9 am trip - Tammy
Today we spent the morning with 10-12 humpback whales. Our first sightings were of two different pairs of humpback whales. One pair included a whale named Bayou and the other pair included Pele.
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| humpback whale Pele and friend |
We then had quick looks at two single humpbacks, one of which was engaged in some kick-feeding behavior. While we could see the kicking and bubble cloud formation, the whale was lunging below the surface.
One particular, unidentified humpback whale stole the show this morning though. This animal continuously breached and flipper slapped for about 30 minutes!
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| flipper slapping |
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| tail breach |
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| full breach |
We ended our trip with looks at a female humpback named Perseid. Perseid showed us a single tail breach and some inverted lobtailing before she started traveling. We traveled parallel to Perseid as she made her way to the west, getting some great last looks.
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| Perseid lobtailing |
2 pm trip - Tammy
Luckily for us, the humpback whales hung around in the same spot for this afternoon's trip and we got to see some different behaviors. One humpback named A+ was kick-feeeding and lunging at the surface.
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| A+ kicking |
A+ would powerfully surface through a bubble cloud, mouth open and lower jaw distended. This whale was almost breaching as it engulfed its prey!
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| A+ lunging |
We got to spend time with a group of humpback whales that included two mom and calf pairs. Cajun and calf, Jabiru and calf, Pele, Bayou and Canopy traveled together-calves tight by their moms. This group eventually separated, but Caun and calf gave us a special treat when they approached our boat!
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| Cajun off the bow! |
Cajun's calf also did a little flipper slaping, rolling right on top of mom in the process! Watching these two whales was a sweet way to end our day!
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| Cajun (front) and her calf |
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