Saturday was all about fin whales. We saw a group of FOUR during our morning trip and a pair in the afternoon.
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| Morning fin whale |
We were able to identify one of the whales we saw in the morning as Comet!
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| Comet |
Associations form and fizzle on the feeding grounds perhaps as easily as these whales move through the water. What a treat to witness them synchronizing their massive movements together.
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| Fin whale swimming through the waves during our afternoon trip (above and below) |
On Sunday morning's trip we saw two fin whales and two pods of Atlantic white-sided dolphins. The first whale of the day, identified as #0282, was charging around through the area with a small pod of dolphins sprinkled around!
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| Dolphin leaping out in front of a fin whale; look at that size difference! |
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| Fin whale chevron pattern and a dolphin trying to photo-bomb the image 😄 |
We later spent time with another group of Atlantic white-sided dolphins and a second, more slowly moving, fin whale.
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| Atlantic white-sided dolphins crashing through the ocean |
During our afternoon trip the winds subsided and the ocean was beautiful. And the whales all but disappeared! We had to do a lot of searching and while we ultimately spotted two minke whales we truly only watched one of them. Nature, always doing her best to keep us on our toes...
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| Minke whale |
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