We had a variety of life to check out today. The trip started in an area where we had three different minke whales but we didn't stay long for there was a large amount of whitewater being seen in the distance. Hornbill the humpback whale was tail breaching and lob-tailing multiple times at the surface.
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Hornbill lob-tailing (above and below) |
In total we saw 7 humpback whales! Hornbill became associated with Pinball the humpback whale; both
Blue Ocean Society adoptable whales!
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Hornbill's large flipper |
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Pinball |
One of the other whales we spent time with today was Patches the humpback whale as another humpback whale passed by us out in the distance.
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Patches |
As we spent time with Patches we even got a quick look at an ocean sunfish.
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Ocean sunfish |
The next sighting we had was a trio of humpback whales: Spoon, Jabiru and Gunslinger.
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Spoon |
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Jabiru and Spoon |
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Spoon and Gunslinger |
We ended the day with a pod of 50 Atlantic white-sided dolphins. So much to check out in the inshore waters of Jeffreys Ledge today!
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Atlantic white-sided dolphins (above and below) |
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