2010 07-24 SB Channel

Surface lunge-feeding Humpbacks & Blues...and other cool behaviors were noted. American Cetacean Society 8-hour charter on an overcast and windy day, but the whales did abide.

Whalers shoot a friendly Humpback Whale.
Megaptera novaeangliae passengers 2010 Channel 004
Humpback eye, lips and ventral grooves.
Megaptera novaeangliae EYE lips 2010 Channel 005
Humpback Whale coming up as whalers shoot away.
Megaptera novaeangliae passengers 2010 Channel 003
Nearing the end of a lunge feeding event, baleen visible in the mouth, a Humback spouts.
Megaptera novaeangliae head mouth 2010 Channel 010
Image Sequence, 1 of 3: A juvenile Humpback lunge feeds on its right side. Mouth is agape, ventral gooves are expanded, and the bright white left pectoral fin can be seen glowing.
Megaptera novaeangliae lunge feed CLOSE 2010 Channel 001
Image Sequence, 2 of 3: A juvenile Humpback lunge feeds on its right side. Mouth is agape, ventral gooves are expanded, and the bright white left pectoral fin can be seen glowing.
Megaptera novaeangliae lunge feed CLOSE 2010 Channel 002
Image Sequence, 3 of 3: A juvenile Humpback lunge feeds on its right side. Mouth is now closed and the eyeball can be seen.
Megaptera novaeangliae lunge feed CLOSE 2010 Channel 004
Two juvenile California Sea LIons (Zalophus californianus) cavort.
Zalophus californianus water 2010 Channel 001
Whalers enjoy a nearby Humpback tail fluke.
Megaptera novaeangliae tail fluke passengers 2010 Channel 003
Humpback tail fluke.
Megaptera novaeangliae tail fluke 2010 Channel 001
A Humpback rises up from the depths.
Megaptera novaeangliae passengers 2010 Channel 001
Humpback rising.
Megaptera novaeangliae passengers 2010 Channel 001
A giant Blue Whale lunge feeding...you are looking at the ventral grooves under the chin, and the left pectoral fin.
Balaenoptera musculus lunge feeding 2010 Channel 001
Lunge feeding Blue Whale...upside down. Krill can be seen as little red dots all over the mouth.
Balaenoptera musculus lunge feeding 2010 Channel 001
Blue Whale spouts.
Balaenoptera musculus spout 2010 Channel 005
Two California Sea Lions (Zalophus californianus).
Zalophus californianus water 2010 Channel 014
Image 1 of 3: Three looks at a big Basking Shark (Cetorhinus maximus). In this shot a pesky, California Sea Lion (Zalophus californians) can be seen pestering the shark
Cetorhinus maximus Zalophus 2010 Channel 044
Image 2 of 3: Three looks at a big Basking Shark (Cetorhinus maximus). It is headed toward the lower left corner, mouth open.
Cetorhinus maximus basking shark 2010 Channel 011
Image 3 of 3: Three looks at a big Basking Shark (Cetorhinus maximus) mouth open.
Cetorhinus maximus basking shark 2010 Channel 012
Red necked Phalaropes (Phalaropus lobatus) attack a mass of red Krill (Thysanoessa spinifera).
Phalaropus lobatus krill Thysanoessa spinifera 2010 Channel 011
Common Dolphins (Delphinus capensis) leaping alongside the Condor Express.
Delphinus capensis 2010 Channel 002
A lone Risso's Dolphin (Grampus griseus).
Grampus griseus 2010 Channel 001
Two Risso's Dolphins (Grampus griseus).
Grampus griseus 2010 Channel 002
Head close up, begins a dive.
Megaptera novaeangliae lunge feeding 2010 Channel 016
Close look at the skin on the back of a Humpack Whale.
Megaptera novaeangliae 2010 Channel 017
Close up look at the hump...and dorsal fin.
Megaptera novaeangliae dorsal fin CLOSE 2010 Channel 009
Head with tubercles, spouting.
Megaptera novaeangliae head spout 2010 Channel 038
Head with tubercles, spouting.
Megaptera novaeangliae head CLOSE 2010 Channel 006
Lunge feeding Humpback Whale.
Megaptera novaeangliae lunge feed 2010 Channel 012
Lunge feeding Humpback Whale.
Megaptera novaeangliae lunge feed 2010 Channel 021
Megaptera novaeangliae lunge feed 2010 07-24 SB Channel a - 044
Megaptera novaeangliae lunge feed 2010 Channel 044
Lunge feeding Humpback Whale.
Megaptera novaeangliae lunge feeding 2010 Channel 003
Lunge feeding Humpback Whale.
Megaptera novaeangliae lunge feeding 2010 Channel 008
Humpback Whale on its left side with right tail fluke and right pectoral fin exposed.
Megaptera novaeangliae pectoral tail fluke 2010 Channel 011
Humpback tail flukes.
Megaptera novaeangliae tail fluke 2010 Channel 011
kaboom! A Humpback throws its tail.
Megaptera novaeangliae tail throw 2010 Channel 011

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2010 07-24 SB Channel