June 30 Prince of Whales

Lots of big whales today! We arrived on the Ledge and found several whales all around us but spread out. We focused on a humpback whale named Hornbill, a male first seen in 1977. A minke whale was in the area as well but was a bit elusive.

Hornbill's dorsal fin

Hornbill's flukes

As we were watching Hornbill, we saw another humpback whale nearby. We approached this whale and was happy to see another familiar tail- Nile! Nile is a female born in 1987 and has had 4 calves that we know about! She was feeding, blowing bubble clouds around a school of fish, and surfacing close to us several times!

Nile off the bow!

Nile's flukes- see the Nile River on the left?

We got a call from our friends on the Atlantic Queen II about another humpback whale nearby. This whale I knew even from a mile away- our old friend Satula (also one of our Adoptable Whales!). Another minke whale was around him too but was making itself scarce.

Satula

Satula

Although Satula had stinky breath he was giving us some excellent views.

On our way home we found a fin whale that was being followed by a lone Atlantic white sided dolphin. We watched this odd couple for a little but but the clock was ticking and we needed to get back to the dock.

Thanks to all of our enthusiastic passengers and congratulations to Keri and her family for winning the Satula Adoption Package in our raffle!

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