Whale or dolphins??
Posted by Mandy  on March 6, 2015, 9:54 am
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Looking towards town from half way down the beach I see either a baby whale or dolphins in the bay? Which is it?
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Posted by Larry F on March 6, 2015, 10:35 am, in reply to "Whale or dolphins??"
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A Humpback whale calf will have a mother with it. Dolphins don't usually travel solo, but might. Keep watching
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Posted by sue ORiley on March 6, 2015, 1:37 pm, in reply to "Re: Whale or dolphins??"
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Seemed to me to be whale, but it sure disappeared, and why just one? No se
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Posted by Larry F on March 6, 2015, 1:47 pm, in reply to "Re: Whale or dolphins??"
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I'm thinking that it is a male whale travelling alone. After mating in southern waters during the winter, the male will often travel ahead of the rest of a pod back to northern waters. In the case of our local humpbacks, they would be heading back up the Pacific coast to the cold and food plentiful Alaskan waters.
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