Megaptera novaeangliae
2 Humpback Whale at Kiama, NSW
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| Megaptera novaeangliae | MichaelBedingfield | 24 Oct 2022 | |
| Megaptera novaeangliae | JimL | 22 Oct 2022 |
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Seemingly Mum & Bub heading down the coastline.
Photo credits to my daughter - getting an interest in photography.
1 comment
23 Oct 2022
Great photos, we saw whales breaching in the same location on 20 October but weren't able to get any pictures. I think they were probably humpbacks too.
Location information
- Coordinates 150.862790-34.670582
- Places Kiama, NSW
Sighting information
- 2 Abundance
- 3 Oct 2022 02:48 PM Recorded on
- JimL Recorded by
- Unknown Gender
- Alive / healthy Animal health
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Species information
- Megaptera novaeangliae Scientific name
- Humpback Whale Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Migratory
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 66.3m Recorded at altitude
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