Tuesday's Trip on the Prince of Whales

As the clouds rolled in and a few sprinkles fell, the whales continued to eat. The thought of how much fish is around Jeffreys Ledge still baffles me. Finback whales can eat 2-3 tons of fish per day, and we had 6 of them in the area, mostly all feeding at the surface. We also saw the hungry humpback, Tigris, surface feeding too! Humpbacks eat 1-1.5 tons of fish per day! Minke whales were scooting about as well! Jeffreys Ledge is alive and well- so wonderful to see after several years with huge herring fishing boats in the area which took away massive amounts of the herring from the whales dinner table! Fortunately for the whales, these boats are now restricted in where they can fish during the summer whale feeding season!

During our trip, our friends on the Granite State swung by to visit with Tigris as well. Tigris was feeding, but not using the typical bubble clouds that we often see on the surface before the whale comes crashing through the surface waters. This made for tricky photography as we had no idea where he would come up next!

The finbacks were just as unpredictable but we were able to get a few great looks at the pair that was feeding offshore! What an awesome afternoon!