Greyhounds of the sea

  

Okay, here you go, more Fin Whale photos!  The first two pictures (above and below) show their long backs.  The raised area surrounding the blowholes is also visible.

 

 

The next series highlights their dorsal fins.  It was hard to tell how many whales there were while they were surfacing in different areas, but it appears there were at least 5 different individual Fin Whales based on the different shapes of the dorsal fins.

 

Individual #1:

 

 

Individual #2:

 

  

 

Individual #3. Two photos, to document that this individual has a hole in its fin:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Individual #4 (with a cutout at the trailing edge of its fin):

 

 

 

 

 

 

Individual #5.  Two photos -- I don't know if the second photo is the same individual as the first, but the fin shape looked similar enough that I couldn't rule it out.  (P.S.  The first photo is the same whale that showed its flukes in last night's post.)

 

 

 

 

 

I hope you enjoyed this visit with the "greyhounds of the sea"!