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2007 Whale Photos - 2/22/07
Photos from the Hula Kai Whale Watch - Thursday
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02/22/07 (Thursday)
Aloha and welcome aboard,
Did we ever have fun today...once again the Humpback Whales (Megaptera Novaeangliae) were out in full force! We were seeing whales in Kailua Bay, and all the way up to the ‘Lek'. Once on the scene however, the numbers increased exponentially. It started with a huge breach by a whale that was looking around to see who and where we were, then once again out on the horizon males were breaching like crazy. We then saw a lone whale on it's side slapping it's pectoral flipper for 4 times that was followed by 2 spy-hops by another whale some 400-yards away. We saw 2 heat runs that were quite dramatic, in that the female was literally lunging a 1/3 of her body out of the water each time she came up for a breath of air, with 4 males in hot pursuit. When it was time to deploy the hydrophone there were more whales singing than you could count. Once again we heard 'Chubaka', singing away and it seems that he's altered his song again... I hope that he stays in the area just awhile longer to so that we can hear how much of his vocalization pattern will change with this new mating season. As we left the 'Lek' we saw a mother/calf/escort that swam very close to the boat on their way out to deeper water. Then the Nia'a showed up…Spinner Dolphins (Stenella Longirostris). They were very playful and swam in our bow wake and surfed our stern wake as we sped towards our home port of Keauhou Bay. Well that's all for now, see ya next time for more fun and adventures aboard the Hula Kai. Aloha, Jonathan
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