Vocalizing
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A Newborn Humpback Whale – 24/2/26
Today we had a very special encounter: a newborn humpback whale. He was tiny, very light gray in color, and still a bit wobbly. Mum was there, and an escort accompanied them. We stayed with the group for a while and dropped the camera to record sound. Soon we started hearing whale vocalizations all around…
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An Incredible First Trip to BC -10/23
I was out with Ocean Ecoventures, with the wonderful Gary Sutton, on a tour where we went up into the Gulf Islands. After encountering several Bigg’s killer whale groups in the Strait of Georgia, as we were heading back towards Cowichan Bay, before coming back to the Gulf Islands, we were just off the pass…
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Humpback Singing – 2/1/24
Today we had an amazing encounter with two curious whales that were traveling together. The most unexpected thing was: that one of them was singing! We could even hear him from the surface. ???????? This behavior might correspond to a male courting a female ???????????? The video was taken by our guide Sara @wandereroceansoul ???? -Whale Watch…
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Singing Humpbacks – 2/22
So I headed to Silver Bank to go snorkeling with Humpback Whales. And on one particular day, the conditions were absolutely glassy, glassy, glassy, calm seas. And we headed out, we were searching for whales. And we were having a tough time finding some doing lots of searching and at one point, the guide, through…
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Socializing Sperm Whales – 30/3/22
Our fjord, called Breiðafjörður, in west Iceland, the largest fjord in Iceland is full of herring at the moment. When we have the weather to get out there, which has been rather lacking recently, we are having amazing sightings. Today many pods of Orcas were spread all over the fjord, a Minke whale and Humpback were…