July 28th
Even though the waters offshore were covered in a dense patch of fog, the whale watch crew decided to take the chance and venture out beyond the coast of Mount Desert Island to find whales. The weather has been a bit uncooperative with persistent fog and rain. But when determined and patient the whale watch can be successful in finding whales.
The morning trip was able to find a finback whale. But it was taking long dives most likely spending its time feeding in deeper water. Many species of pelagic bird species were seen such as shearwaters, razorbills, gannets, terns, and petrels.
On the 1:00 trip the whale watch ventured further offshore. Though the search was long it was worth it as the whale watch ended up finding 1 minke whale and 4 humpbacks. The four humpback whales included Siphon and her calf, a male humpback named Flyer and Canine, which was Siphon's 2004 calf. Siphon and her calf swam up to the boat, swimming around and across the bow! Also many seals and harbor porpoise were seen on the trip!
The whale watch decided to take another try and sailed off on their 4:30 whale watch. Being lucky once again they found 5 humpback whales on this trip. The humpback whale seen were Siphon and calf, Flyer, and on this trip Arrowhead was seen! The fifth whale was unknown as we were unable to get a look at the distinctive markings on the fluke or tail. But Siphon's calf put another great show for passengers as it performed some head stands and flipper slapping!
So despite the thick fog today's whale watch trips were a great success!
