Megaptera novaeangliae: Humpback Whale– The Race Rocks Taxonomy

humpback at RROur most recent pictures are included in the post in the log:
Humpback whales in the ecological reserve:

See all the posts on Observations of Humpback Whales at Race Rocks
Ecological Reserve.

 
Raisa has several pictures on her Flickr site of humpbacks that came by in 2010. See also this page On Thursday Oct 5, 2006 Kohei, (PC year 33) took these two pictures at the mouth of Pedder Bay .. ..while on the trip back from Diving at Race Rocks.William Head is in the background. A picture of a humpback whale in Race Passage taken from Race Rocks in 2004.
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The whale had also been photographed by Pam Birley of England using the remote control cam 5 from Race Rocks. These three pictures are from that sighting. You can see Victoria in the distance in this image. 03/10/06 0930

Sounds of Humpback whales from John Ford’s website:
Humpback Whale Feeding Calls:
Humpback Whale Song recording

CLASSIFICATION
Domain Eukarya
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Subclass Eutherias
Order Cetacea
Sub-order Mysiceti
Family Balaenoopteridae
Genus Megaptera
Species novaeangliae
Common Name: Hump-backed Whale (Borowski,1781)