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August 2003 at the Great South Channel

• Sighting Summary

• Detailed list

• Photos

• Videos

2003 Great South Channel Humpback Videos will be available on DVD and CD's shortly, check here for a short sample (3MB Windows Media file).

August 17-19, 2003 sighting summary (photographs below and videos will be added shortly): 

The detailed list of humpback sightings was compiled by Cara Pekarcik of  The Whale Center of New England who joined us to help identify individuals.

August 17-19, 2003 Sighting Summary

List of sighted humpbacks:

 Click on a thumbnail below to view the image from August 17-19, 2003.

Fluke undersides

Teapot			Meerkat
Tiara Tiara (a male) had been entangled for 4 years. The entanglement eventually became disengaged, not before permamently damaging the connective tissue at the base of the flukes.	Compass
Electron	Tear	Rattan
Stonehenge

Bubble cloud and surface lunge feeding

bubble cloud Clouds of buubles are used to corral prey	surface lunge After blowing bubble clouds or circles, the whale would emerge in the midst of the bubble area.	surface lunge	surface lunge
mouth closing	lunge feedding Note the distended throat, filled with water and food.	cooperative feeding

Other photographs

Minke whale (male) Courtesy of Richard Slattery	note the white scar (probably from entanglement) at the base of the tail stock	Fulcrum note the propeller scars
			lob-tailing
inverted lob-tailing	kick feeding	New calf Highly scarred new calf (of Stonehendge)

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Videos of July and August 2003 at the Great South Channel

Breaching minke whale

Humpbacks breaching and diving

Bubble feeding humpbacks

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For more information on humpback whales, click here.

For information about our upcoming offshore trips, click here.

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