Sea of Cortez | Show Me Nature Photography

Back to Baja!

By James Braswell | Published April 1, 2013

With the American White Pelican posts completed (if you missed any of them, you can click on these 3 links to catch up on these beautiful visitors to our local lake: “Fun Friday: Contortionist Bird“, “You Know the Migration is On Whenever …“, and “White Pelicans in Flight“), today’s post gets back to my recent […]

Those Lovable Dolphins

By James Braswell | Published March 4, 2013

(This post originally published after my 2009 Baja photo trip) We saw several species of Dolphins as we maneuvered the Sea of Cortez … and they were always interesting and fun to be around! A school of Dolphins arrive to ride our bow, a favorite activity of the dolphin, and one that we saw several […]

Posted in Mammals, Nature Photography, Travel Photography | Tags: behavior, Blog, bow-riding, breaching, dolphin, mammals, nature, nature photography, Sea of Cortez, travel, winter
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Meet Ray(s)

By James Braswell | Published March 4, 2013

(This post originally published after my 2009 Baja photo trip) Other interesting creatures we saw in the Sea of Cortez were rays, the very large Manta Ray (Manta birostris): and Smooth-tailed Mobula Rays (Mobula thurstoni), a much smaller version of the Manta Ray: In the above image, you can see Mobula Rays feeding on […]

Posted in Nature Photography, Travel Photography | Tags: behavior, Blog, manta ray, mobula ray, nature, nature photography, rays, Sea of Cortez, travel, winter
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Dwarf Sperm Whales

By James Braswell | Published March 2, 2013

(This post originally published after my 2009 Baja photo trip) During the Sea of Cortez portion of the Baja trip, we also got to see a pair of Dwarf Sperm Whales (Kogia sima) near the end of our trip. The 2 were spotted as sunset neared, making a beautiful sight for us. The Dwarf Sperm […]

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The Ho, Ho, Ho Blue Giant

By James Braswell | Published February 28, 2013

(This post originally published following my 2009 Baja photo trip) In this post of my 2009 Baja trip, I will share some of my experiences with the blue whale, the largest mammal on earth. The first images are of blue whales (Balaenoptera musculus), the largest creature on earth, with a length of ~100 feet! These […]

Posted in Mammals, Nature Photography, Travel Photography | Tags: behavior, Blog, blue whales, mammals, nature, nature photography, Sea of Cortez, travel, whales, winter
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Beautiful Baja, Part 3 (Repost)

By James Braswell | Published September 7, 2012

(Originally posted June 2010) This is the third, and final post on the Baja trip I took in spring of 2009 (links for the previous 2 Baja postings are listed at the bottom of this post, in case you missed them). In this post, I will share some of my experiences with the blue whale, […]

Posted in Mammals, Nature Photography, Travel Photography | Tags: behavior, Blog, blue whale, dolphin, dwarf sperm whale, fish, fluking blue whale, fluking whale, mammals, manta ray, marine mammal, Mexico, mobula ray, nature, Pacific Ocean, rays, Sea of Cortez, sunfish, travel, travel photography, winter
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