Hola fellow whale enthusiasts. The last of the Gray whale mother’s and calves are passing by our casa in Bahia Asuncion these days. I wave at them and
wish them well on their long journey north to feed and look forward to their return next year.
We had a wonderful whale season this year with the best weather I have ever experienced in central Baja. There were over 2,300 whales in the lagoon
and many friendly encounters throughout the season. There are still a handful of whales in the lagoon as I write this at the end of April.
The commercial abalone season just began so we are living at our cabin at the San Roque fish camp where I have finally been able to take a look at my
video footage and photos. It is so amazing to relive all the great whale encounters we had this season as I review the footage.
Here is a trip we did on Jan 23 with some Nomads...enjoy
This video shows two of the stars of the lagoon..Saddle and her boyfriend? Romeo and how they caress each other, roll around and sleep together. I
wept when I saw them holding tails!!! Just so very tender and sweet. I had never seen two whales inseparable like this in all my years of whale
watching...it was so romantic!
[Edited on 4-22-2015 by shari]MMc - 4-22-2015 at 09:09 AM
Nice! your edit skills are getting good. shari - 4-22-2015 at 09:21 AM
thanks MMc...it sure is a learning experience...and a fun one getting to watch whale footage all day long!MMc - 4-22-2015 at 09:26 AM
The edit process is so time consuming, then the sound becomes so repetitive getting it to match at just the right time. I sure your time north will be
filled. Russ - 4-22-2015 at 09:39 AM
Thanks Shari! Well done! Now, with Excedde, I can watch them without the dreaded pause.shari - 4-22-2015 at 10:01 AM
yes MMc...today we head back north...to San Roque(15 minutes north of Asuncion) where I can dedicate long hours concentrating on whale magic!boe4fun - 4-22-2015 at 04:03 PM
Miss you guys, the whales too!DocRey - 4-22-2015 at 04:11 PM
Thanks. Sadly, I missed another season. Someday...Whale-ista - 4-22-2015 at 04:53 PM
Lovely... thanks for posting.
I have great memories of that day in January, starting with the early morning drive to the lagoon from GN. It was magical, being surrounded by so
many mom/calf pairs. (Any idea what happened to the calf with the odd tail- the "cola loca" that flipped sideways?)
And we had so many spy-hops and heads-up moves that day- lots of whales peeking at us.
It was a rare day for seeing so many whale cabezas up out of the water... Thanks for the reminder!basautter - 4-22-2015 at 07:06 PM
Thanks for sharing! I missed the whales of San Ignacio this year, but not next.
