Wednesday morning, we welcomed a lovely school group from Deerfield for an end-of-year field trip. Although it was a long ride out to where the whales have been hanging out, the kids did great! After passing by a minke whale inshore, we eventually found a couple of humpback whales. The first was Sedge, a whale who lost his dorsal fin a few years ago, but is doing just fine! Sedge is a regular visitor of Jeffreys Ledge, and this was our first sighting of him this season!
Next, we saw Pinball again! She has been seen sporadically
in the area for the past week or so. It’s always nice to see a familiar tail
out there!
Another minke whale was spotted nearby, and we passed a
solitary harbor porpoise on our way home.
Wednesday afternoon, we headed back to where had seen whales
on the morning trip. We got a quick look at a fin whale on our way there, and
after spending a little time in the area, we spotted several blows. The first
was Pinball again!
The next couple of whales were fin whales, one of which passed right by our stern! Amazing looks at this huge animal!
We wrapped up the day by watching a pair of fin whales right next to the boat! One of the two was later identified as #0402, a fin whale first documented in the Jeffreys Ledge area 22 years ago!
The site fidelity of some of these whales is incredibly impressive. Just like we have our favorite restaurants, some whales have their favorite places to feed, and we are lucky that so many of them choose Jeffreys Ledge!
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