You have to trust me!
That disturbance in the water
is nothing less than the endangered
Right Whale
There are only about 400 left in the world
What a privilege to see one.
We did get closer but I never snapped at the right moment!
Here on the other hand is a young humpback
really playing up to the cameras
and causing his mother all kinds of grief I expect
really playing up to the cameras
and causing his mother all kinds of grief I expect
He gave us a sideways view of his tail
and mother would come close and nudge him
then they dove deeper revealing that lovely arched back...
and a flip of the tail.
Each tail has it's own unique markings
which allows researchers to identify every humpback.
All of a sudden in the distance another calf breached
then his mother showed him how to really do it.
(Not a very good photo but the only one I got)
We went in closer
and watched mother teaching her child
how to raise her fin high and smash it down on the water.
Probably trying to get rid of barnacles.
A special day.
A moment..or minutes you just want to live over and over again. It must have been amazing.
ReplyDeletexx, Carol
What a moving experience. Thank you for sharing the photos.
ReplyDeleteHow absolutely wonderful that you were able to see these beauties -- I would probably have been in tears of happiness and awe.
ReplyDeleteAmazingly beautiful. How very special, indeed!
ReplyDeleteI saw Right whales on a whale watch off of Massachusetts once, I didn't realize they were so rare!
Amazing! What a gift
ReplyDeleteWOW!
ReplyDeletewow. glad you saw it AND got some pictures. thanks.
ReplyDeleteWhat a privaledge to see them! Great photois too
ReplyDeleteamazing, I felt quite emotional just reading your account, it sounds breathtaking.
ReplyDeleteI taught school for a couple months in Pleasant Bay back in 1978 and saw right whales then. Those are amazing pictures! What an experience!
ReplyDeleteWow...I'll say it was a special day. All the photos are great - even those you think are not so good.
ReplyDeleteOHHH, to be a witness to such as this!
ReplyDeleteA wonderful day, indeed. Even distant encounters like this with wild animals are special.
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