More Whales

Like I said in my last post, Kachemak Bay saw the greatest number of whales in the Bay in many summers. What a show, with surge feeding, breaching and what I can only call "whale synchronized swimming".

A mother and young daughter caught the action one evening on their way across the bay. The young girl was jumping up and down as this whale passed.

Orca whales also made a visit and stuck around for the great return of pink and silver salmon that stretched from June into September.

I think reason for so many whales, and the fish they feed on, staying in the bay is that there was also a prolific number of the bottom-of-the-food-chain creatures that abounded in the Bay this summer. I saw more shrimp and little crab inside halibut, salmon, and pollock than I ever had. And the schools of silvery sand lance were everywhere.

The Bay lived up to its reputation as a rich environment this year.

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