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Harbor Porpoise

Phocoena phocoena

Photo by Machi
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Field Notes

Description:

A pair of them were swimming in a protected area between islands. They surfaced very quickly and frequently

Habitat:

Whale Pass, a pass between Kodiak Island and Afognak Island. This area is fairly well protected from rough weather

Reference Links:

Harbour porpoise - Wikipedia, Harbor Porpoise | NOAA Fisheries

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Comments (1)
Tukup
Good catch Machi (sorry I said Mark before :-( You did better than I did. I have about 20 pictures of ripples where the Amazon's pink dolphins disappeared. I saw them, but don't have a single picture to prove it. Thanks for sharing.

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PublishedSeptember 6, 2019

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