Whales

I have a whale watching blog with many more photos over at whalegeek.com, but here are some highlights…

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2008 Highlights

Alphorn and Hancock; lob tailing. Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary. 12 July 2008. From Boston with New England Aquarium.

Alphorn. Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary. 12 July 2008. From Boston with New England Aquarium.

Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary. 5 October 2008. On Capt. Bill and Sons from Gloucester MA.

$The red mark on the side of the whale\'s head is a scrape from rubbing the gravelly sea floor to stir up the sand lance. It\'s been found that whales show just about the same about of left side/ride side of the head as humans have with left and right hand dominance. You can also see some sand lance jumping just ouside of the whale\'s mouth. Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary. 5 October 2008. On Capt. Bill and Sons from Gloucester MA.$