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Many Humpbacks East of Race Rocks

Many Humpbacks East of Race Rocks

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My guests saw about 10 humpbacks all around. I concentrated on viewing a group of three. One is known as Volta (with the big scoop in his dorsal). The other with the mostly white fluke is Manta. My guests saw Stellar Sea Lions, Seals and Bald Eagles but the fog prohibited good shots of them.  What a day with Many Humpbacks East of Race Rocks[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]DSC 1987DSC 2032DSC 2076DSC 2081DSC 2094DSC 2099DSC 2101DSC 2106DSC 2109DSC 2114DSC 2117DSC 2121DSC 2125DSC 2128DSC 2134DSC 2135DSC 2144DSC 2148DSC 2149DSC 2150DSC 2151DSC 2153DSC 2154DSC 2179DSC 2180DSC 2181DSC 2183DSC 2185DSC 2186DSC 2187DSC 2216DSC 2219DSC 2223DSC 2238DSC 2240DSC 2241DSC 2242DSC 2243DSC 2245DSC 2246[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][/vc_row]

Big Mama's 8th calf
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Big Mama & Calf

We started the day looking for a humpback that never materialized, then made our way to a group of feeding humpbacks south of Victoria. From

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