There he blows !
Copied from Moby Dick, but I almost felt like a whaler myself, only that I have my camera instead of a harpoon. Location was Monterey Bay,CA - where you can supposedly watch different types of whales round the year. I was lucky to find my humpbacked. This familiar whale, named River, by the marine bilogists, was pretty shy. He has been comming to the bay for a good 15 years, but is still shy. Must be a really closed guy, not the one to open up to his eager audience. He did put up a bit of a show though. Like most of his kind. He gives you 3 most common tricks. First he blows, he blows 3 meters! thats is when he surfaces, every 4 mins or so. This is the give away, so he gives you sometime to adjust your camera. Second trick is he shows the length of his back and lastly and most spectacularly he slaps his tail, before going off into the depths of the sea for another feeding session. This guy showed another trick of his by peeking up a couple of time and showing his teeth and a big mouth. That was fun. It would have been to fun to watch more of these creatures. I heard that, May-Jun should be a good season, especially if you are looking for the killer whales and the big greys. While you are there make good use of the famous Montrey Aqauarium and the good sea food you get on the Fishermans warf.
Copied from Moby Dick, but I almost felt like a whaler myself, only that I have my camera instead of a harpoon. Location was Monterey Bay,CA - where you can supposedly watch different types of whales round the year. I was lucky to find my humpbacked. This familiar whale, named River, by the marine bilogists, was pretty shy. He has been comming to the bay for a good 15 years, but is still shy. Must be a really closed guy, not the one to open up to his eager audience. He did put up a bit of a show though. Like most of his kind. He gives you 3 most common tricks. First he blows, he blows 3 meters! thats is when he surfaces, every 4 mins or so. This is the give away, so he gives you sometime to adjust your camera. Second trick is he shows the length of his back and lastly and most spectacularly he slaps his tail, before going off into the depths of the sea for another feeding session. This guy showed another trick of his by peeking up a couple of time and showing his teeth and a big mouth. That was fun. It would have been to fun to watch more of these creatures. I heard that, May-Jun should be a good season, especially if you are looking for the killer whales and the big greys. While you are there make good use of the famous Montrey Aqauarium and the good sea food you get on the Fishermans warf.
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