Bubbles!

Yesterday on the Prince of Whales, our trip started a little slow. We found a very nice minke whale on the edge of Jeffreys Ledge, and then searched and searched and searched for more life. We noticed a greater shearwater flying along side us. Then a second shearwater appeared. Suddenly we were surrounded by greater and sooty shearwaters, storm petrels, gulls, fulmars and....two humpback whales! These whales, Sedge and Owl, were bubble feeding- blowing huge columns of bubbles to help trap the fish and krill that they were eating! The bright green patches of bubbles showed us exactly where to look for the whale! Owl and Sedge surfaced right in the middle of the clouds almost every time! This was the best whale watch trip of the season so far! Sedge even surfaced belly-up one time and showed us his huge white flipper! Willy and Pam from PA were onboard with us and I was thrilled the whales decided to visit!