Naturalist Kaitlyn, crew and 245 lucky passengers were very patient and it did pay off with yesterday's trip! Along with plenty of seals, offshore birds and a Minke Whale, the highlight of Friday's trip was a humpback whale!! Normally, just seeing a humpback and it's beautiful tail coming out of the water is plenty of excitement for us whale watchers, but yesterday they had a lunge and bubble feeding one! Lunge and bubble feeding are two ways that humpback whales eat, and both ways are very exciting to see! Now, while it was very exciting to see a humpback, we did have to travel a longer way to find them. Instead of our normal 20 to 25 miles offshore, yesterday the crew had to go all the way to Grand Manan, Canada in order to see the whale. But with patience comes rewards, and as I hear it, this whale was worth the wait! I can't help but be a little bit jealous of yesterday's crew, but hopefully the whales will stop by the ballpark before completely heading down south! Keep reading.
Naturalist Linda
