Early out on the bank, we saw our first species of the day when we stumbled a couple of minke whales! However, they we being a bit shy so we moved on, and came across a bunch of feeding humpbacks! They were blowing bubble nets right next to the boat on BOTH SIDES! They were also doing some kick feeding, and finished off with some tail lobs!

Labels: bubble nets, humpbacks, kick feeding, minke whale, tail lobbing

This morning we came across a humpback whale feeding. It was doing some good tail slapping and circling around the boat searching for food. We then got some great looks at two fin whales travelling together, which is a rare sight! We finished up with another Humpback also feeding with some tail slapping and bubble nets. There were some eager gulls taking advantage of the fish churned up by this whale, some even brave enough to get right up on top of the whale's head and open mouth. We got some great shots of the open mouth of this whale, especially it's baleen plates.
~Jackie O'Mara, Naturalist

Labels: bubble nets, feeding, fin whale, humpbacks, tail slapping