Tue July 31

Sunday, July 29, 2018

4 Cetacean Species Day!

Well we found them again. Finback whales, minke whales, humpback whales, and short-beaked common dolphins. The whales weren’t particularly “cooperative,” spending long times down feeding near the sea floor, but they are there to feed. We found 5 finback whales including 2 mom/calf pairs, 5 humpbacks, 2 minkes whales, and about 150 dolphins. The dolphin rode our bow wake and rode the bow wakes of some of the fin whales. Birders on board were happy to find loads of pelagic birds too.

Totals:

5 finback whale

5 humpback whales

2 minke whales

150 short-beaked common dolphins

125 Cory’s shearwaters

55 Great shearwaters

20 Sooty shearwaters

4 Manx shearwaters

7 Parasitic jaegers
1 immature Northern gannet