00 PM
September 29, 2025 at 5:54 PM
I finally found my nudibranch white whale; the clown dorid! More specifically, a modest clown dorid. After a year of searching, I finally saw several of these dorids during the low tides last week.

These guys were probably about 3 inches (7.6cm) long but can get up to ~6 inches (15 cm).
June 4, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Itsy bitsy teeny weeny yellow polka dot branched dendronotid on the dock today! This is my first time seeing one with this coloration. Typically the ones I find are brown and resemble the algae on the docks.

May 25, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Tufted puffins in Cannon Beach and in the San Juan Islands. These guys have spent the last 8 months floating out at sea and have come back to nest. They dig burrows which can be up to 7 ft deep. It was awesome to see these little guys fly around and forage!

May 23, 2025 at 3:29 AM
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In case you need more context crimes of atrocity, Dr. @dirkmoses.bsky.social explains Genocide to us: www.alieward.com/ologies/geno...
May 21, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Plumose anemones and a mottled sea star during a sunny, low tide afternoon at the dock.

#seastar #anemone #pnw #pnwwildlife #washingtonwildlife #uwphotography #plumoseanemone #mottledseastar #washington #pugetsound #salishsea
May 17, 2025 at 2:45 AM
April 27, 2025 at 6:05 PM
April 8, 2025 at 5:01 PM
White lined dirona

These guys feed on hydroids, bryozoans, crustaceans, ascidians, and snails.

#nudibranch #whitelineddirona #pugetsound #pnwwildlife #washingtonwildlife #salishsea #uwmacrophotography #uwmacro #olympustg6 #wildlifephotography
March 29, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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March 20, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Stalked jellyfish

They live similarly to the polyp phase of other jellyfish, attaching themselves to a surface and using their tentacles to catch plankton.

#stalkedjellyfish #pnwwildlife #pugetsound #salishsea #macrophotography #uwmacro #wildlifephotography
March 16, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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March 11, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Hoh rainforest from October 2023
#hohrainforest #pnw #washington #olympicnationalpark
March 8, 2025 at 4:35 AM
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The Florida Keys are dying. NOAA spent 13 years developing a new recovery plan for the sanctuary.

It wasn’t even some big radical proposal. It was watered down, keeping 95% of the park open to fishing, yet still a big step forward.

DeSantis vetoed it anyway.

www.wusf.org/environment/...
DeSantis rejects long-planned management proposal for a Florida Keys marine sanctuary
Gov. Ron DeSantis said the plan, which took more than a decade to hammer out, failed to pave the way for artificial reefs in state waters and stripped Florida of managing its own wildlife.
www.wusf.org
March 5, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Northern leopard dorid/ spotted leopard dorid. These guys eat sponges!

#nudibranch #dorid #spottedleoparddorid #northernleoparddorid #pugetsound #uwmacro #olympustg6 #scuba #pnwscuba #pnwwildlife
March 1, 2025 at 12:22 AM
This koosh hall/ fiber optic toy resembling nudibranch is a Nanaimo dorid

They have been spotted from Alaska to California and get their name from the city in Canada where they were described.

#nanaimodorid #dorid #nudibranch #uwmacro #olympustg6 #pnwwildlife #pugetsound #dockfouling
February 18, 2025 at 6:18 PM
One of my favorite photos I’ve ever taken. Hermissenda crassicornis aka thick-horned or opalescent nudibranch.

#dockfouling #hornednudibranch #nudibranch #nudibranchs #pnwwildlife #pnwwildlifephotography #pugetsound #salishsea #uwmacro #olympustg6 #washingtonwildlife #opalescentnudibranch
January 31, 2025 at 4:05 PM