TigerHawk

TigerHawk (ti*ger*hawk): n. 1. The title of this blog and the nom de plume of its founding blogger; 2. A deep bow to the Princeton Tigers and the Iowa Hawkeyes; 3. The nickname for Iowa's Hawkeye logo. Posts include thoughts of the day on international affairs, politics, things that strike us as hilarious and personal observations. The opinions we express are our own, and not those of each other, our employers, our relatives, our dead ancestors, or unrelated people of similar ethnicity.

Friday, April 22, 2011

Whaling

By TigerHawk at 4/22/2011 07:16:00 PM

If watching and photographing birds is "birding," then what is it if you go in search of whales? My cousin did just that today:

There are fewer than 450 North Atlantic right whales living today. Nearly 100 of them are feeding off the tip of Cape Cod this week, and the children and I went out looking for them.

I'd say that is more than a little righteous, man.

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5 Comments:

By Anonymous, at Fri Apr 22, 10:28:00 PM:

Like going to a Minnesota/Iowa Football game and watching cheerleaders? Sorry couldn't help myself, heard way too many jokes about both cheerleading squads while in Iowa going to school. mpw

By tyree, at Sat Apr 23, 12:30:00 AM:

Here on the west coast we call it "Whale Watching". Whaling sounds too much like "wailing". We went out almost 20 years ago to see the California Grey Whales migrating down to Mexico. We also got to see some of the US Marines new hovercraft going through their paces. It was a very enjoyable day and the children talk about it still.

By Anonymous, at Sat Apr 23, 01:53:00 PM:

Come to Boston. There are three or four whale watching trips to Georges Bank every day. They get quite close to the whales, sometimes within ten to fifteen feet if the animals cooperate. The stampede from one side of the boat to the other to get the best view can be very entertaining all on its own.

The best watch I was ever on was in Nova Scotia in the Bay of Fundy. My family of four and the captain in a Zodiac. The whales passed right under the boat and we could touch them. Of course, if one of the whales had decided to go flukes up we'd have been in big trouble.

By Anonymous, at Sat Apr 23, 08:52:00 PM:

Whale watching is big business in Provincetown. This particular migration will make for very cool experiences for whoever rides those cruises.

By Bird of Paradise, at Mon Apr 25, 02:41:00 AM:

The whales that swam up that river a few years ago was hiding from those GREENPEACE wackos becuase GREENPEACE re bothersome idiots