2010 09-11 SB Channel

Our first sighting of a Humpback Whale - the bushy spout.

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Image 1 of 4: A mighty Humpback Whale begins a deep dive by arching its back. Deep scars can be seen along the dorsal ridge of the caudal peduncle, most likely from entanglement.

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Image 2 of 4: A mighty Humpback Whale tail fluke waterfall.

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Image 3 of 4: Tail high in the air.

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Image 4 of 4: The ventral surface of the tail flukes are seen as the Humpback slips below the waves. The underside of the tail flukes are used to identify and track individual Humpack whales through an on-going photo-ID program led by John Calambokidis of Cascadia Research.

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A Common Dolphin leaps across the waves.

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Common Dolphins visit the whalers on the Condor Express.

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Common Dolphins - high speed mating.

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Two Common Dolphins are seen feeding upside down on the surface, white bellys exposed. The dolphin on the right has snapped up an anchovy, and several other anchovies can be seen leaping out of the water for their lives.

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Powerful plume of spray as a Common Dolphin feeds. Anchovies can be seen leaping into the air, out of the way.

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Leaping Common Dolphins.

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A V-shaped wedge line of Brown Pelicans (Pelecanus occidentalis).

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An Elegant Tern (Sterna elegans) in flight.

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