This morning the fog was pretty heavy as we prepared the Granite State for the whale watch. Fortunately, the wind blew the fog away before we departed! We found a pod of over 200 Atlantic white sided dolphins! These small "toothed whales" were everywhere, giving us all great looks.
Then we found a humpback whale named Hornbill who was near another whale that we couldn't get close enough to to identify. Hornbill was staying down for a while, and in the mean time we saw a couple of minke whales as we waited.
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| Hornbill |
Yet another humpback was around but also not all that cooperative...wild animals.....what shall we do..... But then we found a pair of humpback whales who were spending a lot of time at the surface. Pinball, a humpback whale born in 1989 was hanging out with the 8 year old Pleats.
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| Pinball |
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| Pinball |
Great looks at both, and a harbor seal before heading home.
This afternoon, we found a small pod of Atlantic white sided dolphins just after seeing a handful of harbor porpoises.
Continuing on, we found 2 pairs of humpback whales. Bounce and Diablo were blowing bubbles to catch their prey, while Pinball and Pleats were not too far away.
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| Pinball by Thatcher Island |
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| Pleats |
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| Pinball |
Harbor porpoises and more harbor seals were spotted briefly during both trips!
The trip was amazing! Thank you!
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