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3-Oct-2015 T.A.LeRoy

Rare Whale Sighting

Wohlenberg, Germany

(Mesoplodon biden /Sowerby Two Tooth Whale)
Only other one seen at this location was in 1913. This one is lost
and has been here for about a week in the bay trying to find a way back.
As you can see the boats were way too close, so the Bay police boat chased them away.
I was shooting from the dock and will follow up on the story.
Hope he finds his way back to his natural habitat.


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Sam_C11-Oct-2015 10:29
Wow, right at the heart of the action here, great shot!! V++
Ursula Miller11-Oct-2015 07:16
That's a great and rare capture, Tom. It seems you were in the right place with your camera. Honestly, I didn't know that there are whales in the Baltic Sea... ! V
Graeme07-Oct-2015 21:25
Fantastic timing and shot, Tom.VVV
Frank Brault06-Oct-2015 17:08
A wonderful capture! Hope he finds his way out. V
Patrick Goossens05-Oct-2015 14:13
It's a fine shot of not such fine people behaviour. They probably payed a lot of money to take them so close.
peterjay4505-Oct-2015 13:35
Great capture, Tom. Hopefully the whale has found its way back to open sea.
Carol Rollins05-Oct-2015 12:54
This is so exciting! Wow, bravo.
Shmuel Halevi05-Oct-2015 12:36
Beautiful capture Tom.
Marco Valk05-Oct-2015 10:58
Excellent timing!
Pepe Lugash05-Oct-2015 08:45
Wow what a moment captured. You had just the right outfit! :) BV
Dafna05-Oct-2015 07:28
Well caught- great photo..
Blandine Mangin05-Oct-2015 07:15
beautiful capture ! v
Paco López05-Oct-2015 04:29
Excellent capture, V!!
Bryan Murahashi05-Oct-2015 04:24
Great shot of this wayward bound whale. V
Hank Vander Velde05-Oct-2015 02:52
Terrific sighting and encounter Tom. People do stupid things just to get that shot.
Dennis Hoyne05-Oct-2015 02:32
This is so interesting, and what a neat shot. I hope it all turns out well.
Gill Kopy05-Oct-2015 01:26
A shame that so many people threaten wildlife for the sake of a photo !! You got an excellent shot from the dock ! V
janescottcumming05-Oct-2015 00:09
Wow, what a catch for you. Hope he gets out ok. V
Carl H. Johnson04-Oct-2015 22:23
I echo Don comments!!~V~
Don04-Oct-2015 21:15
A fascinating story and image.
barbarajoy04-Oct-2015 19:28
A rare sighting of this wonderful animal, great capture from a sensible distance. Hope it finds its way back to where it should be and the story has a happy ending. V
Ceya04-Oct-2015 19:24
It must have been quite a fantastic experience to meet this rare whale so near! Please keep us pbasers informed of its situation, Tom! The big news shot of the week ! V
Johnny JAG04-Oct-2015 19:21
What a great catch
Carl Carbone04-Oct-2015 18:44
Great catch! Hope he makes it back out. I wish people would smarten up.
Tom Munson04-Oct-2015 16:13
You timed this perfectly, Tom. Terrific image.
Martin Lamoon04-Oct-2015 15:59
A great find, hope it survives.
v
Ton, Ben & Rob Nagtegaal04-Oct-2015 14:41
Perfect timing and a wonderful shot. V
Irene Wehrli04-Oct-2015 14:35
Hope everything goes well - what a great shot Tom!
Never thought one can see Whales in Germany…
Irene
Neil Marcus04-Oct-2015 13:16
A rare capture on your part, Tom.. 'v'
Jim Coffman04-Oct-2015 13:05
What a great image! Your timing was awesome,Tom! You are so
fortunate to have a image of this rare sighting!!
Walter Otto Koenig04-Oct-2015 12:45
Great timing and documentation Tom. Thanks for showing us this rare sight. "V"
Zoltán Balogh04-Oct-2015 12:43
Cool, superb timing Tom! V
marie-jose wolff04-Oct-2015 10:44
hope that this whale was not too frightened by this boat and find its way back! V
Yvonne04-Oct-2015 10:38
The boat certainly was far too close, so glad the police got into the act! v
danad04-Oct-2015 10:21
A precious capture ! V.
Torben Jorgensen04-Oct-2015 10:09
Wow. What a sight. V
Gerard Koehl04-Oct-2015 10:03
Excellent. V
joseantonio04-Oct-2015 09:43
What an amazing sight....You were at the right place.V
Helen Betts04-Oct-2015 08:39
Talk about being in the right place at the right time! Poor thing, I hope it finds its way back, and those people should have known they were dangerously close. V.
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