Megaptera novaeangliae			THE RACE ROCKS TAXONOMY

A picture of a humpback whale in Race Passage taken from Race Rocks in 2004.

Domain Eukarya Kingdom Animalia Phylum Subphylum Class Order Family Genus Megaptera Species novaeangliae Common Name: Hump-backed Whale

On Thursday Oct 5, 2006 Kohei, ( PC year33) took the two pictures on the left at the mouth of Pedder Bay while on the trip back from Diving at Race Rocks.

William Head is in the background The whale had also been photographed by Pam Birley of England using the remote control cam 5 from Race Rocks. These three pictures are from that sighting.. You can see Victoria in the distance in this image. 03/10/06 0930

o be done : Sounds of Humpback whales from John Ford'd website: Humpback Whale Feeding Calls: Humpback Whale Song recording

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