Well, today marked the start of our three trip days and we hit it off with great sightings! The 8:30 trip had many whales and birds. On the Ball Park, aka Whale Park, naturalist Zack Klyver reported 6-7 finback whales and 4 humpback whales were seen. Two of the four humpbacks were Siphon and her calf. The calf was very active, breaching 8-9 times! The calf came right up to the boat and started doing head stands and rolling around. Our research intern, Laura got some great pictures!
Birds seen included a parasitic jager, Wilson storm petrels, and northern fulmers. A great trip!
The afternoon whale watch was wonderful as well. Siphon and her calf were seen in the afternoon with calf continuing to be curious as it approached the boat many times and showed off by doing headstands. Also 2 finback whales were seen!
As the boat headed out offshore for the sunset cruise the Friendship V got great looks at 4 finback whales. We also came across and juvenile humpback that gave us a great looks at its tail! A nice way to wrap up the last trip of the day!
