Posts tagged "marine"

Whale Watching

When I was a teenager and didn't know anything about whales or lesbians, I heard Margaret Cho say 'lesbians love whale watching. they fucking love it.'

I didn't know what any of that was.

Well, Margaret Cho, you were RIGHT. I fucking love it.

A whale named Pepper.

A whale named Little Dimple and her calf. Who is somehow, sadly, not called Littler Dimple.

All dolphins are whales. But not all whales are dolphins.

Mola-mola always astound me with their.. strangeness. I love them.

SQUEEEE. OTTERS.

In flight pelagic cormorant left before I could ask, can I kelp you?

We saw ALL of these on a three hour sunset whale watching trip with Monterey Bay Whale Watch. It's a company led by marine biologists, and everything is extremely professional. The marine biologists onboard knew all of the beautiful animals by name and sight. I learned so much! I shall commit to trying to go at least once a month (best employee perk for me)!

A Whale of a Time

Once or twice a year I try to get on a boat out to the Farallon Islands with birders in the Bay Area. Pelagic birding is my absolute favorite type of birding: being able to get out in the ocean and see a huge amount of sea life of all types is a treat.

In June this year I had the opportunity to head out there again. And this was a lucky shot.