GodfatherofWhales

Passionate about the ocean! I’m a Boat Captain/First Mate on a whale watch boat, ex SCUBA instructor of 10 years, active body surfer, marine life photographer.

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@TulsiGabbardrep Yes

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@wakeupusa Yes. No more money to Ukraine!

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@Rob1865_ Let’s hope he keeps his promises, with all his famous buddies declaring they will move to another country if he gets elected. The draw of the insane money they make in the US and the privileged lives they lead will stop them. All talk, but all liars!

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@siIentmajority yes

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@TheEXECUTlONER_ Absolutely! I agree, Do something Mike. You’re are beginning to look like a “Swamp RINO”. Forget the photo ops and actually get something done!

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@RealTeamBogart Very cool! Miss those days of going to Spring Training in Yuma!

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@RealTeamBogart Nice, miss those days of going to Yuma for Spring Training

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@KeithOlbermann Go back to school Keith. Take a legitimate US History class. We don’t have a democracy, you twit! Our government is a constitutional republic. We don’t operate by mob rule (democracy). Otherwise people like you would turn this country into a fascist state.

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@Oceandiversity2 Breathtaking!

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Look what found me yesterday on my 12 PM trip. This Humpback seem to be very curious about our generator cooling water. Was totally mesmerized by my boat.

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This young Gray Whale hasn’t lived long enough to accumulate a large amount of barnacles that his old mates do. Adult Grays can carry up to a ton of Barnacles. They also have whale lice (not the human lice). The lice feed on the scar tissue left from the barnacles.

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Here’s a good pic of a young Gray Whale, which shows the lack of a dorsal fin, typical of Grays. Instead of a dorsal fin they have a series of six ridges called knuckles on their backs. This is why they are not part of the Rorqual family of whales.

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We were so lucky to find this juvenile Gray Whale in LA harbor yesterday. Notice the waves crashing over the sea wall. It was very rough and windy.

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Yearling Gray Whale alert in LA Harbor. We found this young Gray Whale feeding inside the harbor yesterday. Probably it’s first migration trip without momma.

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Top gun, the popular Humpback Whale paid a visit to our area just before Christmas. Obviously, the whale was hanging around the wrong crowd, Orcas.

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The blues that came out in this shot, blew me away!

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So there is one other aspect to working on boats, besides seeing amazing marine mammals. That is unbelievable sunsets.

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More pics of the thousands of Common Dolphin.

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Found two pods of Common Dolphin yesterday. One had about 50 individuals in it, the second one had literally thousands. We were in the main part of the feeding frenzy, but they were stretched out for a couple of miles in all directions. Amazing site.

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Blackie was very aggressive when feeding. It would swim very fast before a dive. Humpbacks normally swim fairly slowly, but this one acted like it was in a race.