Bubble Net Feeders

Gallery: WildlifePosted June 21, 2017160 views4 comments

Here's a photo of whales engaged in bubble net feeding. It was taken on a calm day which allowed the ring around the prey to be seen on the surface. Nikon D 500 and 80-400 lens at 1/500, f/7.1 and ISO 1400. Richard

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Comment posted by Gary Minish on June 22, 2017 at 1:34 AM

A great opportunity to witness this and even better yet, to photograph it, Richard! Nicely captured and like you said, you can see the outer ring of bubbles (especially in the larger version).

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Comment posted by Jim Hansen on June 22, 2017 at 9:19 PM

Great behavioral photo Richard. First time I have seen a photo of whales bubble net feeding. I assume these are humpbacks? How many are there?

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Comment posted by Richard Sandor on June 23, 2017 at 10:54 AM

Gary and Jim: thanks for looking and commenting. Jim: These are humpbacks. It's very hard to tell exactly how many whales there were in this pod, but a reasonable guess would be 5 or 6. Richard

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Comment posted by Brad Hill on June 25, 2017 at 8:59 AM

Hi Richard,

Bubble-netting is always fun to watch and photograph. Great that you included the ring itself...that adds nice context about the scene and the behaviour itself.

Thanks for sharing this one...

Brad

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