I have been in Melimoyu for about three weeks and we have had good luck sighting whales and sampling the feeding ground. We have seen quite a lot of deep dive behaviour and some lunging behaviour which indicates exploratory dives for food and feeding.
Here is a selection of photos:
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| Blue whale and the Melimoyu volcano. Credit: Susannah Buchan |
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| Blue whale diving in front of Islote Locos. Credit: Susannah Buchan |
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| Blue whale dive. Credit: Susannah Buchan |
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| Blue whale diving in front of Islote Locos. Credit: Susannah Buchan |
A lovely blue whale blow.
Credit: Susannah Buchan
We have been working on board the research vessel Anihue which has been helping us from the nearby Anihue Reserve. They also have an echosounder which is really useful for sampling krill.
Credit: Susannah Buchan
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| Plankton soup! Taken from near diving blue whales. Credit: Susannah Buchan |
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| Plankton patch showing up on the Anihue boat echsounder. We got a good krill sample in our net when we targeted this patch. See photo below. Credit: Susannah Buchan |
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| Krill soup! Taken from near diving blue whales with the help of the echosounder on board Anihue. Credit: Susannah Buchan |
that is all very amazing.
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