01 – 2008 – San Ignacio Lagoon – BABY WHALE PETTING
Click on any photo below to enlarge it, click it a second time to make it as large as possible. Click the back button to return to the album you were visiting.
-
- s/v Odyssey and s/v Beach House prepare for the 45 minute panga ride to the lagoon from the El Medio anchorage just east of Punta Abreojos Punta Abreojos – Mexico
-
- Caeser and crew were our “Panga Express” to San Ignacio Lagoon. Usually, they’re fisherman Punta Abreojos – Mexico
-
- Mom 1 checked out the panga, we were thrilled San Ignacio Lagoon – Mexico
-
- Baby 1 was estimated to be 2-3 days old by our panga guide, Noel San Ignacio Lagoon – Mexico
-
- Baby 1 was young and not yet inquisitive. This was a rare moment that he would get away from Mom 1 San Ignacio Lagoon – Mexico
-
- Mom 1 had well healed scars from a previous encounter with a motor boat San Ignacio Lagoon – Mexico
-
- Baby 2 had been very interested in our friends on s/v Ahea Kali and s/v Easy Lady the day before. At this time of year, there were only 3 pangas that were touring the lagoon San Ignacio Lagoon – Mexico
-
- Dolphins seem to like to hang around whales. Common interests, playfullness….we saw this a lot, but don’t know the reason. Fishing? Playing? After all, they are cousins….. San Ignacio Lagoon – Mexico
-
- Mom 2 was deciding whether Baby 2 could come play. She blew bubbles under the panga several times and let us pet her too. We felt like we were on a ride at theme park. But this one didn’t have any rails! San Ignacio Lagoon – Mexico
-
- Mom 2 was getting closer to the panga San Ignacio Lagoon – Mexico
-
- Mom 2 check Ardy & Marv out first. You can see her eye underwater San Ignacio Lagoon – Mexico
-
- Ardy from s/v Odyssey gets “first pet” with Mom 2 San Ignacio Lagoon – Mexico
-
- Mom 2 liked to surge back and forth, and seemed to enjoy the touch of our hands San Ignacio Lagoon – Mexico
-
- Baby 2 came to play, note the eye of the whale just behind the line of his mouth. San Ignacio Lagoon – Mexico
-
- Pretty cheeky, uh? San Ignacio Lagoon – Mexico
-
- Suddenly Baby 2 took an interest in Scott. He rolled to one side for a better look San Ignacio Lagoon – Mexico
-
- Baby 2 for some reason decided that Scott was going to do the petting now. Photos with the right hand, petting with the left! San Ignacio Lagoon – Mexico
-
- Photographer becomes subject San Ignacio Lagoon – Mexico
-
- I don’t know what Baby 2 got out of the experience, but I was thrilled! He just kept his eye on the big guy with the camera San Ignacio Lagoon – Mexico
-
- Baby 2 wasn’t the only star of this show. Mom gave us a tail shot, just to remind everyone who was in charge San Ignacio Lagoon – Mexico
-
- Mom 2 struts her stuff san ignacio
-
- Smile! Do whales smile? We sure did San Ignacio Lagoon – Mexico
-
- See her eye underwater, behind the line of her mouth. The apparent distortion is due to the refraction of the water San Ignacio Lagoon – Mexico
-
- Baby 2 does one last swim by….bye bye! San Ignacio Lagoon – Mexico
-
- The Panga Gang, Ardy, (guide Noel), Cindy and Marv……Scott’s standing behind the lens. A trip none of us will ever forget. We all got to pet the baby whale. San Ignacio Lagoon – Mexico