We had a great day on the water this afternoon! The fog finally moved offshore and the seas were decent enough to head to the Ballpark!
On our 1:00 we ventured out to the Ballpark because we received a call from a tuna fishermen named "Cookie" who had seen a few whales out there. As we approached the Ballpark and spotted the tuna boat, we started to spot blows everywhere! The whales were a bit spread out but there were at least 5-6 humpback whales all around us! Two of the humpbacks were identified as Egret and Canine. These two whales share the same mother, a whale named Siphon. Egret was born in 2007 and Canine in 2004.
Many harbor porpoise and seals were seen as well. The pelagic seabirds were also plentiful which included puffins, shearwaters, petrels, and gannets.
Our sunset whale watch was great as well! We first spotted whales breaching in the distance and as the boat approached we soon discovered 3 humpback whales-Canine, Egret, and Sonogram hanging out together! Traveling along with them was a pod of 20-30 Atlantic white-sided dolphins! This was the first trip of the season with dolphins. At one point, two of the humpback whales surfaced right next to the boat! We got incredible looks!
We then spotted another humpback whale flipper slapping in the distance. This active humpback was Flyer. At one point he was on his back lifting both flippers out of the water! He did this numerous times right next to the boat!
Harbor porpoise were everywhere! A large group of northern gannets were circling around the dolphins and humpbacks. We also saw 2 puffins, 3-4 northern fulmars, dozens of shearwaters, and a large feeding group of Wilson storm petrels! And we had a beautiful sunset to enjoy! A great day!
