Grizzly eating sedge
Smile !!
"Cowboy Walk" is a posture of hunched shoulders, raised back to appear larger and aggressive.
Harbor seals, still first full day of cruising the Misty Fjords in Behm Canal
Harbor Seals resting, or not
Sitka Deer swimming across Behm Canal
Black Bear eating sedge. Salmon haven't yet begun to arrive from the ocean.
First sighting of Humpback Whales
Pectoral Fin of Humpback Whale
Breach !!
Pectoral Fin of Humpback Whale
Side edge of Humpback's tail
Feeding Humpbacks The pink is the roof of the mouth.
Pectoral Fin of Humpback Whale
Notice balen between jaws. Humpbacks can swallow nothing larger than a grapefruit.
Dorsel Fin of Humpbacks. Now you can see how they got their name.
Sea Lions, not seals
Bull Sea Lion and his harem
Petersburg Alaska, Devil's Thumb in background
Sea Lion going to rest on buoy
Notice another one in foreground !!
Loser !!
What just happened ?!
seals
Humpback
Sea Otter with baby on board !
Wolf seen along Glacier Bay
Mountain Goat
Mountain Goat
couple of cruising Otters
Humpback Whale
Humpback Whale
Harbor Seal
Harbor Seal
Sea Otters chilling on a bergy bit
notice their feet
Orca family. Tallest dorsel fin is male, smallest is baby
male Orca
baby with Mom
Sea Otter, snacking on crab. That's it's foot sticking out of the water.
Gotta cleanup !
Sea Otter anchored by the sea kelp
Stellar Sea Lion
We got pretty close to these sea lions
not happy about it.
My rock, no, my rock, no ...
hard day at the office
one big one and lots of littler ones
Humpback whales
Humpback whales
Humpback whales
Bubble-net feeding.
Talk about a double chin !!
sinking back down
second pod of humpbacks bubble net feeding
third pod feeding the old-fashioned way,
village along Chatham Strait
gulls trying to steal some of the herring
open wide !!
pectoral fins
side of tail. humpback on its side
notice the herring that escaped, this time !!
again, notice the herring
humpback was so close to the ship that the tail did not fit in the frame.
look how thick that tail looks
Orcas are not whales but the largest member of the oceanic dolphin family.
orca
spy hopping, just looking around
here comes the baby
side of tail
baby with mom
and away they go ...
grizzly bear, far away, on the coast
that's a big dinosaur egg in the back. Okay, a broken buoy
