Dolphins

As we left the whooping cranes to head back to the dock, a family of 3 bottle-nosed dolphins (2 adult, 1 juvenile) followed the boat for a considerable distance. They were not directly in the wake of the boat and popped up all over the place - very unpredictable. As such, I have no decent shots of them breaking water. I almost didn't send this message but then remembered you have the option to delete!

This is the group of three with the juvenile on the left.


Suddenly, a bolt of action caught my eye as the adults took off on a high-speed, shallow sprint. The "contrail" extended past the zoom of my lens. The fact that water was still splashed into the air this far behind the dolphin should give you some idea of the speed.


Just as suddenly, there was an abrupt stop and splash. I am guessing that the dolphin was chasing some lunch. I have a couple of seconds (~20 photos) of this type action and the splashing stayed in one general area.


This is the usual "best shot" when they are not on a bow wave or something similar and predictable. These dolphins were all over the place but we still enjoyed our time with them.


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Doug White

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