So after a few days of not much luck we finally had some of the most fun whales yesterday Monday September 21st! Pilot Whales! We knew it was going to be a great trip because we found a Minke whale at Egg Rock (just 20 minutes into our whale watching trip!) We had great looks at Harbor Porpoise, Gray and Harbor Seals at Mount Desert Rock, plenty of Phaloropes and Puffins, and them we found the happiest little whales on Earth, the Pilot Whales!
We came across a pod of about 50 pilot whales, including very large males, plenty of females and even a very cute calf who loved showing off for the boat. If anyone ever wondered whether or not whales liked boats, this trip proved that they do! The baby was breaching close to the boat, spyhopping, tail lobbing and blowing bubbles underwater! Even the adults were having fun!
The adults were also blowing bubbles, rolling around on their backs and slapping their flippers on the surface of the water! You could even hear the clicks that these whales made! That almost never happens! It was quite an amazing trip and our naturalist Lauren (also one of our Research Assistants (RA)) did a great job narrating the trip. And our RA of the day Laura also took amazing pictures. For more of her photos of the day, please visit our flickr site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bhwhales
So there is still plenty to see out there in the ocean and we hope you can join us on one of our amazing trips!
Bye for now,
Naturalist Linda
