Today I was fortunate enough to have a Whale Watching experience without even having to get on a boat OR leave the Wharf in Digby! How cool (and rare) is that!?!?
Had the boys down to the wharf fishing this afternoon, and they weren’t getting any bites. I kept thinking I was seeing something in the water, it would just barely peek out of the water, I thought MAYBE a seal (because I tend to see them often there), or I also thought maybe I was just crazy and was seeing things. Then I noticed others looking out also, with the same look on their face as I had.
So I had the boys reel in their lines and then I saw it!!! I saw the dorsal fin pop up out of the water. Then I thought maybe a Dolphin?? HE kept circling this one area of the harbour, round and around and around… me I was snapping pictures like crazy! (I love my multi shot setting, it allowed me to be ready AND make sure I got at least 1 good shot every time he surfaced LOL).
It wasn’t until we moved to another spot to get a better view of him that we realized he was a Whale. I thought he must have been a baby, and I bet for the most part he was young, but after getting home and doing some research I learned that he was a Minkie Whale, and they aren’t very big whales anyway.
The crowd kept getting bigger all watching this guy make his rounds. Eventually he slowed down and we didn’t see him much, I think since the tide was going out at the time that he probably knew to get out of there before he couldn’t.
I hope you enjoyed the pictures, thank goodness I never leave home without the camera!!!… I just never know what I’ll see even just a short distance from my house.
Happy Travels
~Jenn
