Tuesday, March 11, 2025

Dolphins delight on drizzly day

 

Dolphins romp at Dundarave beach, as a cargo boat heads into harbour.

March 11, 2025. Trump is in the White House, threatening to annex Canada. Canada is between one unpopular prime minister and the unknown quantity about to replace him. Local and provincial politics are in turmoil, and the weather is drizzly. Nothing like wandering down to a beach, then, and being reminded there's a whole other world out there.  

About 20 feet off Dundarave beach in West Vancouver on Tuesday morning, the dolphins were chasing each other in circles, leaping in the air, waving their tails, like joyous kids at a party. We delayed our seawall walk to watch, unwilling to miss a moment of the spectacle. Then one broke out of the circle and sped off. Almost instantaneously, the rest followed, vanishing along the shoreline like a fleet of little motorboats. 

Thanks for the reminder, dolphins. Our walk was happier because of you.


Fifteen to 20 dolphins were swimming in circles, probably to catch some kind of fish down there.

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