Here are some photos that I took this past Sunday, 7/19/09 of some Humpback Whales on Stellwagen Bank. It was an amazing day of whale watching. We got to watch hungry whales feeding and were then treated to a frisky little calf who breached a few times.
#1 - Etch-a-Sketch starting to kick feed (slapping her tail on the surface to stun fish).
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#2 - Etch-a-Sketch "dragging" which is a technique used to filter water out of it's mouth to swallow fish.
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#3 - Etch-a-Sketch blew bubbles to trap the fish. As she came up to catch the fish a whale named Vulture came in and stole some! Kind of ironic given her name, Vulture.
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#4 - Etch-a-Sketch and Vulture feeding - same sequence.
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#5 - Etch-a-Sketch and Vulture feeding - same sequence.
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#6 - Etch-a-Sketch and Vulture feeding - same sequence.
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#7 - Trident fluking (the rip on her right fluke is from a previous entanglement in fishing gear).
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#8 - Young calf breaching next to it's mom named Lavalier.
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