Must-see photos by Richard Crossen!
Close blue whale surfacing…
http://www.bajawhale.com/gallery/beautiful-blue-whale-series-by-richard-crossen/
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Humpback whale talk…
And speaking of humpbacks, listen to the singing recorded by Capt Art offshore Cabo San Lucas recently: http://www.bajawhale.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/SingingWhales.mp3
“Mermaids of San Ignacio”–Celebrating gray whales
This video by Steve Lamb was taken in Laguna San Ignacio with an underwater camera in 2011. If you’ve been there, you know how murky the water is from all the wonderful “life” found there! It makes this kind of photography a challenge, but we think Steve really captured something.
(www.wrongwaylamb.com)
Tour #2 Departs (after a day of 73-degree sunshine)
All our guests are aboard and enjoying a warm night leaving San Diego Bay enroute to Baja’s beauties. One passenger is using one of my fave bounce back email messages: “I’m having a whale of a time….in Baja California and won’t be back in the office until _____. In my absence, please direct enquires to _____. The trip blog is here: http://www.bajawhale.com/
Tour #1 videos up!
Go to “Gallery” and click on the Tour #1 folder—friendly gray whales, sunrises, and pilot whales.
Here’s just one (click on “more” button below)
Sept 6-10 Pelagic Birding Trip Success
What a great report on the 5 days at sea! There was something for everyone with least & ashy storm-petrels, albatrosses, Cook’s petrels, red-billed tropicbirds; Bryde’s, humpback, blue whale, Baird’s beaked whales; and a flesh-footed shearwater.
Full report and details to follow. Next trip will be Labor Day, 2011. Go here for details: http://www.bajawhale.com/pelagic/pelagic-birding-tour/
Tom Jefferson’s book on marine mammals
Searcher naturalist and marine mammal book author, Tom Jefferson, is offering signed copies of his book “Marine Mammals of the World” to our passengers at a discounted price. If you are interested in a copy, please email us.
Here is the book description:
www.elsevier.com/wps/find/bookdescription.cws_home/713331/description#description
Hardbound, 592 Pages
Published: DEC-2007
Imprint: ACADEMIC PRESS
Thomas Jefferson, Clymene Enterprises, c/o Southwest Fisheries Science Center
Marc Webber, US Fish and Wildlife Service
Robert Pitman, Southwest Fisheries Science Center
With coverage on all the marine mammals of the world, authors Jefferson, Webber, and Pitman have created a user-friendly guide to identify marine mammals alive in nature (at sea or on the beach), dead specimens “in hand”, and also to identify marine mammals based on features of the skull. This handy guide provides marine biologists and interested lay people with detailed descriptions of diagnostic features, illustrations of external appearance, beautiful photographs, dichotomous keys, and more. Full color illustrations and vivid photographs of every living marine mammal species are incorporated, as well as comprehendible maps showing a range of information. For readers who desire further consultation, authors have included a list of literature references at the end of each species account. For an enhanced understanding of habitation, this guide also includes recognizable geographic forms described separately with colorful paintings and photographs. All of these essential tools provided make “Marine Mammals of the World” the most detailed and authoritative guide available!
Audience:
Marine biologists, laypeople interested in a guide to marine mammals.
New and improved web site!
Please visit now and check back often. Our 2011-12 tours are listed and ready for booking. We also have a blog which invites your comments!
Baird’s beaked whales and seabirds
Hello whalewatchers,
We have been fortunate to observe blue whales on our fishing trips this summer in various places. While travelling offshore of San Diego all the way down to Cedros Island we have seen a few along the coast 200 miles from San Diego. It is great to see so many blue whales. We make it a point to point these magnificent animals to our anglers and tell them how special it is. They are amazed at the sight!
On recent fishing trip off the Baja peninsula and 200 miles south east of San Diego, we observed 50-60 Cooks petrels, 25 blackfooted albatross, and 40-50 pink footed shearwaters. We also saw some of the deep-diving Baird’s beaked whales while they surfaced together. Hope you enjoy the short video of them.
Capt Art
