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04-17-2006, 12:05 PM
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There Be Whales Here!
Took my Aunt and a Cousin for a beach ride. Look what we found!
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He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.
Thomas Paine
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04-17-2006, 12:12 PM
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Location: RI
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I think your aunt and cousin might be a little offended at you referring to them in that manner
But those rocks in the water are shallow enough they would make for a nice casting perch
Seriously, how far out? That beach must drop off pretty quickly.
-spence
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04-17-2006, 12:27 PM
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Ya know, I was afraid that I'd use the wrong syntax. Those leviathons are within easy casting distance from where the girls are standing. Never seen them that close before. Yesterday there was one even closer grubbing the bottom with his stern high out of the water. Amazing! Today, I bet we saw 30-40 of them.
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He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.
Thomas Paine
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04-17-2006, 01:58 PM
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Very cool! what kind were they? Look too small to be fin backs.
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04-17-2006, 02:01 PM
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Location: Southern NH
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Nice Jake
Thanks for posting the pic for us to see
Must have been inspiring...so close.... how big and what type?
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Good health and family
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04-17-2006, 02:03 PM
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Nice Jake!
Envy ya, been sanding trim all day..........got dust?
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04-17-2006, 02:05 PM
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I can't tell one whale from another. Gotta hit the books when I get home. Hey! I could Google it! Duh.Be right back 
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He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.
Thomas Paine
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04-17-2006, 06:04 PM
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Old Guy
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Mansfield, MA
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Pilot's come in that close!
Where the totally black, not just grayish black?
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04-17-2006, 06:15 PM
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"Fishbucket"
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Bahston Hahbah
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nice shot.. wonder what there doing there? got biat schooled up?
humpbacks are farrigin HUGE!! 8' white pec fins real monsters. tractor trailer size.
pilot whales have a shark like dorsal and look like an oversized dolphin with an orca mouth.
minkie whales have a very small dorsal fin set back and look kinda like a humpback.
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/sub...es/Minke.shtml
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04-17-2006, 09:25 PM
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Stuck In Reality
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Holden MA
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Wow! Great shots. It must have been a wonderful day.
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04-17-2006, 09:51 PM
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Scuttlebutt
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Westport,MA
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thats wicked awsome!
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Wasajigifying -[ was - a - jig-i-fy-ing] - the concept of not knowing what the hell your saying.
My Photography Page!
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04-26-2006, 05:53 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2006
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Race Point, Cape Cod
Hi there, We're looking for someone to get my wife and I out to Race Point Light and back on Friday the 28th to get a few photos of the lighthouse. Willing to pay. You can email me directly at jbedard@bedardphoto.com (tonight if possible before 11pm as we're leaving Thursday morning) We just need about 15 minutes at the lighthouse. Thanks! John B.
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04-29-2006, 07:02 AM
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Location: Southern NH
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Fred........found this in CCT under birding column
As impressive, even bigger by volume, was the exceptional marine mammal show that Nikula witnessed. Northern right whales, among the rarest creatures on the planet with fewer than 300 members, have been putting on a show off North Truro and Provincetown for the past couple of weeks. This would be a great time to take a whale-watching trip to see these animals, as they are engaging in courtship and mating, often not far offshore. Nikula saw a Northern right whale, a minke whale, a fin whale and two humpback whales flipper-slapping - all in a mere 20 minutes from the Race Point parking lot Sunday morning.
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04-29-2006, 07:27 AM
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Thanks, Mike. I'll keep my guide book with me and my eyes peeled this weekend. I knew that they were rare, but not that rare.
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He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.
Thomas Paine
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