Departure time: 1003
Vessel: Five Star Charter's Fastcat
Looking at Mount Olympus in the Olympic Mountains through the Elwha River Valley
Sighting #1: Humpback whale (Balaenopter acutorostrata)
Time: 1118
Location: 3 miles south of Becher Bay, Vancouver Island
Location: 3 miles south of Becher Bay, Vancouver Island
Behaviour: milling
Links
American Cetacean Society humpback whale fact sheet
Department of Fisheries and Oceans humpback catalogue
The humpback whale's tail...you can see it is mostly dark underneath. These features are used to identify individual whales
Above 2 photos: a nice look at the two blowholes that baleen whales have. All toothed whales only have one blowhole
Here you can clearly see the 'tubercles' on the whales head. These are believed to be important for sensing the environment, like whiskers
Whale watching and fishing! Nice catch!
Above 2 photos: adult bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) sitting on the post at Haystock Island
Sighting #2 Harbour Seals (Phoca vitulina)
Time: 1306 Location: Haystock Island, Witty's Lagoon
Behaviour: hauled out and swimming
Above 3 photos: harbour seals hauled out at Haystock Island with Mount Olympus, Olympic Mountains behind
Juvenile bald eagle sitting above the nest at Albert Head
SIMPLE WAYS TO HELP SAVE THE WHALES AND THEIR ENVIRONMENT
To learn some ways how you can help save the whales and the oceans they live in see the Whale Nerds Unite blogpost for June 27, 2009!
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