hahaha what great pictures. I've wondered what a bluegill looks like. Its nesting behavior sounds like the sunnies (sunfish) we have up here, but a sunnie doesn't look like a bluegill.

Anne

Marty (a.k.a. Grumpus McGee) is SO handsome!! Hey, I love pugs, so "handsome" is relative. LOL I LOVE that underwater pic of him! GREAT shot. Thanks so much for giving me my smile of the day, Sherry!

Brenda

He does look pretty grumpy! LOL!

lol-- Yeah, I was surprised at how ugly a bluegill actually looked when you see one face to face! I think Grumpus is a more fitting name for him. That or "Jaws"... I swear I hear the theme music whenever I get in the pond and he starts swimming over towards me. So far he's just rammed (hard!) into my leg and my shoe, but I wouldn't put it past him to take a bite one day...

Sherry

I love coming back to this post to see the face-on picture of the bluegill. It reminds me of a picture of a weird fish I once saw. It is called a blob fish:

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Anne

LOL!!!! Oh, Anne, that's hilarious! It reminds me of that comic strip character...which I can't think of now. I could have sworn his name was Zippy, but it's not the Pinhead Zippy....

Or...Jimmy Durante! LOL!! Love it! I love Marty, too, and I've saved his pic on my hard drive (if that's ok, Sherry?) so I can see him every day if I want. :D

Brenda

Is it the king in one of the cartoons?

LOL Anne! He really does look like a blob-- sorta like it just melted there. And I think I've seen that face before somewhere too...

Brenda, if I'd known you were going to save the photo I'd have tried to hold the camera stiller to get a better shot! I do have the original 2.9MB photo, which isn't any clearer, just a bigger blur :-)

Sherry

It's Ziggy I was thinking of, not Zippy! LOL It just hit me as I was opening this page. :D

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Sherry, the pic you posted is plenty good for my viewing pleasure! I prefer the murkiness of it, because it somehow makes him look grumpier, if that's possible. Or even a little scary, but I don't want him hearing me say that. LOL

Brenda

Ziggy--of course. Too funny :-) I just had to google Ziggy to see what I could find and came up with the cartoon at the link below. I thought it was fitting. :-)

BTW- I took some much clearer photos of Marty yesterday and he doesn't look nearly as mad. Might be the angle of the photo, but it most likely is the lack of murkiness. Either that or he really was just having a bad day when I took that first photo...

Here is a link that might be useful: ziggy cartoon

Oh, that cartoon is perfect, Sherry! LOL Feel free to post more pics of Marty! I can't get enough of him. :D

Brenda

Why Marty, is that a smile...?
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then again, maybe not...
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ok, ok! I'm leaving!
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Sherry,

What a handsome young fellow Marty is. hahaha

Are those photos also underwater? I'd love to try that some day. Maybe I'll turn my fish tower the other way around and use that.

Anne

Anne-
Yes, they were taken "underwater" using a rigid plastic container submerged just below the surface. I'm always afraid I'm going to submerge the container too far and get my non-waterproof camera wet.

I think your fish tower would work great-- be sure to send pics if you try it!

Sherry

LOL!! I'm really falling for Marty! He's such a handsome, protective little devil. *swoon*

Those pics are SO clear, Sherry! I hope you have Marty for many years to come. He's like a rock star! :D

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Brenda