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I started this site way back in 1996 for my new hobby. In all that time, I gladly carried the annual cost of hosting and domain name. But it's time to admit that my diving years are over, and my interest has waned.

I have kept the site up as a service to the diving community, but I don't know how much longer that makes sense.

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Hosting costs have gone up significantly. There is a simple explanation for that: for years a single company has been buying up all the independent hosting companies, and now has a near-monopoly. See here:

Every hosting company I have ever used for any reason is on that list, except for GoDaddy, and they are awful. (Or at least they were, maybe they have improved.) As far as I know, every 'company' on that list is now functionally an exact clone of Bluehost, different in name only.


Sparrow
Red-Eyed Vireo

It is not at all uncommon for small songbirds to be blown out to sea in a strong west wind ( or a north wind, for Long Island. ) Unable to make their way back to land, these tiny fliers eventually tire and drop into the water, or get picked off by seagulls. In desperation, they will alight on anything solid to rest. An anchored dive boat makes an easy target and may collect several hitchhikers over the course of a day. This little guy was so exhausted that he even perched on a finger for photographs. Generally, though, you should just leave them alone and not frighten them further, and they will fly away on their own once the boat gets back to land.