Another wonderful autumn day! Today we saw 11 humpback whales (8 up close),
2 minke whales, over 100 Atlantic white sided dolphins and an ocean
sunfish! Our humpbacks included 3 mother
and calf pairs (Moms were Spoon, Owl and Shuffleboard) as well as Hornbill, and then
Partition who was hanging out with Shuffleboard and her calf. The dolphins were quite amazing as they were
feeding with 100’s of seabirds including northern gannets, Cory’s shearwaters,
great shearwaters and gulls.
Spoon' calf was rolling around and playing with seaweed!
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| Spoon's calf |
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| Spoon |
Owl and her calf spent a bunch of time resting at the surface.
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| Owl and her calf |
The pod of dolphins included lots of calves!
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| Atlantic white sided dolphin calf |
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Hornbill was blowing bubble clouds in the same area where the trio of whales was. Must have been some awesome food!
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| Hornbill on the outskirts |
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| Minke whale |
The trio of humpbacks included Shuffleboard and her calf along with Partition who was sporting some recent injuries, possibly from an entanglement.
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| humpback diving |
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| Partition |
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| Shuffleboard and her calf |
This interesting-looking fish rounded out the trip!
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| Ocean sunfish |
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