Tuesday, June 09, 2009

Multiple Minke Whales! June 9th, 2009.




The pictures below of the Minke Whales were taken by Ron Bates, MMRG.






Today we had multiple Minke Whales during our afternoon tour. We headed out towards Hein Bank and found there at least three Minke Whales possible as many as five. Over the last week we have seen more and more Minke Whales in this area as they are attracted here by the abundance of food such as Sand Lance (a small thin fish).

Apart from the Minke Whales we also saw over a hundred Harbor Porpoise chasing after schooling fish in the tide lines. We also saw many Harbor Seals, many looking like they are about to give birth to pups!

It was another beautiful day on the water and our guests enjoyed the adventure.

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