DOLPHIN FLEET BIRDWATCHING NOTES: 7 to 18 OCTOBER, 2008 John C. Conlon The same autumn winds that accompanied gannets and scoters into our area have now brought us through the end of our 2008 field season. While both seabirds and whales are still here offshore, we are done with our boat trips. It […]
The morning of October 11was bright and clear and we began the day by heading up to the center of Stellwagen Bank to the site of the old BE Buoy, one of several buoys that marks the shipping lane into Boston. As we got closer to the area, we could see the flash of a […]
On October 4th, strong, humid winds from the southwest made whale watching a bit of a challenge; however, we were able to find a mother and calf humpback pair in the southeastern sector of the Stellwagen Bank National Sanctuary. The massive splash left behind as the calf breached led us straight to the area, and […]
DOLPHIN FLEET BIRDWATCHING NOTES: 17 SEPT. TO 7 OCT. 2008 John C. Conlon If there was any doubt in my last birding notes as to whether autumn was here, that doubt is now gone. During these past weeks wind has come regularly from the northwest to north, and from the northeast. Summer pelagic […]
While the rough seas and high winds on September 27 and 28 kept Dolphin Fleet boats in port, by September 29th we were champing at the bit to find out if the storms had brought any new animals into the area. Sure enough, it seemed as through the churning seas had altered the distribution of […]
On September 20 we revisited what has become our regular group of humpbacks. Whisk and Canopy and their calves were once again joined by Pele, a male humpback of unknown age. Humpback whales will remain with their calves for approximately one year after their births, which usually occur in the early part of the […]
FIN WHALE NOTES: 1 AUGUST – 12 SEPTEMBER, 2008 John C. Conlon September is passing quickly! Days are cooler, shorter and considerably less busy on the boats. Our fin sightings have come and gone in waves. Early August, like the later part of July, had many fin whale sightings. Many of those […]
DOLPHIN FLEET BIRDWATCHING NOTES: 1 to 16 SEPTEMBER, 2008 John C. Conlon These past two weeks have offered a lot of wind and much of it has been out of the western quarter. The number of birdwatchers has dropped as has the number of trips. The latter is a result of both […]
We have people from all over the world come to whale watch with us. Last week, the Dolphin Fleet was written up in an article in “The National”, a newspaper out of the United Arab Emirates. Several days of high winds and overall poor weather have decreased the number of trips that we have been […]
On 30 Augustwe skirted Race Point Beach, the northernmost tip of Provincetown, andcontinued to follow the shoreline until we were in view of Highland Light, situated atop the bluffs in North Truro. Along the way, we encountered a humpback whale, slowly traveling to the east. Humpback whales, weighing up to 40 tons, are not particularly […]
