This morning we passed by a few pods of harbor porpoises on
our way offshore. Then we spotted a
couple of blows. The whale closest to us was a fin whale doing some sub-surface
traveling, meaning it was coming up for a single breath every few minutes. At one
point we could see it just below the surface, passing behind the boat before it
eventually came up for a breath! Next, we found a pod of Atlantic white sided
dolphins- maybe about 40 of them- in glassy calm water! Several minke whales were spotted but we only
managed to get decent looks at two of them. We found a second pod of dolphins
and another minke whale before heading home.
This afternoon, we also found a couple pods of dolphins
along with a minke whale and finally a huge fin whale! This fin whale was only
staying down for 6 minutes and at one point came up right next to the
boat! Pelagic birds were also in
abundance on both trips including hundreds of northern gannets, a few great
shearwaters, Wilson’s storm petrels and even a flock of 10 red-necked
phalaropes!
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