{"id":3317,"date":"2017-11-04T11:07:05","date_gmt":"2017-11-04T03:07:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/natural.dilatedigital.com.au\/?p=3317"},"modified":"2025-10-18T14:13:41","modified_gmt":"2025-10-18T06:13:41","slug":"whale-research-season-kicks-off-in-geographe-bay-and-augusta-with-souwest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naturalistecharters.dilatevps1.cloudsites.net.au\/old\/blogs\/whale-research-season-kicks-off-in-geographe-bay-and-augusta-with-souwest\/","title":{"rendered":"Whale research season kicks off with SouWEST"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>The Whales Have Arrived<\/h3>\n<p>The whales have arrived, and the SouWEST research team has jumped back into action! Sarah prepared for the season by giving the SouWEST blog a make-over. She continues to be a super-star in managing the SouWEST blog media and content!<\/p>\n<p>Cover Image: Breaching humpback whale (Photo: Brodee Elsdon)<\/p>\n<h3>Community Citizen Scientists<\/h3>\n<p>Chris and his magnificent team of community whale citizen scientists opened up the season last Monday. Their first observations of whales were at Pt. Piquet even with very dismal weather. On the very first week six humpbacks were sighted from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.margaretriver.com\/things-to-do\/attractions\/beaches\/point-picquet\/\">Point Picquet<\/a>. Then approximately seven southern right whales were sighted by others at locations between Sugarloaf Rock and Dunsborough. Humpbacks are truly well into their journey north towards the Kimberley. The southern right whales have just arrived to spend their calving season in the south.<\/p>\n<div style=\"display:flex; flex-wrap:wrap; gap:8px; align-items:flex-start; justify-content:center;\">\n  <img src=\"https:\/\/naturalistecharters.dilatevps1.cloudsites.net.au\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/541460_67d5389f041d44f79f30df69113088df_mv2.jpg\" \n       alt=\"Southern right whale mum and calf\" \n       loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\n       style=\"width:220px; height:auto;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>Southern right whale mum and calf (Photo: Brodee Elsdon)<\/p>\n<h3>Thesis Completion<\/h3>\n<p>PhD student Angela continues to make great progress. She is now in the final stages of completing her thesis investigating blue and humpback whale vocal behaviour in <a href=\"https:\/\/australianmarineparks.gov.au\/parks\/south-west-marine-parks-network\/geographe-marine-park\/\">Geographe Bay<\/a>. In her third year of analysing whale song and social sounds, she is identifying how frequently and in what social contexts whales produce these sounds.  She recently presented some of her results at the International Congress on Conservation Biology (ICCB) in Colombia. But more on that soon!<\/p>\n<div style=\"display:flex; flex-wrap:wrap; gap:8px; align-items:flex-start; justify-content:center;\">\n  <img src=\"https:\/\/naturalistecharters.dilatevps1.cloudsites.net.au\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/541460_e5c353e08872438ea1f26899bfa1d08a_mv2.jpg\" \n       alt=\"Humpback calf peduncle-slapping\" \n       loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\n       style=\"width:220px; height:auto;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>Photo: Ian Wiese One of the first humpback whales of the season, a peduncle-slapping calf<\/p>\n<h3>Building a Catalogue of Whales<\/h3>\n<p>Chris and Chandra continue to build the SouWEST <a href=\"https:\/\/naturalistecharters.dilatevps1.cloudsites.net.au\/old\/blogs\/whales-photographic-identification\/\">photo-identification catalogue<\/a> of southern right whales.<\/p>\n<p>Images of southern right whales from Augusta, Pt. 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He&#8217;s been matching images taken in Flinders and Geographe Bay over the years by Chris, Ian Wiese, Chandra, and Naturaliste Charters. Ian Wiese is a local Dunsborough wildlife photographer.<\/p>\n<p>Together, Chris, Chandra, and Brodee are working to identify connectivity and site fidelity of southern right whales in the southwest. <a href=\"https:\/\/naturalistecharters.dilatevps1.cloudsites.net.au\/old\/\">Naturaliste Charters<\/a> and the great crew on the Alison Maree have been absolutely fantastic in offering in-kind support. With Brodee and Chandra coming on board this month to supplement this year\u2019s contribution to the photo-id catalogue.<\/p>\n<h3>What a great start to the 2017 whale season!<\/h3>\n<div style=\"display:flex; flex-wrap:wrap; gap:8px; align-items:flex-start; justify-content:center;\">\n  <img src=\"https:\/\/naturalistecharters.dilatevps1.cloudsites.net.au\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/541460_4407ae252ba648338e750cc534a0cd7f_mv2.jpg\" \n       alt=\"Humpback whale breaching\" \n       loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\n       style=\"width:220px; height:auto;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>To join Naturaliste Charters on one of their year round charters visit the website:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/naturalistecharters.dilatevps1.cloudsites.net.au\/old\/augustawhalewatching\/\"><strong>Augusta Whale Watching<\/strong><\/a> May &#8211; August<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/naturalistecharters.dilatevps1.cloudsites.net.au\/old\/dunsboroughwhalewatching\/\">Dunsborough Whale Watching<\/a> <\/strong>August &#8211; November<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/naturalistecharters.dilatevps1.cloudsites.net.au\/old\/bremercanyonkillerwhales\/\">Bremer Bay Killer Whale Expeditions<\/a> <\/strong>December &#8211; April<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The whales have arrived, and the SouWEST research team has jumped back into action! 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