Humpback Lunge Feeding
Showing Baleen-Lined Mouth
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Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA
North Atlantic Humpback Whale
Megaptera novaeangliae ssp. novaeangliae
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Surveys of marine life and pelagic birds taken aboard New England whale watch boats (2021 to 2024)
22 Observations
9 Identified Species
Cooperative Lunge Feeding
Group of Humpback Whales Create Bubble Nets to Corral Prey
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA
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24 Observations
11 Identified Species
Humpback Calf Breaches
Repeatedly with Mother for Over Forty Minutes
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA (August 2022)
Porpoising Atlantic White-Sided Dolphin
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA (July 2024)
Humpback Exhales While Breaching
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA (August 2022)
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Personal favorites from across my collections — for the aesthetics, or the light, or the moment.
16 Photos
More Observations of North Atlantic Humpback Whale
10 Other Observations
Humpback Exhales While Breaching
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA (August 2022)
Humpback Calf Breaches
Repeatedly with Mother for Over Forty Minutes
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA (August 2022)
Cooperative Lunge Feeding
Group of Humpback Whales Create Bubble Nets to Corral Prey
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA
Mother Humpback Diving into Sunset Atlantic
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA (July 2024)
North Atlantic Humpback Whale Breaching
