We had another wonderful day of encounters with multiple Humpbacks
today all near Race Rocks! Once again we witnessed a lot of tail flukes
as the Humpbacks sounded before going on a deep dive. Each tail fluke on
a Humpback has individual marking ranging from all black to all white
and slightly different shapes. These tail flukes, that can reach 12'
from tip to tip, are used to identify the individual Humpbacks. As can
be seen in the pictures above, we had one Humpback that had a lot of
white in its tail, another almost all black and a third that had white
near each tip.
Apart from he Humpbacks we
also saw a Bald Eagle at Haystock Island plus Harbor Seals. At Race
Rocks we saw more Harbor Seals as well as Northern Elephant Seals and
hundreds of Sea Lions. October is the best time of year to visit Race
Rocks Ecological Reserve
http://www.racerocks.ca/wp/home/
with
its abundance of marine life it is worth taking a whale watching trip
just to see this magical place and is known as the Galapagos of Canada!
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