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This was our whale watching cruise. We saw five, and got just a glimpse of one more.
Someone sees a spout, and the boat moves towards it. Then we wait for a minute or few for it to surface again. Another spout as it takes a breath. It moves a bit through the water, it's back humping. Its blowhole rolls under, and its hump comes up before it goes under. You wait another couple of minutes, and it come up for another breath. It does this a few times, and the last time, it takes a quick succession of breaths. It rolls forward, but its hump isn't as high in the water as usual. It keeps rolling forward and the tail comes up out of the water. It dives deep, and since it can stay down there for twenty minutes, you wander off looking for other whales.
This is the most common observed behavior. You may have heard of bubble hunting, spy hopping, tail slapping and of course, breaching. We didn't see any of that. Just the aforementioned diving.
We saw two whales when we were out on our Misty Fjords tour. I also got a glimpse of a pair of dall porpoises. These two photos were taken on our Evening Whale Watching Cruise. As I said, we saw six humpbacks, altogether. On this tour, we also saw some Steller sea lions lounging on a buoy. Those things get up to 2000 lbs, IIRC. We saw harbor seals on the whale watching cruise, and also from the ship a few times. We didn't see any orca or beluga.
And don't ask me how they sleep under that bell.
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Date: 2011-09-11 07:08 am (UTC)From:no subject
Date: 2011-09-11 08:57 am (UTC)From:;)
It's still pretty cool stuff. I'd be happy with what you did see.
:)
Yeah, how DO those seals get up there? Can they jump out of the water like that?
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Date: 2011-09-11 12:47 pm (UTC)From:no subject
Date: 2011-09-11 12:49 pm (UTC)From:no subject
Date: 2011-09-11 01:52 pm (UTC)From:Thank you for posting these Kevin. All the pictures have been wonderful but these pictures are the ones I've been waiting for the most.
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Date: 2011-09-11 02:52 pm (UTC)From:no subject
Date: 2011-09-11 02:58 pm (UTC)From:no subject
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Date: 2011-09-11 04:27 pm (UTC)From:I am sure that you know that there are many kinds of whales. :^)
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Date: 2011-09-11 04:29 pm (UTC)From:no subject
Date: 2011-09-11 04:41 pm (UTC)From:no subject
Date: 2011-09-11 04:43 pm (UTC)From:"Humpbacks are baleen whales which means they filter their food through baleen plates. They consume krill, anchovies, cod, sardines, mackerel, capelin, and others sorts of schooling fish."
Hawaii definitely has fish, etc. *L*
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Date: 2011-09-11 06:13 pm (UTC)From:"Humpbacks feed only in summer, in polar waters, and migrate to tropical or sub-tropical waters to breed and give birth in the winter. During the winter, humpbacks fast and live off their fat reserves. The species' diet consists mostly of krill and small fish."
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Date: 2011-09-11 06:31 pm (UTC)From:no subject
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Date: 2011-09-11 08:53 pm (UTC)From:It's just well hidden.
:D
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Date: 2011-09-12 02:50 am (UTC)From:(groan)
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