I took this photograph off the coast of the Monterey peninsula. Three humpback whales just surfaced and are sinking back into the water after lunge feeding. In this case, the whales would come up as a group directly under a school of sardines. Each of the whales would take a large gulp of sardine filled water at the surface and then slowly squeeze the water through their baleen as they sank back into the water. At the time, there were also a lot of sea lions feeding in the area. When the whales where about the come up, the sea lions would scatter in all directions to avoid the surfacing whales.
Sunday Nature Stills – 11/22/2020
Sunday Nature Stills – 11/15/2020
2021 Weekly Photo Calendar
Our 2021 Weekly Photo Calendar using my photography and edited by Yvonne is available through lulu.com. This is our 14th year making these calendars. We always try to keep the price low, so they are basically at cost. Be sure to check out the main lulu.com website as they often offer discount codes during the holidays.
Sunday Nature Stills – 11/08/2020
Arctic tundra is a bit different than I originally expected. From a distance it looks like rolling hills of short brown or green grass. A bit closer up, you notice that it often has small flowers, Arctic Cottongrass, and clumps of different plants. Looking even closer, it is neat to observe that it is a very dense ecosystem of many small plants mixed together. It is often quite soft when not frozen. Walking on it is difficult as you sink down into the soft mossy surface and into the mud that separates the tundra from the underlying permafrost.