2010 06-29 SB Channel
A flat, calm, overcast and drizzly day which yielded tremendous wildlife! The Humpback Whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) did some lunge feeding, the Risso's Dolphins (Grampus griseus) came around and one breached, the Common Dolphins (Delphinus capensis) rode alongside the Condor Express, and the Pacific White-sided Dolphins (Lagenorhyncus obliquidens) were on the scene too. At one point, a juvenile California Sea Lion (Zalophus californianus) got extremely close to two Humbacks and there was some interaction between the species.
Read MoreImage sequence, 1 of 3: A Humpback Whale opens its mouth to engulf Krill (Thysanoessa spinifera). the top of the head is at the lower left, and you ar looking directly into the lower oral cavity and the huge, expanded ventral grooves. If you click to enlarge, you can see the little red individual krill inside the mouth.
Image sequence, 2 of 3: A Humpback Whale opens its mouth to engulf Krill (Thysanoessa spinifera). the top of the head is at the lower left, and you ar looking directly into the lower oral cavity and the huge, expanded ventral grooves. The mouth is beginning to close up, surrounding hundreds of gallons of krill-laden seawater. The left pectoral fin is out of the water.