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| Pilot whale mom and calf |
What a day! We had a variety of marine life in the Jeffreys Ledge area today, but the highlight for me was seeing pilot whales - a species that I haven't seen since 2008!
But before we saw the pilot whales, we were surprised to find 3 fin whales, traveling very close together. One had a huge series of prop scars on its right side, evidence of an interaction with a boat, illustrating one of the main threats to whales - ship strikes.
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| Fin whale |
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| Fin whale |
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| Fin whale |
We then moved on to see the pilot whales - there were 30-40 in this very active group. We saw several calves, and witnessed multiple spyhops (when the whale pokes its head up above the surface to look around), and even a whale swimming on its back!
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| Pilot whale |
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| Pilot whale swimming on its back! |
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| Pilot whale on its back |
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| Spyhop |
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| Mom and calf |
There were also a few humpbacks around - we got a good look at one of them, although it didn't lift its flukes up very high, so we haven't identified it yet.
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| Humpback whale tail |
It was time to head for home, and as we headed back to Rye, it was under beautiful, sunny skies. We got to see a few minke whales very close to the boat as we headed home - a perfect end to a great day on the water!
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