Tag: whales
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California Whale Watching: Gray whales, dolphins and sea lions
Last Thursday, J and I went whale watching off the coast, past Point Loma. It’s migration season for gray whales, coming up from Baja California and going back to Alaska and that region for the summer months. I’ve never seen gray whales, plus it was a chance to take a boat ride through the harbor…
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My first whale of the season
And I didn’t get a photo. It came with a big splash, though– literally! I took a couple of my friend’s kids whale spotting and the only thing we saw was a single, full breach with a massive splash afterward. Very cool. The day was gorgeous, though, and I’m surprised we didn’t see more. Tomorrow…
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The Tail-end of Whale Season
While my company was here visiting, we were out at the beach whale watching and noticed a whale breaching repeatedly. This happens sometimes, and if you sit there long enough there’s a decent chance you’ll see a breach. What we didn’t expect was this: The colloquial name for this is a “heat run,” though it…
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Whale Census
This weekend was the February Whale Count. Since we had a tsunami the weekend before, it was postponed. My day consisted of getting up around 5am, getting ready (including packing a bag with snacks, water, sun screen, sunglasses, a hat, etc) and heading out before sunrise to the Lanai Lookout, which is a spot on…
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Maui Whale Tails
On Saturday, J and I flew to Maui to go whale watching. This sounds like a little bit crazy, especially since we didn’t spend the night, but Hawaiian Air offers reasonable prices for island hopping and it would’ve been expensive to stay somewhere on Maui, as it’s got a lot of resorts and things. Anyway,…
Joanna Volavka 