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October 1, 2012: in the "note for the granddaughters I talk about our whale watch. What we experienced was incredible, but I had no idea how incredible the "watch" really was, and how fortunate we were to see what we did. Dick Russell describes much of this "new" whale behavior in his Eye of the Whale and emphases the rarity of some of the behavior we saw (breaching) and describes exactly the behavior we were fortunate enough to observe that rough day on the seas.

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A Note for the Granddaughters

Yesterday the three of us participated in a New England Aquarium Whale Watch. This was our second time to do this.

We were told, at the time, we were buying our tickets, that we might want to come back on a different day; the waves were high and the seas would be rough. Anyone with tendency to motion sickness would get sick on this trip. If we went, we were advised to take medication to counter motion sickness, which we did.

It was a spectacular trip. At the time I did not know how spectacular it really was. The naturalist on board said that it was very rare to see breaching; we were treated to multiple episodes of breaching. I had read some time ago that it is very rare for humans to see whales breaching -- breaking the surface, leaving the ocean entirely. As soon as I got home, I searched to learn more about breaching:

• rarely do humans see breaching
• humpbacks are most acrobatic
• more likely to see breaching in rough seas 

Mother and calf, humpback whales:

Breaching humpback calf:

Shot with a Canon PowerShot A3100 IS:

Mother in background, black; calf in foreground, white flipper