Southern Right Whales off South Africa

Hi

I thought I should take a look at along the coast of De Hoop Nature Reserve during the period June to November as I know the southern right whale give birth to their calves there during the winter months, as I myself saw when I studied in the Reserve back in 2003. These links provide some context:

www.dehoopcollection.com/a-new-all-time-record-for-whale-sightings-at-de-hoop/

www.dehoopcollection.com/whale-watching/

I couldn't find unequivocally whale pods, but I did find a number of whale-sized anomalies which are present at the 12th of Sept. 2013 here:

drive.google.com/file/d/1kTUCCZ3RIJjDSR2sMdkIpeOBS10SKqzV/view?usp=sharing

Which do not seem to be here dated 10th of Oct. 2009, although other dark shapes in the surface are visible also here:

drive.google.com/file/d/1HEyBHIQqKHZHZQ5R2Og6Va3D4v5PguGO/view?usp=sharing

(Sorry, couldn't get to a point where I inserted the pics).

Anyone having an opinion on these? I know they're not the quintessential whale shape, but the context make it very likely that they are.

edit: Sorry for the missing kmz. Here it is:
Southern right whales in De Hoop shallows.kmz (820 B)

By the way, there are more pods in the immediate vicinity along this stretch of the coast - given that they in fact ARE pods of whales.

Hi and welcome,



You need to create a placemark on Google Earth and posted here in this community as a kmz file.



Go Here >> googleearthcommunity.proboards.com/thread/793/basic-placemarks-post-help

hi and welcome secretchief !

congrats for nice spotting! -also let me wish endurance to learn the kmz placemark stuff! -this time I have done this work for you.(:

here I attach kmz folder with outline and two highligts of your pods of whales, also placemark off-coast Hawaii included by whom I would need some expertise on ID.

whales on GE.kmz (1.88 KB)

credit given to yours in folder description, but I just cannot remember, how on earth I got to the Hawaiian location. 

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I'm definitely no expert in marine biology (I am an archaeologist), but size and shape perhaps indicate that those in Hawaii may be a medium-sized baleen whale like Bryde's whale? 

Dec 14, 2018 9:05:06 GMT secretchief said:

... (I am an archaeologist),...

are you really? -then I would need your expertise by dozens of unidentified sites in my archaeology kmz collection, also all your comments are warmly welcome in my mounds, prehistoric (neolith) settlements and/or rondels threads! (:

Here's a bunch of whales from my collection, a couple of them were found by me. Can anyone tell me what kind of whale is in the one I have marked "Blue Whale?" I only guessed at that because of the size of its flippers. But really, I have no idea. I'd love to know though!

Attachments:

Whales.kmz (105.28 KB)