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lyndsay @magpie.tips

nothing to write home about on the photo front, but it was a fun and exciting challenge to take photos of these giant animals. Seeing them it's like yes this animal must be huge, but also, it makes moving through the water seem way too easy.

The back and tiny crooked dorsal fin of a humpback whale. This is Dalmatian. The blowhole of a surfacing humpback whale The tail of a humpback whale comes out of the water as it dives. I think this is Malachite. Another fluke from a humpback whale. I'm pretty sure this is Seltzer.
aug 30, 2025, 1:12 am • 91 6

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lyndsay @magpie.tips

I am pretty sure that first dorsal photo is from the moment our boat had been sitting still watching Scuba and Nike for around twenty minutes and suddenly Dalmatian and Malachite surfaced maybe ten feet behind us, shocking everybody. It was so incredible!!!

aug 30, 2025, 1:15 am • 5 0 • view
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Esser-Z @esser-z.bsky.social

OHHH, ohhh!!

aug 30, 2025, 1:25 pm • 0 0 • view
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lyndsay @magpie.tips

That's what I was saying!!! It was AMAZING

aug 30, 2025, 1:27 pm • 1 0 • view
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Erica Makes It All @ericamakesitall.bsky.social

Oohhhh, where was this? This year I got to watch humpbacks off Hawaii in February and off Newport Beach in June. Some of the most fun whales to watch!

aug 30, 2025, 1:40 am • 0 0 • view
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lyndsay @magpie.tips

this was in the Georgia Strait! Left Nanaimo and were just off sechelt

aug 30, 2025, 1:41 am • 1 0 • view
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Erica Makes It All @ericamakesitall.bsky.social

Amazing. I need to get up to the Northwest to see orcas in action. It’s been over a year since they were hanging out in SoCal and that’s far far too long.

aug 30, 2025, 1:42 am • 0 0 • view
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lyndsay @magpie.tips

I was hoping for orcas today but I am sure I will see them up here in time <3

aug 30, 2025, 1:44 am • 1 0 • view
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Brett "Solidarity 2025" Banditelli @banditelli.org

Are you becoming a happywhale kid?

aug 30, 2025, 1:18 am • 2 0 • view
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lyndsay @magpie.tips

alo it was so cute that we saw this whale do this "snaking" behaviour once and the operators were like "aha that's dalmatian, he's the only one up here who does that". it was so cute how right away they were like "oh yeah that's our local freak" lol

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aug 30, 2025, 1:20 am • 3 0 • view
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Brett "Solidarity 2025" Banditelli @banditelli.org

Lol that's great. Do yall have dolphins?

aug 30, 2025, 1:41 am • 0 0 • view
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lyndsay @magpie.tips

dude there were like... 5 harbour porpoises over 5 hours??

aug 30, 2025, 1:43 am • 0 0 • view
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Brett "Solidarity 2025" Banditelli @banditelli.org

Boooo

aug 30, 2025, 1:53 am • 0 0 • view
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lyndsay @magpie.tips

It's so different in that way!! I was like bro WHERE are my DOLPHINS

aug 30, 2025, 1:54 am • 1 0 • view
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lyndsay @magpie.tips

I was absolutely IDing my photos with it. i thought about it

aug 30, 2025, 1:18 am • 1 0 • view