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Jun 25, 2012 21:33 |  #1

These photos were taken on 5/20/12. :)

This is a whale named Etch-a-Sketch who popped up from out of nowhere and began kick feeding right next to the boat.

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Jun 25, 2012 22:14 |  #2

wow, 3,4 and 5 are awesome!




  
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Jun 25, 2012 22:45 |  #3

Fantastic ! Actually to me it's hard to image how big they are and they actually look scary !




  
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Jun 26, 2012 19:44 |  #4

Again, so awesome. When we go to Hawaii, they do not feed there. In fact, they only breed & give birth so after 5-6 weeks they head back to Alaska to their food source. We have seen some pretty skinny mama whales.....but then again, their calves drink nearly 100 gallons of milk an hour!


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Jun 26, 2012 19:46 |  #5

Celestron wrote in post #14631998 (external link)
Fantastic ! Actually to me it's hard to image how big they are and they actually look scary !

I was on a raft (in Maui) with whales swimming right underneath me, so close my feet touched them. Not scary at all....so amazing :)


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Jun 26, 2012 19:57 |  #6

rick_reno wrote in post #14631871 (external link)
wow, 3,4 and 5 are awesome!

Thank you! Those are my faves too.

Celestron wrote in post #14631998 (external link)
Fantastic ! Actually to me it's hard to image how big they are and they actually look scary !

Thanks! Aww... they're not scary at all! They're gentle giants! In the winter of 2014 I'm actually planning a trip to go to Silver Bank in the Dominican Republic to swim with them. I can hardly wait!

Maureen Souza wrote in post #14636723 (external link)
Again, so awesome. When we go to Hawaii, they do not feed there. In fact, they only breed & give birth so after 5-6 weeks they head back to Alaska to their food source. We have seen some pretty skinny mama whales.....but then again, their calves drink nearly 100 gallons of milk an hour!

Yup! When they first show up here they're pretty skinny and hungry. We get them after they've mated and had their calves so after not eating and then having to nurse the calves, they get very thin! We actually have one mom and calf pair up here where the mom (who's named Tulip) is VERY skinny. Everyone is very concerned for her because you can see her shoulders and spine, not a good sign! We're all hoping that now that she's back on the feeding ground that she'll be able to put some weight back on, but it doesn't look very good right now. :(

Maureen Souza wrote in post #14636731 (external link)
I was on a raft (in Maui) with whales swimming right underneath me, so close my feet touched them. Not scary at all....so amazing :)

Now that sounds awesome!!! :)


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Jun 26, 2012 20:10 |  #7

That is a nother fabulous set Mandy. You got very lucky with that sequence.


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Jun 27, 2012 00:52 as a reply to  @ L.J.G.'s post |  #8

Outstanding!!! and on my bucket list


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Jun 27, 2012 06:49 |  #9

L.J.G. wrote in post #14636829 (external link)
That is a nother fabulous set Mandy. You got very lucky with that sequence.

Thank you! A lot of whale watching is luck and of course patience. :)

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Outstanding!!! and on my bucket list

Thank you! Definitely go out when you can!


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Jun 29, 2012 14:43 |  #10

great shots




  
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