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Tuesday, January 4, 2011

winter whale watching on Ocracoke Island

At first I thought it was just a really big dolphin, but then it surfaced again and blew, and I knew I'd spotted a whale! We watched and oohed and ahhed for almost an hour, thrilled with each sighting. The dolphins were putting on a show as well, feeding at low tide a dozen yards from shore, and the sky was spectacularly blue and strewn with altostratus clouds, just for good measure.

Three minutes of internet research suggests we could have been seeing Sei whales, although I think the fin was more rounded. Note to self: put some binoculars in the beach vehicle.

posted by Blue Heron Vacations at 6:04 PM

16 Comments:

Blogger Blogger User said...

Wow! I didn't know you could go whale watching on Ocracoke. One day, I swear, I will visit in the winter ...

January 5, 2011 at 2:48 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Wow -- how cool -- atostratus clouds -- my favorite.

January 5, 2011 at 6:23 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

That should be "altostratus" . . . of course.

I can see 'em, but I can't spell 'em.

January 5, 2011 at 4:11 PM  
Blogger Blue Heron Vacations said...

While checking for what kind of whale we may have seen i also did a little cloud research as well! Every day I am amazed by the quality of winter light and sunset skies on Ocracoke.

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