11/06/2026
🐋 My first gray whale ID photo—and it was a NEW whale for Happywhale’s catalog!
Just received a pretty exciting notification: a gray whale I photographed on April 28, 2025, has been identified as an individual new to Happywhale and assigned HW-ER0500463.
That encounter now marks the first recorded sighting of this whale in their catalog. How cool is that?! 📸🌊
This is one of the things I love most about wildlife photography. A moment on the water becomes a photograph—and sometimes that photograph becomes a small contribution to something much bigger.
Somewhere out there, this gray whale is continuing its journey. I’m grateful our paths crossed, and I can’t wait to see where it shows up next.
Thank you, Happywhale, for connecting our encounters and giving us a way to contribute. 💙
