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Dr. Marcie meets a blue whale and sings our kids song “So Big! Blue Whale!”

Dear Cetacean-Loving Friends,

It’s happened again! Another member of Birdsong and the Eco-Wonders encountered a blue whale off the coasts of Dana Point and Laguna Beach in southern California. This time it was Dr. Marcie and she took a great video of this whale’s dive, fluke and all. If you look closely, you will see some white scarring on the whale’s tail. This is possibly a scar from a cut by a fishing line that got wrapped around this whale’s tail. Fortunately, this huge, beautiful whale survived that injury and now whale researchers and captains use that scar to identify this whale. Some have even nicknamed the whale “Scar”. Check out this video, my friends! 

Dr. Marcie tells me she was so excited after seeing this whale sang our blue whale song, “So Big, Blue Whale”. If you’d like to learn more about the world’s largest animal, you can watch our music video, “So Big! Blue Whale!” featuring our song by the same name. Dr. Marcie also saw dolphins galore that day, including Common Dolphins and Pacific White-Sided Dolphins. She could hear the dolphins clicks and whistles from the boat. Check out our fun dolphin song video, “Clickety-Clack” to learn about dolphin communication and echolocation. 

With a dolphin splash,

Birdsong