Happy July! Summer is in full swing and the whales continue to mosey around Jeffreys Ledge. On Monday, we saw five humpback whales, including Sedge, Fan, Spoon and Chromosome, a minke whale and a pod of Atlantic white-sided dolphins.
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| Humpback whale exhaling |
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| Terns busy flying overhead dolphins in hopes of snatching a fish themselves! |
The calm seas continued in the afternoon and we checked out a minke whale and humpback whales Satula and Fan.
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| Welcome back to the area for another feeding season Satula! |
Tuesday morning the ocean was as calm as it could possibly be! There was such a variety of life to be seen. We spent time with Dross the humpback whale, saw an ocean sunfish, checked out a grey seal, watched a minke whale and wrapped up the trip with a small pod of Atlantic white-sided dolphins.
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| Humpback whale |
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| Mostly subsurface ocean sunfish |
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| Minke whale |
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| Grey seal |
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| Atlantic white-sided dolphins |
During our afternoon trip we ended up seeing seven humpback whales. While Pinball circled around we witnessed her calf seemingly having lots of energy!
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| Pinball's calf mostly high in the air while Pinball surfaces in the outskirts (entering the image on the left-hand side) |
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| So much ruckus from Pinball's calf |
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| Lobtailing |
We also saw humpback whales Badge, Clipper, Littlespot, Yurt and Owl.
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| Diving whale |
All day Wednesday there was barely a breath of wind; pristine ocean condition for marine life spotting! On both trips we saw multiple seals before spending time with humpback whales Dross and Sedge. Both were circling tightly around the area, creating bubble clouds on occasion.
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| Whale diving |
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| Sedge |
During our morning trip we also saw two ocean sunfish, a minke whale and a basking shark.
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| Ocean sunfish |
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| Basking shark dorsal fin creating its own wake at the surface |
During our afternoon trip, along with Dross and Sedge, we found a small pod of Atlantic white-sided dolphins moving through the area and a mother-calf humpback whale pair.
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| Incoming whale |
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| Dross diving |
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| Dolphin! |
The pair of humpback whales were Victim and calf! Mom was mostly resting but the calf was far from similar behaviors. We watched Victim's 2019 calf tail-breach, roll, lobtail, spy-hop and even play with seaweed while we watched the pair. What a special treat to wrap up a most beautiful day on the open ocean!
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| Victim's calf tail-breaching |
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| Mid-lobtail |
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| Victim and her 2019 calf |
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| Victim's calf playing in seaweed (above and below) |
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