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"Ruby" the red-foot booby (I named her). She hung out on the bow mast for 24+ hours!
"Ruby" the red-foot booby (I named her). She hung out on the bow mast for 24+ hours!
Ruby the booby at sunset (still there)!
Striped dolphins!!! Yahoo! (I always have to say that when they start jumping - or running)...
Humpback whale spyhopping!
Massive bird flock - note white terns, sooty terns, and black noddies in the mix (you birders)
Sperm whale mom, calf (to the right) and escort. These are NOT the whales that rammed us!
Bryde's whale mom and calf (calf is underwater in front of the mom, blowing) - so cute!
Bryde's whale calf surfacing (only about 15 feet long - they can get to 45-50 feet long!). Note the three prominent ridges on the rostrum - head - that's how we identified this species...
Short-tailed albatross! One of the rarest seabird species! And huge!!!
Great frigatebird soaring high in the sky - they're pirates of the sea - stealing fish from other birds like poor Ruby the Booby
A white-tailed tropicbird taking off the sea surface - note long white tail, black on wings
Spinner dolphins underwater - they were bowriding with us for a bit!
Matsudaira's storm petrel - one of the most common storm petrel's we're seeing out here...thanks to Richard for helping me learn my bird identifications!
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