Turtle Bay Oahu

Turtle Bay is located on the North Shore of Oahu. Green Sea Turtles are seen year round basking in the sun. Also in the waves, when the waves break you can see many turtles in the waves almost as if they are surfing on the underside of the waves. The last three images are an attempt to capture that unsuccessfully. I guess I will have to go back and spend more time there.

Whale Watching

I recently went whale watching in Monterey Bay on the Sea Wolf II. During the trip we saw grey whales and five killer whales finishing off a sea lion for a meal. We saw the grey whales from about a quarter mile a way. The killer whales were a lot more social (killer whales belong to the dolphin family) they were tail slapping, breaching, spyhopping and basically putting on a great show. It was as if the killer whales were celebrating their meal. The tour operators kept us out for an additional hour because they said it was a once in a lifetime show.


The killer whale on the left is breaching and the one on the right is spyhopping.

This is Stumpy a killer whale that was injured and other killer whales took care of. To Learn more follow this link.

A California brown pelican

A lucky sea lion that gets to live another day because the killer whales just ate.