one of the rarest whale shots

Qarik

Qarik Registered Users Posts: 4,959 Major grins

August 6, 2012 edited August 13, 2012 in Wildlife

went whale watching in alaska and we witnessed "bubble net feeding" (google it!) where a bunch of humpback whales cooperateively hunt schools of fish together and finish with a a feeding frenzy. It was spectacular and we got see 3 occurences that day.

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3. saw lots of tales

4. gahhh..just missed this one

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PGM Registered Users Posts: 2,007 Major grins

August 6, 2012 edited August 6, 2012

Wow! What a great thing to see and photograph! Best, Pam

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peargrin Registered Users Posts: 191 Major grins

August 7, 2012 edited August 7, 2012

Astonishing collection...congrats! Love #2 with the fish jumping out of the water! Cheers, pear

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Dick on Aruba Registered Users Posts: 3,484 Major grins

August 7, 2012 edited August 7, 2012

Nice work man, well done

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Qarik Registered Users Posts: 4,959 Major grins

August 7, 2012 edited August 7, 2012

some of my friends keep saying that they look like mussels! haha..they certainly do

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Harryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins

August 10, 2012 edited August 10, 2012

Very good Daniel and I feel your pain on the last image. I tried for one like that when I was in Alaska but the whales just weren't cooperating.

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Montec Registered Users Posts: 823 Major grins

August 13, 2012 edited August 13, 2012

Very neat to see. Thanks for sharing

Cheers,
Monte
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