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Last Updated: August, 2019   
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Fluke photographs in this catalog were taken between 2006-2019, the year first cataloged by Juneau Flukes is shown in parentheses (YEAR), and are arranged whitest to darkest. The whales seen near Juneau area are part of a larger, feeding aggregation and move in and out of the Juneau area.​
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All dark

LOTS OF WHITE

 
Picture
ID: 1480
Nickname:
Permit #: 14245
Notes: (2007)
Picture
ID: 2615
Nickname:
Permit #: NA
Notes: (2018)
Picture
ID: 2029
Nickname:
Permit #: 14296
Notes: (2014)
Picture
ID: 2220
Nickname:
Permit #: NA
Notes: (2011)
Picture
ID: 183
Nickname: Buttons
Permit #: 14245
Notes: (2007)
Picture
ID: 1325
Nickname: Rakes
Permit #: NA
Notes: (2019) Mother to 1325_calf_2019
Picture
ID: 1640
Nickname:
Permit #: NA
Notes: (2014)
Picture
ID: 2654
Nickname: Siara
Permit #: NA
Notes: (2010) Seen near Homer, Alaska in 2016.
Picture
ID: 1538_calf_2019
Nickname: Bunsen
Permit #: NA
Notes: Calf in 2019 to Flame (#1538).
Picture
ID: 1325_calf_2019
Nickname:
Permit #: NA
Notes: Calf in 2019 to Rakes (#1325).
Picture
ID: 1038
Nickname: Equals
Permit #: NA
Notes: (2017)
Picture
ID: 1443
Nickname: Dot Spot
Permit #: 14296
Notes: (2008) Known female.
Picture
ID: 1297
Nickname:
Permit #: 14245
Notes: (2007)
Picture
ID: 1215
Nickname: Viking
Permit #: NA
Notes: (2012) Seen off Maui, HI in 2013 & 2016.
Picture
ID: 2341
Nickname:
Permit #: 14296
Notes: (2014) Seen late in the season.
Picture
ID: 221
Nickname:
Permit #: NA
Notes: (2011) Seen off Maui, HI in 1986 and 2005.
Picture
ID: 2353
Nickname:
Permit #: 14122
Notes: (2007) Seen in Prince William Sound, Alaska.
Picture
ID: 276
Nickname:
Permit #: 14245
Notes: (2007) Seen off Maui, HI in 1987.
Picture
ID: 875
Nickname: Arpeggio
Permit #: NA
Notes: (2014) Has a prop scar on left dorsal.
Picture
ID: 1435
Nickname:
Permit #: NA
Notes: (2007)
Picture
ID: 1434
Nickname: Spot
Permit #: 14296
Notes: (2006) Known for being a curious whale. Thought to be male, born in 1994.
Picture
ID: 513
Nickname:
Permit #: 14122
Notes: (2006) Seen off Maui, HI in 2015.
Picture
ID: 200
Nickname: SkoomKumChuc
Permit #: NA
Notes: (2013) Seen off Maui, HI in 2015.
Picture
ID: HW-MN0400537
Nickname: Stella
Permit #: NA
Notes: (2016)
Picture
ID: 1160
Nickname:
Permit #: 14245
Notes: (2007) Known female. In 2009, frequented Auke Bay Harbor with her calf.
Picture
ID: HW-MN0400556
Nickname:
Permit #: NA
Notes: Calf in 2011.
Picture
ID: 2070_calf_2009
Nickname: Kelp
Permit #: 14245
Notes: Calf in 2009 to Barnacles (#2070)
Picture
ID: 1538_calf_2016
Nickname: Ember
Permit #: NA
Notes: Calf in 2016 to Flame (#1538).
Picture
ID: 2321
Nickname:
Permit #: 14296
Notes: (2013)
Picture
ID: 455
Nickname:
Permit #: 14245
Notes: (2007) Known Female.
Picture
ID: HW-MN0400396
Nickname:
Permit #: NA
Notes: (2014)
Picture
ID: 2010
Nickname:
Permit #: 14296
Notes: (2013)
Picture
ID: HW-MN0400309
Nickname:
Permit #: 14296
Notes: (2013)
Picture
ID: 2610
Nickname:
Permit #: NA
Notes: (2014)
Picture
ID: 1919
Nickname:
Permit #: NA
Notes: (2012)
Picture
ID: 1019
Nickname:
Permit #: NA
Notes: (2014)
Picture
ID: 1088
Nickname:
Permit #: NA
Notes: (2018) Seen off Maui, HI in 2014.
Picture
ID: HW-MN0400011
Nickname:
Permit #: NA
Notes: (2010)
Picture
ID: 1879
Nickname: Sasha or AK Whale
Permit #: 14245
Notes: (2007) Known female. Common to the Juneau area. Notice the "A" and "K" markings on the left fluke.
Picture
ID: 2608
Nickname:
Permit #: NA
Notes: (2014)
Picture
ID: 1507
Nickname:
Permit #: NA
Notes: (2014)
Picture
ID: 1443_calf_2012
Nickname: Polka
Permit #: NA
Notes: Calf in 2012 to Dot Spot (#1443).
Picture
ID: 1538_calf_2013
Nickname: Spark
Permit #: NA
Notes: Calf in 2013 to Flame (#1538).
Picture
ID: 177
Nickname: Dutchy
Permit #: NA
Notes: (2009)
Picture
ID: 1538
Nickname: Flame
Permit #: 14296
Notes: (2007) Common to Juneau-area. Known female. Mother of "Spark" in 2013, "Ember" in 2016, and "Bunsen" in 2019.
Picture
ID: HW-MN0400575
Nickname:
Permit #: NA
Notes: (2017)
Picture
ID: 197
Nickname: Vulture
Permit #:
Notes: (2018)
Picture
ID: 2175
Nickname:
Permit #: NA
Notes: Calf in 2007 to #1160 - Frequented Auke Bay Harbor with its mother in 2007.
Picture
ID: 516
Nickname:
Permit #: NA
Notes: (2013)
Picture
ID: HW-MN0400571
Nickname:
Permit #: NA
Notes: (2013)
Picture
ID: 271
Nickname: Q-tip
Permit #: 14296
Notes: (2014)
Picture
ID: OSUWTG-MnSEAK012
Nickname:
Permit #: NA
Notes: (2013)
Picture
ID: 1879
Nickname: Sasha or AK Whale
Permit #: NA
Notes: Recognizable by series of lines scars on her back, dorsal fin, and flank from previous entanglements she survived.
Picture
ID: 1758
Nickname:
Permit #: 14245
Notes: (2008)
Picture
ID: 518
Nickname:
Permit #: 14245
Notes: (2008) Commonly seen in bubble net feeding groups.
Picture
ID: 1821
Nickname: Eocene
Permit #: NA
Notes: (2009) Seen off Maui, HI in 2008 AND seen in Baja, Mexico in 2019!
Picture
ID: 2173
Nickname: Caldera
Permit #: 14245
Notes: Calf in 2009 to Crater (#924).

 

SOME WHITE

Picture
ID: HW-MN0400586
Nickname:
Permit #: NA
Notes: Presumed calf in 2015.
Picture
ID: HW-MN0400453
Nickname:
Permit #: NA
Notes: (2017)
Picture
ID: 996
Nickname: Cornucopia
Permit #: NA
Notes: (2009) Commonly seen in bubble net feeding groups.
Picture
ID: 1441
Nickname:
Permit #: NA
Notes: (2006)
Picture
ID: 2006
Nickname: Magma
Permit #: NA
Notes: (2006) Known female. Seen late in the season and often seen with "Crater". Has a calf in 2019... please send photos of this calf's flukes if you get them! juneau.flukes(at)gmail.com
Picture
ID: 266
Nickname:
Permit #: 14245
Notes: (2008)
Picture
ID: 453
Nickname: Notcho Libre
Permit #: 14245
Notes: (2007) Seen of Maui, HI in 1997 and 2017.
Picture
ID: 2603
Nickname: Ninotchka
Permit #: NA
Notes: (2010)
Picture
ID: HW-MN0400558
Nickname:
Permit #: NA
Notes: (2017)
Picture
ID: 1373
Nickname:
Permit #: 14296
Notes: (2014)
Picture
ID: HW-MN0400557
Nickname:
Permit #: NA
Notes: Calf in 2012.
Picture
ID: 1707
Nickname: Yukon
Permit #: 14245
Notes: (2009)
Picture
ID: 1900
Nickname:
Permit #: NA
Notes: (2017)
Picture
ID: 2314
Nickname:
Permit #: NA
Notes: (2018)
Picture
ID: 2609
Nickname:
Permit #: NA
Notes: (2013)
Picture
ID: 1612
Nickname:
Permit #: 14296
Notes: (2014)
Picture
ID: 2171
Nickname: Hilda
Permit #: 14296
Notes: (2007) Seen off Maui, HI in 2015.
Picture
ID: 2427
Nickname:
Permit #: NA
Notes: (2009)
Picture
ID: 1852
Nickname:
Permit #: NA
Notes: (2015)
Picture
ID: HW-MN0400568
Nickname:
Permit #: NA
Notes: (2018)
Picture
ID: 2258
Nickname: Combover
Permit #: 14296
Notes: (2013)
Picture
ID: HM-MN0400572
Nickname:
Permit #: NA
Notes: Calf in 2014.
Picture
ID: 1073
Nickname:
Permit #: 14245
Notes: (2006)
Picture
ID: 933
Nickname: Chip
Permit #: NA
Notes: (2009)
Picture
ID: HA-MN0400223
Nickname:
Permit #: NA
Notes: (2014)
Picture
ID: 954
Nickname: Ichthys
Permit #: 14122
Notes: (2006)
Picture
ID: 1124
Nickname:
Permit #: 14245
Notes: (2006)
Picture
ID: 2585
Nickname:
Permit #: NA
Notes: (2017)
Picture
ID: 1709
Nickname:
Permit #: NA
Notes: (2018)
Picture
ID: 1167
Nickname:
Permit #: 14296
Notes: (2012) Seen off Maui, HI in 2013.
Picture
ID: 2144
Nickname:
Permit #: 14245
Notes: (2007)
Picture
ID: HW-MN0400562
Nickname:
Permit #: NA
Notes: (2017)
Picture
ID: 318
Nickname:
Permit #: NA
Notes: (2014)

 

A TINY BIT OF WHITE

Picture
ID: 2260
Nickname:
Permit #: 14245
Notes: Calf in 2008.
Picture
ID: 2468
Nickname:
Permit #: NA
Notes: (2011)
Picture
ID: 2534
Nickname:
Permit #: NA
Notes: (2014)
Picture
ID: 2557
Nickname: Bohemian
Permit #: 14296
Notes: (2011)
Picture
ID: 1783
Nickname: Tucker
Permit #: 14296
Notes: (2006) Seen early in the season. Tends to have low, "tucked" fluke up dives.
Picture
ID: 2446
Nickname:
Permit #: 14296
Notes: (2014)
Picture
ID: 1820
Nickname: Nibblet
Permit #: 14245
Notes: (2007) Seen off Maui, HI in 2019.
Picture
ID: 536
Nickname:
Permit #: 14296
Notes: (2008)
Picture
ID: HW-MN0400560
Nickname:
Permit #: NA
Notes: (2017)
Picture
ID: 1817
Nickname:
Permit #: 14122
Notes: (2007)
Picture
ID: 481
Nickname:
Permit #: 14245
Notes: (2008)
Picture
ID: 547
Nickname: Cimmerian
Permit #: 14296
Notes: (2008)
Picture
ID: 924
Nickname: Crater
Permit #: 14245
Notes: (2006) Scar is over 20 years old. Often seen with #2006, "Magma".
Picture
ID: 1476
Nickname:
Permit #: NA
Notes: (2006) Seen off of Mexico in 2011.
Picture
ID: 154
Nickname:
Permit #: NA
Notes: (2011)
Picture
ID: 1247
Nickname:
Permit #: NA
Notes: (2009)
Picture
ID: 572
Nickname:
Permit #: NA
Notes: (2011)
Picture
ID: 1844
Nickname:
Permit #: NA
Notes: (2014)
Picture
ID: 252
Nickname: Slinky
Permit #: 14296
Notes: (2013) Often seen in bubble net feeding groups. Seen off Maui, HI in 1982 and 2019.
Picture
ID: 1075_calf_2009
Nickname:
Permit #: 14245
Notes: Calf in 2009 to #1075. This photo is when it was a calf.
Picture
ID: 2070_calf_2019
Nickname: Acorn
Permit #: NA
Notes: Calf in 2019 to Barnacles (#2070). Named because the barnacles that grow on humpback whales and leave circular scars are a species of acorn barnacle, Coronula diadema.
Picture
ID: 1234
Nickname: Van Bubbles
Permit #: 14296
Notes: (2009)
Picture
ID: 2584
Nickname:
Permit #: 14296
Notes: Seen off Maui, HI in 2016 and 2019.
Picture
ID: 545
Nickname: Rubberlips
Permit #: NA
Notes: (2006) First humpback whale to be tagged (in 1970s). Often in bubblenet feeding groups. Seen off Maui, HI in 2005.
Picture
ID: 1465
Nickname:
Permit #: 14296
Notes: (2006) Seen off Maui, HI in 2017.
Picture
ID: HW-MN0400196
Nickname:
Permit #: NA
Notes: (2018)
Picture
ID: 2147
Nickname: Moon Cheese
Permit #: NA
Notes: (2007)
Picture
ID: 1973
Nickname:
Permit #: 14245
Notes: (2008)
Picture
ID: 1057
Nickname:
Permit #: NA
Notes: (2011)
Picture
ID: 2256
Nickname:
Permit #: 14245
Notes: (2007)
Picture
ID: 1445
Nickname: Pinto
Permit #: 14245
Notes: (2006)
Picture
ID: 2551
Nickname:
Permit #: 14296
Notes: Calf in 2013 to #219.
Picture
ID: 1322
Nickname:
Permit #: NA
Notes: (2018)
Picture
ID: 1514
Nickname:
Permit #: 14296
Notes: (2007)
Picture
ID: 1795
Nickname:
Permit #: NA
Notes: (2018) Seen off Maui, HI in 2013.
Picture
ID: HW-MN0400559
Nickname:
Permit #: NA
Notes: (2017)
Picture
ID: HW-MN0400564
Nickname:
Permit #: NA
Notes: (2017)
Picture
ID: 580
Nickname: Divisidero
Permit #: 14296
Notes: (2012) Often seen in bubble net feeding groups.
Picture
ID: HW-MN0400566
Nickname:
Permit #: NA
Notes: (2018)
Picture
ID: 1850
Nickname:
Permit #: NA
Notes: (2014)
Picture
ID: 1075_calf_2009
Nickname:
Permit #: NA
Notes: This photo shows the same whale later sighted, in 2015.
Picture
ID: PWF-NP_0188
Nickname:
Permit #: NA
Notes: (2017)
Picture
ID: 1082
Nickname:
Permit #: 14296
Notes: (2007) Has been seen in the late winter.
Picture
ID: 1504
Nickname: Jomas
Permit #: NA
Notes: (2014)
Picture
ID: 397
Nickname: Flying W
Permit #: NA
Notes: (2014)
Picture
ID: HW-MN0400576
Nickname:
Permit #: NA
Notes: (2018)
Picture
ID: 187
Nickname:
Permit #: NA
Notes: (2018)
Picture
ID: 2354
Nickname:
Permit #: 14122
Notes: (2008)
Picture
ID: 549
Nickname:
Permit #: NA
Notes: (2009)
Picture
ID: 1061
Nickname:
Permit #: NA
Notes: (2014)
Picture
ID: 1770
Nickname: Auke
Permit #: NA
Notes: (2012) Seen feeding within Auke Bay Harbor. Seen off Maui, HI in 2015.
Picture
ID: 2146
Nickname:
Permit #: 14245
Notes: (2007)
Picture
ID: 879
Nickname:
Permit #: NA
Notes: (2014)
Picture
ID: 1907
Nickname:
Permit #: NA
Notes: (2017)
Picture
ID: 2070
Nickname: Barnacles
Permit #: 14296
Notes: (2007) Known female, has been seen in Juneau late in the winter.
Picture
ID: HW-MN0410109
Nickname:
Permit #: NA
Notes: (2017)
Picture
ID: 2470
Nickname:
Permit #: 14296
Notes: (2013)
Picture
ID: 1478
Nickname: Skuff
Permit #: 14296
Notes: (2006) Known female. Seen off Maui, HI in 2013.
Picture
ID: PWF-NP_0895
Nickname:
Permit #: 14296
Notes: (2014)
Picture
ID: 2131
Nickname:
Permit #: 14296
Notes: (2013)
Picture
ID: HW-MN0400583
Nickname:
Permit #: 14296
Notes: (2014)

 

ALL DARK

Picture
ID: 2169
Nickname:
Permit #: NA
Notes: (2018)
Picture
ID: HW-MN0400475
Nickname: Riddler
Permit #: 14296
Notes: (2014)
Picture
ID: 1921
Nickname:
Permit #: 14245
Notes: (2008)
Picture
ID: 1391
Nickname: Darwin
Permit #: 14296
Notes: (2009) Seen off Maui, HI in 2019.
Picture
ID: 2348
Nickname: Eyelet
Permit #: 14296
Notes: (2014)
Picture
ID: 1967
Nickname:
Permit #: 14245
Notes: (2007)
Picture
ID: 2267
Nickname:
Permit #: 14296
Notes: (2014)
Picture
ID: 883
Nickname:
Permit #: 14296
Notes: (2011)
Picture
ID: 1812
Nickname:
Permit #: 14296
Notes: (2014)
Picture
ID: 1753
Nickname:
Permit #: NA
Notes: (2013)
Picture
ID: HW-MN0400581
Nickname:
Permit #: 14296
Notes: (2014)
Picture
ID: 1447
Nickname: Juneauite
Permit #: 14296
Notes: (2006) Very commonly seen in the Juneau area. Known female.
Picture
ID: HW-MN0400569
Nickname:
Permit #: NA
Notes: (2011)
Picture
ID: 1628
Nickname:
Permit #: 14296
Notes: (2008)
Picture
ID: 2148
Nickname:
Permit #: 14245
Notes: (2008)
Picture
ID: 1506
Nickname:
Permit #: NA
Notes: (2011)
Picture
ID: 937
Nickname:
Permit #: NA
Notes: (2018) Seen off Maui, HI in 2005.
Picture
ID: 1429
Nickname:
Permit #: 14296
Notes: (2008) Seen in Prince William Sound.
Picture
ID: HW-MN0400100
Nickname:
Permit #: NA
Notes: (2009) Right fluke has been missing since at least 2009.
Picture
ID: 556
Nickname:
Permit #: NA
Notes: (2006)
Picture
ID: 1899
Nickname:
Permit #: NA
Notes: (2018)
Picture
ID: HW-MN0400579
Nickname:
Permit #: 14296
Notes: (2013)
Picture
ID: 1908
Nickname:
Permit #: 14296
Notes: (2013)
Picture
ID: HW-MN0400563
Nickname:
Permit #: NA
Notes: (2017)
Picture
ID: 219
Nickname:
Permit #: 14245
Notes: (2007) Known female.
Picture
ID: 1968
Nickname:
Permit #: 14122
Notes: (2008)
Picture
ID: 1819
Nickname:
Permit #: NA
Notes: (2012)
Picture
ID: 2460
Nickname:
Permit #: 14296
Notes: (2014)
Picture
ID: 229
Nickname: Angstrom
Permit #: 14296
Notes: (2008) Seen off Maui, HI in 1997.
Picture
ID: HW-MN0400570
Nickname:
Permit #: NA
Notes: (2013)
Picture
ID: HW-MN0400302
Nickname:
Permit #: NA
Notes: (2014)
Picture
ID: 193
Nickname:
Permit #: 14296
Notes: (2007)
Picture
ID: 1447_calf_2013
Nickname: Douglas
Permit #: 14296
Notes: Calf in 2013 to Juneauite (#1447).
Picture
ID: 1475
Nickname:
Permit #: 14245
Notes: (2007)
Picture
ID: 181
Nickname: Cabernet Sauvignon
Permit #: NA
Notes: (2008) Seen off Maui, HI in 2017.
Picture
ID: 1044
Nickname: Buzz
Permit #: 14296
Notes: (2008)
Picture
ID: 898
Nickname:
Permit #: NA
Notes: (2014)
Picture
ID: 1306
Nickname: Pizza
Permit #: 14296
Notes: (2007)
Picture
ID: HW-MN0400573
Nickname:
Permit #: NA
Notes: (2017)
Picture
ID: HW-MN0420056
Nickname:
Permit #: NA
Notes: (2009)
Picture
ID: HW-MN0400580
Nickname:
Permit #: 14296
Notes: (2013)
Picture
ID: HW-MN0400584
Nickname:
Permit #: 14296
Notes: (2014)
Picture
ID: HW-MN0400008
Nickname:
Permit #: 14296
Notes: (2014)
Picture
ID: HW-MN0400585
Nickname:
Permit #: 14296
Notes: (2014)
Picture
ID: 1631
Nickname:
Permit #: NA
Notes: (2012)
Picture
ID: 2259
Nickname:
Permit #: 14296
Notes: (2008)
Picture
ID: 2111
Nickname:
Permit #: 14245
Notes: (2007) Seen in Juneau late in the winter.
Picture
ID: 1533
Nickname:
Permit #: 14245
Notes: (2006)
Picture
ID: 441
Nickname: Manatee
Permit #: 14245
Notes: (2007)
Picture
ID: 217
Nickname: Darktanion
Permit #: 14245
Notes: (2008) Often seen in bubble net feeding groups. Seen off Maui, HI in 1997, 2004, and 2005.
Picture
ID: 590
Nickname:
Permit #: 14296
Notes: (2013) Seen off Kona, HI in 2019.
Picture
ID: 1336
Nickname:
Permit #: 14245
Notes: (2007)
Picture
ID: 1703
Nickname: Bullethole
Permit #: 14296
Notes: (2006) Often seen in bubble net feeding groups and stays late in the winter.
Picture
ID: 1605
Nickname: Ruffles
Permit #: 14296
Notes: (2006) Often seen early in the season.
Picture
ID: 2174
Nickname:
Permit #: NA
Notes: Calf in 2007.
Picture
ID: 204
Nickname: Stamp
Permit #: 14245
Notes: (2006) Often part of the bubble net feeding groups.
Picture
ID: 2250
Nickname:
Permit #: 14296
Notes: (2014)
Picture
ID: 1075
Nickname: Crack
Permit #: 14245
Notes: (2007) Known female.
Picture
ID: 2066
Nickname:
Permit #: NA
Notes: (2011)
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