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Rare and endangered Australian Sea Lions play in the shallows of Hopkins Island, South Australia. ©Michael Patrick O’Neill
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This morning: A pair of mating Green Sea Turtles is pursued and harassed offshore Palm Beach County by a solitary male who wants to dislodge his rival from the female. The chase lasted for more than one hour, and I was lucky to be at the right place at the right time to film this with my drone. Unfortunately I had to stop because of an approaching storm, but I’m sure they’re still out there.
Love is in the air: A pair of Green Sea Turtles mates in the crystal clear shallows offshore northern Palm Beach County, FL this morning. If you’re a boater, please slow down for the turtles, often distracted mating and basking on the surface this time of the year. The rebound of the Green Sea Turtle is a conservation success story for Florida—let’s keep it that way. Copyright Michael Patrick O’Neill #greenturtle #florida #palmbeach #drone #ocean #sealife #seaturtle #beachlife #summer #jupiter #drone #dji #yourshotphotographer
Beautiful day in paradise. Copyright Michael Patrick O’Neill #drone #florida #beach #jupiter #summer #palmbeach #surf #dji #inspire #escape
Ocean Wanderer: This female Silky Shark (~2.5m TL), tagged May 2021 offshore Jupiter, FL by scientists and equipped with a tracking device (see dorsal fin), traveled around the Florida peninsula all the way to New Orleans and back. I photographed her last week in Jupiter. Amazing. Her journey is an example of the long-distance migrations pelagic (open ocean) sharks embark on and the risks they face (notice the injuries around the mouth from fishing hooks). Sadly, almost every shark we see here has scars / injuries from fishing tackle, or hooks. Enjoy and protect our natural resources! Copyright Michael Patrick O’Neill #shark #silkyshark #pelagic #ocean #Florida #Jupiter #GulfStream #fisheye #nikon #sigma #scuba
One of the hardest working moms in the animal kingdom, a female Buccochromis sp. releases her tiny fry on Ndumbi Rocks, Lake Malawi. This mouthbrooding cichlid, endemic to this huge lake (which actually resembles an inland sea with its crystal clear water), will hold her eggs and her young in her mouth for approximately one month to maximize their chances of survival. She retrieves and releases when the coast is clear of predators. Fish not so dumb! Enjoy and Happy Mothers Day. ©Michael Patrick O’Neill #lakemalawi #malawi #africancichlid #freshwater #nikon #macrophotography #aquaticlife #africa
Fun and productive dives recently with the neighborhood sharks. Local celebrity shark “Jenny” and underwater photographer. May offers in my opinion the best dive conditions of the year with lots of cool things to see and photograph. Tigers and hammerheads are still around, and the pelagic summer sharks are starting to arrive. Time to be underwater. Let’s hope the good weather holds. ©Michael Patrick O’Neill #tigershark #scuba #tiger #ocean #florida #underwater #scubadiving #fisheye #shark #oceanlife
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