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2007 Whale Photos - 12/20/07
Photos from the Hula Kai Whale Watch - Thursday
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12/20/07 (Thursday)
Aloha, And welcome aboard!
Today was the start of our new season, after leaving Keauhou, Bay we went looking for the cow, calf, escort that were still in the area. After 20minutes of looking and not finding them, we decided to run north for the 'Lek', and take our chances there. We had picture perfect weather this afternoon, one of those 'magical' Kona days...Once on the lek, we were treated to an outstanding view of Mauna Kea, and you could clearly see the Keck observatory. Like mighty sentinels watching, and scanning the heavens for some astronomical phenomena, John Cale, our resident photographer got some great shots of the mountain before it clouded over once more. After running north for another 15minutes, we spotted our whales. We found a mother and calf, just lazily swimming along, at times the calf became quite active, the little guy or girl, breached 5X's and lunged twice. It was young enough to still be quite playful, but you could see that already playful activity was preparing it to take the next step in it's physical development. At this stage, calves are still working on their swimming skills. There were times as we watched, keeping well back(100yds), the calf would just roll over in the water on top of it's mother, who would lovingly lift it gently to the surface to get it's breath. To the calf it was play time, but mom was doing what all mothers do, caring for, and nurturing her new baby. This was highlight of our trip, and I'm sure there will be lot's more of this before we're through. Be sure to check in tomorrow, to find out how well we did, till then Aloha Nui Loa.....
Jonathan | email Jonathan |
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