Humpback Whales

Whales are now hanging around in San Francisco Bay — Natural History Wanderings

The San Francisco Chronicle reports In decades past, humpback whales almost exclusively swam past the bay and stayed offshore during their annual migration from April to October. Now, a rising number are coming closer to the coast. Some venture into San Francisco Bay during peak season, and a few even stay in nearby waters year-round. […]

Whales are now hanging around in San Francisco Bay — Natural History Wanderings
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Dominican Republic opens whale watching season 2022 — Repeating Islands

Dominican Today announced that the Dominican Republic’s Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources has officially opened the humpback whale watching season for 2022, which runs from January 15 to March 31 in the Bay of Samaná and until April 15 at Banco de La Plata in Puerto Plata. The Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources officially began the […]

Dominican Republic opens whale watching season 2022 — Repeating Islands
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By Popular Demand: WHALE Bubble Net Feeding — Wickersham’s Conscience

WC’s recent post on Brandt’s Cormorant mentioned and photographed Humpback Whales engaged in a form of cooperative feeding called bubble net feeding. Humpbacks and Bryde’s Whales – a species WC has never seen – are the only whales known to engage in this fishing technique. In Humpbacks, one to fifteen whales swim around a school […]

By Popular Demand: Bubble Net Feeding — Wickersham’s Conscience
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Humpback Match! — The Lone Kayaker

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Humpback, 2 Aug 2019 This is just the best story. It embraces everything that I have always liked about wildlife, and the people who are enthusiastic about wildlife. And you will not find a more enthusiastic person on the planet than those who are fans of the Humpback whale. ‘Once seen, never forgotten’ doesn’t quite […]

Humpback Match! — The Lone Kayaker
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Antarctica. Humpbacks, Orcas and a Little Bit of Scenery. — The Lone Kayaker

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I had done my homework, seen the pics, read the book. But nothing can prepare you for the enormity of the Antarctic. It just goes on and on for days and days, and weeks or months if you are really lucky. Water, lots of icebergs, glaciers so long you can’t see the other side, […]

Antarctica. Humpbacks, Orcas and a Little Bit of Scenery. — The Lone Kayaker
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Awesome Humpback — The Lone Kayaker

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It’s Seawatch National Whale and Dolphin Watch this week, and I was keen to match, or improve upon, my last year’s total of 96 (80 Common Dolphins and 16 Porpoises). Two days of windless conditions were forecast so I was well fired-up for a couple of big offshore trips. Early starts, of course, early is […]

Awesome Humpback — The Lone Kayaker
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