Watching Whales Watching Us!

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

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.

Watching Whales

Some were lucky enough to go whale watching...

I had to stay home because of a commitment.

They got home disappointed there had been no breaching.

The whales were too busy eating.

But it seems to me they were greeted with friendly waves.

Surrounded by mothers and daughters...

and pretty close encounters.

And of course good-bye tails.

They had a simply gorgeous day for a trip out to sea.