THE SHAMU WATCH CONTINUES
After living here for several years now, we are at a location where we can actually see the humpback whales from our shore.
The whales come here from up north to have their babies in our warm waters. They lose lots of weight while here, as our waters do not contain the right kind of fish and krill that they eat.
It is amazing that they still have so much energy after not eating for so long.
Until now I had seen them far away spouting, but a month ago just as I settled onto a chair on the beach and getting my bearings as to where all the boats and ships are, I was thrilled to see a 100% breach. I was practically jumping up and down on the beach.
I am been so fortunate to see the humps, noses coming out of the water about one third of their body length, tailing splashing and so forth.
But this past sunday was a busy day for siteseeing.
Not only did I get to see all of the above, but I got to see 3 full flukes (tails) lined up in the water waving like the final act at the Shamu stadium at Seaworld.
I was beside myself and couldn't get the binoculars to my husband fast enough to experience the show. This was a rare treat indeed.
The whales come here from up north to have their babies in our warm waters. They lose lots of weight while here, as our waters do not contain the right kind of fish and krill that they eat.
It is amazing that they still have so much energy after not eating for so long.
Until now I had seen them far away spouting, but a month ago just as I settled onto a chair on the beach and getting my bearings as to where all the boats and ships are, I was thrilled to see a 100% breach. I was practically jumping up and down on the beach.
I am been so fortunate to see the humps, noses coming out of the water about one third of their body length, tailing splashing and so forth.
But this past sunday was a busy day for siteseeing.
Not only did I get to see all of the above, but I got to see 3 full flukes (tails) lined up in the water waving like the final act at the Shamu stadium at Seaworld.
I was beside myself and couldn't get the binoculars to my husband fast enough to experience the show. This was a rare treat indeed.
posted by the golden horse at 1:48 AM
1 Comments:
Very interesting.
I have come to the conclusion that you definitely live in paradise. You should carry a camera with you at all times and try to capture these wonders with photos. I didn't even know what "flukes" meant until you described it.
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