This morning we started our trip by seeing the humpback
whale named Geometry.
He came up close to the boat and while we waited for him
to resurface, a couple of minke whales were seen closely too! Then we saw some splashing in the distance
and we went to investigate. More humpback whales! These were the Tremendous
Trio: Spoon, her calf and Jabiru! We’ve
been seeing these three together for a while now. Today, Jabiru breached first,
and then Spoon and her calf followed!
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| Jabiru |
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| Spoon |
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| Spoon's calf |
It was an amazing demonstration of humpback
whale behavior! After they settled down, we continued on to find two more
humpback whales. This pair was pretty mellow, not even lifting their tails!
Based on their dorsal fins, these ended up being Victim and Ravine.
This afternoon, we found a pod of about 75 Atlantic white
sided dolphins on our way out. They would all be up together and then all down
together. We got great views of them as they cruised right next to the
boat.
Next, we found Victim and Ravine
again. They were behaving the same as this morning- seemingly sleepy and not
fluking. Just as we were leaving, Victim
decided to fluke!
Moving on, we saw
splashing on the horizon. This turned out to be Patches (the brochure-whale of
Granite State Whale Watch). By the time we got close to him, he began to slap
his flippers on the water. Before we
knew it, another humpback whale, Geometry, came in and was hanging out with
Patches.
In the distance we could see more breaching. This was Spoon,
her calf and Jabiru once again! Although
we didn’t see any of them breach close by, we did get amazing close looks, especially
of Jabiru as she swam right to the boat and then dove right under us!
A harbor
seal was spotted briefly as was a minke whale. Great day!
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