Our most recent pictures are included in the post in the log:
Humpback whales in the ecological reserve:
See all the posts on Observations of Humpback Whales at Race Rocks
Ecological Reserve.
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Raisa has several pictures on her Flickr site of humpbacks that came by in 2010. See also this page | On Thursday Oct 5, 2006 Kohei, (PC year 33) took these two pictures at the mouth of Pedder Bay .. | ..while on the trip back from Diving at Race Rocks.William Head is in the background. | A picture of a humpback whale in Race Passage taken from Race Rocks in 2004. |
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The whale had also been photographed by Pam Birley of England using the remote control cam 5 from Race Rocks. | These three pictures are from that sighting. | You can see Victoria in the distance in this image. 03/10/06 0930 |
Sounds of Humpback whales from John Ford’s website:
Humpback Whale Feeding Calls:
Humpback Whale Song recording
CLASSIFICATION
Domain Eukarya
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Subclass Eutherias
Order Cetacea
Sub-order Mysiceti
Family Balaenoopteridae
Genus Megaptera
Species novaeangliae
Common Name: Hump-backed Whale (Borowski,1781)