5.24.2008

The 3 Hour Tour....

Well it was more like 4 hours but they tell you it will be 3 hours. Whale watching was everything we hoped it would be today (although it made me wish I had lense with more zoom). We saw about 10 different Humpback whales. Humpbacks are about 50 feet in lenght and I think it was like 80,000 lbs. We got to see a mother and calf nursing, and whales eating and creating bubble nets, and them stunning the fish, and there was some diving - no breeching but it was still truly awesome. Without further ado I'll just jump to some of the pics I took.
One of the light houses we based leaving Boston Harbor.
A blue fishing boat.
The skyline the clouds look cool.
Me after I've been wind blown.
A cargo ship isn't it pretty.
Another lighthouse.
And now for the whales. Some tail.
Mother and calf (left). The calf was nursing.
More tail. I love how they put their tails up before diving.
Feeding time. This is them eating in a bubble net the one on the right has his mouth wide open.
More tail.
Dining with birds. I love that the birds will just sit right on the whales back and eat. They also seem to eat right from his mouth.
This one is called Reflection.
More eating.
I think this is him draining the water out of his mouth.
Not sure what's on the agenda tomorrow but I'm sure we'll enjoy ourselves.

2 comments:

pat said...

These are WONDERFUL!! Thanks for linking the Peas over to these. LOVE the shots with the mouths--you don't see those very often. Nice work! I did some whale watching in Hawaii, and it is the most awesome experience.

Jodie said...

Katie, wow, what a cool experience! Love your photos. My fav is the one where you are looking back at the shore line.