Blue Ocean Society's Whale Sightings

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Tuesday, August 31, 2010

August 31 - Prince of Whales- Newburyport

Another beautiful day in spite of the weather forecaster's reports of rough seas. It couldn't have been more calm off shore today!
Lots of life on the Ledge today! Two humpbacks (Mogul and Hornbill) were cruising around, sometimes coming quite close to each other.

Mogul

Hornbill

Minke whales were also scooting by. Then a bit off shore we found several right whales and also a couple of sei whales!! Both of these species are rare for our area!

Our trip home brought even more marine life: a pod of about 50 Atlantic white sided dolphins as well as several harbor porpoises! As we were running a bit late, we didn't have time to stop on these animals but I think we all got some bonus looks in passing.

We also saw a blue shark near the whales, and a couple of harbor seals offshore! A great day of variety today!!






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