Today is Sunday, and that means it’s John Avise Photo Day. Today John sends us pictures of dolphins. His captions and IDs are indented, and you can enlarge the photos by clicking on them.
Whale-watching Trips, Part 3. Dolphins
This week I continue the Southern California “Whale-watching” series by showing my photos of some smaller cetacean species that are often seen on these three-hour off-shore nature excursions.
Common Bottlenose Dolphin, Tursiops truncatus:
Bottlenose Dolphin jumping:
Bottlenose Dolphin, adult and calf jumping:
Bottlenose Dolphin, blowhole close-up:
Bottlenose Dolphin fluke:
Risso’s Dolphin, Grampus griseus:
Risso’s Dolphin, dorsal fin:
Risso’s Dolphin, blowhole and spout:
Common Dolphin, Delphinus delphis, pod:
I love the photo of the dolphins jumping.
Nice!
All very interesting! You have an impressive portfolio of wildlife photos.
Ahhh, so great…
I love the Latin Grampus griseus
The capture of the jumping dolphins is impeccable.
Thanks!
These are great! Getting a whole pod in the photo is quite a feat, as well as the mom and calf jumping shot.
Great pictures.
Those bottlenose dolphins look quite a bit darker in colour than in other photos I’ve seen, and also somewhat more portly. Could this be due to geographic variation?
Nice! I love seeing whales in the wild.
Very nice! 🐬🐬🐬