tehag
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Loreto boat ride
Last Friday, 7/26/2013, I hired a panga and took my daughter out to maybe see some bighorn sheep and blue-footed boobies. We left Loreto at 6:45 and
were back before 2 in the afternoon. We saw some hundreds of common dolphin and about 60 pilot whales on the way out to Isla Carmen where we saw more
than 20 desert bighorns. Crossing to Isla Coronado we went through a good sized pod of Pacific bottle-nosed dolphin. Nearing Coronado we were treated
to lots of manta and mobula sightings and a green sea turtle. Circling Coronado we passed many sea birds, including pelicans, terns, cormorants,
gulls, shearwaters, both subspecies of brown boobies, and lots of blue-footed boobies. In the anchorage on the south-east corner of Coronado there
were many mobulas jumping and flipping over in the air.
After an hour and a half of snorkeling just south of Coronado, where we drifted with thousands of sea creatures of many species, and a great lunch at
La Picazón on the beach, we started for Loreto. Wasn't to be; we saw distant splashes and motored out a mile or so to witness a humpback show to last
a lifetime. They were breaching and spinning and tail whomping for most of an hour before they sounded and left us to resume the trip home. In
hundreds of Baja boat rides I've not had better.
Pilot whales
Desert bighorns
Brown boobies (2 each regular & Brewster's)
Blue-footed boobies
Humpback whales
[Edited on 8-4-2013 by tehag]
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David K
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Big world of wonder!
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chuckie
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Aint Baja Grand? Thanks
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acadist
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Sounds like a cool day!
Dave
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What an awesome day.
What we see depends mainly on what we look for.
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oladulce
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What good karma you must have. That's a lifetime of wild life encounters in one trip.
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bill erhardt
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tehag.......That sounds like a great day. And, no blood in the boat. Where did you find the bighorns?
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BajaBlanca
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What a memorable trip. Thanks for sharing!
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rhintransit
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why I love Loreto!
great shots, thanks.
reality\'s never been of much use out here...
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bajabeachbabe
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Loreto paradise
I love seeing other people get a chance to share our little slice of paradise. Having a place near La Picazon I know that what you experienced is
practically a daily event, not a once in a lifetime event. Thanks for sharing your beautiful pictures.
http://www.tripadvisor.com/VacationRentalReview-g150772-d389...
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Loretana
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Absolutely divine photos! Thanks, Tehag
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tehag
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Bighorns
Bill, bighorns are on Isla Carmen.
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