Humpback mom with very young calf among some competing whales and a orphaned or lost calf also present.

In the image above and below, the lost calf is at the lower left corner.

In the image below, the calf is being checked out by an adult. They do not remain together.

The rest of the images are stills pulled from a video that is linked at the bottom of the page.

In the image below, mom is using her tail to fend off the whale behind her.

In image above and below, mom is fending off the lost calf

In the image below mom is moving lost calf away with her pectoral fin.

The lost calf came by out boat a few times and seemed to visit the other boats as well as all of the whales close by. However there were other whales in

some groups further away and we wondered if perhaps the calf was separated from its mother earlier in the day and ended up in the wrong group.

I flew twice and Kristen flew between my flights and the lone calf would always end up joining the mom with newborn calf. On my second flight, I tried

to stick with the lost calf in hopes of seeing it join up with its mom. The wind picked up and we had to leave. The last whale we saw was the lost calf as

it came under us one last time. We can only hope that it eventually reunited with its mother! In the video linked below you can see the lost calf come into

and out of the frame at times. There is a break in the middle where my first flight and second flight join.