The fog threatened to defeat us this morning but we rallied
and showed it who was boss! Well, sort of. If only we could control the weather
and Mother Nature! We found an ocean sunfish (Mola mola) close to shore and got
great looks at this odd-looking creature.
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| Ocean Sunfish |
Then we found an elusive pod of a
dozen Atlantic white sided dolphins.
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| Atlantic white sided dolphin |
Next was a minke whale, and then
another!
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| minke whale |
Suddenly we saw a few blows
ahead of us. This turned out to be a trio of fin whales! Seeing one of the 2nd
largest animals on the planet is always amazing, but to have 3 of them together
was extra awesome! One of the whales was #0354. Still working to verify the other
two.
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| 2 fin whales |
On our way home we passed a couple
more minke whales and a pod of harbor porpoises!
This afternoon took us further south. By this time, the wind
had blown the fog away and we found another pod of harbor porpoises before
seeing the humpback whale named Hornbill!
A minke was in the area too but we tried to keep tabs on Hornbill. Hornbill was being typical Hornbill- only fluking every other dive!
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| Hornbill diving |
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| Milkyway |
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| Nine |
Normally,
humpbacks are solitary, only forming groups from time to time, and usually only
for a short time. Interesting to see these 2 ladies spending so much time
together!
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