Vocalizing
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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…
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A Night with J Pod – 1/9/21
Tonight I had the Lime Kiln hydrophone playing as I attempted to sleep. At 3:30am I started being able to hear echolocation, so I grabbed some things, hopped in my car, and drove down to Western Preserve, while listening to the hydrophone. As I neared the parking spot, their calls got louder and louder. Once…
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Singing Humpbacks – 14/7/18
In Coulter Bay we could hear them singing. The most incredible sound I have ever heard before. We went around Coulter Island in the canoe and saw two Humpbacks fishing in the bay. There was only a kayak, a boat and us in our canoe there with them and they were at least 200 feet…