Guess who we found this morning? Our very familiar fin-less Minke whale less than 5 miles from land! Our morning school trip got a chance to check out this unique looking Minke whale and provided a great opportunity to remind us how dangerous the ocean can be to whales; all because of humans. This whale has propeller marks visible on its body, an indication that this whale was hit by a boat at some point during this its life.
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| Lack-of-dorsal-fin
Minke whale swimming from left to right. If you look toward the left
part of this whale's body you can see the indentations of a prior boat
propeller incident. |
We are of course extremely grateful this whale survived this incident and while we do not know how/why this whale lost its dorsal fin we are always happy to see a familiar whale in the area especially when you keep in mind not all whales survive these human-related interactions. Further offshore we also got to check out our first sighting of an Ocean Sunfish for the year. Definitely a fun fish to see.
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| Ocean Sunfish swimming towards us |
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| Ocean sunfish |
This afternoon we decided to check out some other areas of Jeffreys Ledge where whales are known to spend time. While we did a lot of searching we came up empty-handed for any whale activity. We did however get a chance to swing by Boon Island during our travels and take a look at some Harbor seals on the rocks around this island this afternoon.
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Seals hauled out on the rocks at Boon Island (above and below)
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