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Bubble-feeding humpback whales with purse seiner
Large numbers of humpback whales congregate off Sitka, Alaska during the annual herring spawning season and they can emerge from the water during their bubble-feeding sessions quite unexpectedly. A large pod of humpback whales, feeding on herring, suddenly emerged from the water just as a purse seiner was passing by. At larger sizes you can even see a few herring leaping from the water between the two middle whales. Notice the baleen showing in the whale at the far left and the herring gulls.
humpback whalesMegaptera novaeangliaebubble feedinglarge podherring fishHerring gullsLarus argentatuspurse seinerwavessprayshorelineforestbald eaglerocks
Terry Allen
on April 2, 2022Many thanks everyone for your nice comments!
Judith Sparhawk
on April 1, 2022What an exciting moment to have witnessed! You always seem to be at the right place, right time! This is incredible!
malcolmjenkinsphotography
on April 1, 2022Wow! (Again) What a stunning sight.
Lgood
on April 1, 2022Wow, this is phenomenal Terry! So many humpback whales coming up at once would have been a bit scary to the occupants of the Little Lady boat. Fabulous image!
fotoeffects
on April 1, 2022My goodness, what an incredible scene! Absolutely astounding!
Byron Fair Photography
on April 1, 2022This is so cool.
Marc DeGirolamo Photography
on April 1, 2022Sorry….thot this was Wayne’s picture…..
John (300m)
on April 1, 2022very cool capture of this action!
Donna McCommon
on April 1, 2022Awesome shot of the action. I think I would be a little worried, but the crew seems to be at ease with it so close.
Gene Hyder
on April 1, 2022Amazing shot.