Blue Ocean Society's Whale Sightings

Greetings! Thanks for visiting our blog. Our staff and interns will be posting their experiences here working on whale watch boats in NH and MA.

Sunday, August 3, 2008

Fantastic fin whales

We had lots of fin whales around again today, about 5 in total seen from the Atlantic Queen. There were also a couple minke whales charging around! We were also lucky enough to avoid a storm coming by that seemed to have drenched everyone except us! We did get a few raindrops, but things cleared up quickly and we got some great looks at the second-largest species on Earth! Photos from today's trip and yesterday's trip with the pilot whales:

Top: Chevron of fin whale from Sunday's trip, bottom: dorsal fin of Sunday's (not-yet-identified!) fin whale

Above, left: Pair of pilot whales. Above, right: A pilot whale surfaces, showing its eye and mouth!


Above: two spy-hopping pilot whales and one swimming!
Below: Fin whale (not yet identified) from Saturday's trip

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