Monday, April 23, 2012

Whales few and far between...


Black-crowned sparrow lark seen at 7am on my way to the bakery (Conor Ryan) 
This morning we covered most of the inshore waters of the northwestern side of Boa Vista but only encountered two very evasive whales. One was singing so we recorded 28 minutes on the hydrophone. The second whale was a smaller animal and was only blowing twice before diving. It looked similar to a whale that we biopsied yesterday judging by the shape of the dorsal fin. The wind was freshening so we called it a day. On the plus side, I managed to photograph a flying fish for the first time ever!
Flying fish (Conor Ryan)

1 comment:

  1. Great photo! Every time you mentioned them I was wanting to see what they looked like!

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