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It's a Bird, It's a Plane, No It's a Flying.....

monoloco - 2-17-2014 at 03:00 PM

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Pompano - 2-17-2014 at 03:05 PM

Whow-Za! "Action" shots of the mantaraya. Gotta love it. Good work and thanks, monoloco.

I love those quiet days out on the Cortez when you see the splash first way off on the ocean....then follows the sound. Pure Baja.

[Edited on 2-17-2014 by Pompano]

sd - 2-17-2014 at 03:09 PM

WOW! Great photos and love the backdrop.

Kgryfon - 2-17-2014 at 03:12 PM

Great photos! Thanks for posting!

monoloco - 2-17-2014 at 03:13 PM

It was 94º and flat calm yesterday when these were taken. How often do we see that in the SOC in mid-Feburary?

rts551 - 2-17-2014 at 03:15 PM

great photos!

tripledigitken - 2-17-2014 at 03:43 PM

I think it is a Mobula. Great captures.

bacquito - 2-17-2014 at 04:09 PM

Great!

Udo - 2-17-2014 at 04:34 PM

Superb photos, señor loco!

Osprey lives fairly close to the water down in La Ribera, and he hears them flapping their wings while he sits in his outdoor living room sipping his favorite beverage.
I don't quite remember exactly what he said, but when there are lots of flappings, it is a signal that it is going to be a strong season for something.

monoloco - 2-17-2014 at 05:06 PM

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Originally posted by tripledigitken
I think it is a Mobula. Great captures.
Yes, they are mobula rays.

monoloco - 2-17-2014 at 05:08 PM

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Originally posted by Udo
Superb photos, señor loco!

Osprey lives fairly close to the water down in La Ribera, and he hears them flapping their wings while he sits in his outdoor living room sipping his favorite beverage.
I don't quite remember exactly what he said, but when there are lots of flappings, it is a signal that it is going to be a strong season for something.
When it's calm, we can hear them slap when they land.

David K - 2-17-2014 at 06:39 PM

Super photos... I witnessed them 'flying' off Punta San Francisquito... amazing indeed. I think I have only seen them photographed flying in Ray Cannon's Sea of Cortez, as far a books go. Thank you!

Frank - 2-17-2014 at 06:57 PM

Great shots Mono! Always a highlight of our trip down when we get to see them fly.

nbacc - 2-17-2014 at 07:42 PM

Wow!!!! Great shots.

Johannes - 2-17-2014 at 08:36 PM

LIKE YOUR PHOTOS. we had hundreds of Mobula Rays in front of our place in Loreto in September, but I did not get closeup pictures of them. Thanks for sharing,

Alan - 2-18-2014 at 10:56 AM

At certain times of the year they concregate in the hundreds. I was out on the water one day two years ago and there were so many jumping at once it sounded like automatic weapons fire.

micah202 - 2-18-2014 at 11:31 AM

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...wow,,,methinks that explains some of the funny night-sounds I've heard in the past!

......how much 'air-time' do those fellow's get?

--I can't imagine they flap'nfly for long,,,,,,or we'd see them soaring over the desert!!:wow::wow::wow:

Alan - 2-18-2014 at 12:18 PM

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Originally posted by micah202
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...wow,,,methinks that explains some of the funny night-sounds I've heard in the past!

......how much 'air-time' do those fellow's get?

--I can't imagine they flap'nfly for long,,,,,,or we'd see them soaring over the desert!!:wow::wow::wow:
Maybe up to about 10' then they slap back down on the water