On both of our trips today we saw minke whales, fin whales and humpback whales. This morning we started whale watching before we even got past the Isles of Shoals. A mellow fin whale was roaming around, followed by a minke whale.
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| Minke whale inside the Isles of Shoals |
Further offshore we saw two more minke whales before the trip ended with two humpback whales. Clamp and Hornbill were busy darting around the area.
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| Hornbill |
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| Clamp circling at the surface |
This afternoon our trip started even closer to home. We were less than a mile outside of the harbor when a minke whale popped up. After a few looks we continued on and ended up coming across two fin whales.
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| Fin whale with the Isles of Shoals in the background |
One of our fin whales is a whale first documented by
Blue Ocean Society researchers in 2007; #0718.
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| Fin whale #0718 |
We then spent time with Clamp the humpback whale creating a few bubble clouds and even lob-tailing once.
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| Clamp lob-tailing |
Hornbill, on the other hand, was on the move and once we caught up to this whale there were two additional minke whales in the area. Some great looks at the variety of life on both of our trips today in the Gulf of Maine!
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| Hornbill |
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