Dolphin Fleet Sightings – July 12 to July 18

July 12, 2015:  Dolphin VIII:  9:00 am.

Naturalist Reporting:  Mark Gilmore.

• 16/18 Finback whales
• 9 Humpback whales

 

July 12, 2015:  Dolphin IX: 10:30 am.

Naturalist Reporting:   Therese Provenzano.

• 5 Minke whales
• 5 Finback whales
• 27/38 Humpback whales

 

July 12, 2015:  Dolphin VIII:  1:00 pm.

Naturalist Reporting:  Mark Gilmore.

• 4/5  Minke whales
• 2 Finback whales
• 20/24 Humpback whales

 

July 12, 2015:  Dolphin IX:  2:30 pm.

Naturalist Reporting:  Therese Prozenzano.

• 27/29 Humpback whales

 

July 12, 2015:  Individuals Identified.

*Coral, Glo, Glowstick, Draco, Semi-colon, Salt, Echo, Stub, Level, Pitcher, and Nile.

 

July 12, 2015:  Bird Species Sighted.

*Sooty and Great Shearwaters, Cory’s Shearwaters, Wilson’s Storm Petrels, Manx Shearwaters, and Northern Gannets.

 

July 13, 2015:  Dolphin X:  9:30 am.

Naturalist Reporting:  Carolyn OConnor.

• 4 Finback whales
• 9 Humpback whales

 

July 13, 2015:  Dolphin VII:  10:00 am.

Naturalist Reporting:  Mark Gilmore.

• Though whales were seen on this trip, no report as to the numbers or species of them was made.

 

July 13, 2015:  Dolphin VIII:  10:30 am.

Naturalist Reporting:  Therese Provenzano.

• 1 Minke whale
• 4 Finback whales
• 18/28 Humpback whales

 

July 13, 2015:  Dolphin IX:  1:00 pm.

Naturalist Reporting:  Ellie Moody.

• 6 Minke whales
• 2 Finback whales
• 12 Humpback whales

 

July 13, 2015:  Dolphin X:  1:30 pm.

Naturalist Reporting:  Carolyn OConnor.

• 2 Minke whales
• 4 Finback whales
• 13 Humpback whales

 

July 13, 2015:  Dolphin VII:  2:00 pm.

Naturalist Reporting:  Mark Gilmore.

• 1 Minke whale
• 3 Finback whales
• 7/8 Humpback whales

 

July 13, 2015:  Dolphin IX:  5:00 pm.

Naturalist Reporting:  Ellie Moody.

• 3 Minke whales
• 2 Finback whales
• 26 Humpback whales

 

July 13, 2015:  Individuals Identified.

*Reaper, Dyad and her 2015 calf, Tornado, Ventisca, Echo, Glostick, Glo, Apex, Nile, Sirius, Northstar, Spoon and ehr 2015 calf, and Draco.

 

July 13, 2015:  Bird Species Sighted.

*Sooty Shearwaters, Cory’s Shearwaters, and unspecified Storm Petrels.

 

July 14, 2015:  Dolphin VIII: 9:30 am.

Naturalist Reporting:  Therese Provenzano.

• 2 Minke whales
• 1 Finback whale
• 10 Humpback whales

 

July 14, 2015:  Dolphin VII:  10:00 am.

Naturalist Reporting:  Nancy Scaglione-Peck.

• 27/30 Humpback whales

 

July 14, 2015:  Dolphin IX:  10:30 am.

Naturalist Reporting:  Ellie Moody.

• Though whales were sighted on this trip, no report of their species or number was made.

 

July 14, 2015:  Dolphin VIII:  1:30 pm.

Naturalist Reporting:  Therese Provenzano.

• 40/50 Humpback whales

 

July 14, 2015:  Dolphin VII:  2:00 pm.

Naturalist Reporting:  Nancy Scaglione-Peck.

• 1 Finback whale
• 38/43 Humpback whales

 

July 14, 2015:  Dolphin IX:  2:30 pm.

Naturalist Reporting:  Ellie Moody.

• Though whales were seen on this trip, no report was made as to their numbers or species.

 

July 14, 2015:  Individuals Identified.

*Coral, Fulcrum and her 2015 calf, Venitisca, Pleats, Leapfrog, Putter, Echo, Draco, Lavalier, Cygnus, Tongs, Tear, Exclaim, Venom, Calderas, and Aswan.

 

July 15, 2015:  Dolphin IX:  9:30 am.

Naturalist Reporting:  Carolyn OConnor.

• 5 Minke whales
• 15 Humpback whales

 

July 15, 2015:  Dolphin VII:  10:00 am.

Naturalist Reporting:  Mark Gilmore.

• 2 Minke whales
• 8 Humpback whales
• 1 Harbor porpoise

 

July 15, 2015:  Dolphin X:  10:30 am.

Naturalist Reporting:  Dennis Minsky.

• 1 Minke whale
• 10 Humpback whales
• 1 Harbor seal

 

July 15, 2015:  Dolphin IX:  1:30 pm.

Naturalist Reporting:  Carolyn OConnor.

• 1 Minke whale
• 10 Humpback whales

 

July 15, 2015:  Dolphin VII:  2:00 pm.

Naturalist Reporting:  Mark Gilmore.

• 1 Minke whales
• 3 Finback whales
• 19 Humpback whales
• 1 Gray seal
• 1 Harbor seal

 

July 15, 2015:  Dolphin X:  2:30 pm.

Naturalist Reporting:  Dennis Minsky.

• 12 Humpback whales
• 1 Gray seal

 

July 15, 2015:  Individuals Identified.

*Nile, Calderas, Mars, Glo, Habenero and her 2015 calf, Exclaim, Venom, Scylla, Rapier, Coral, Fulcrum and her 2015 calf, Fern, Putter, Eruption, and Ventisca.

 

July 15, 2015:  Bird Species Sighted.

*Pomerine and Parasitic Jaegers, Common Terns, Laughing and Herring Gulls, Greater Blackbacked Gulls, Cory’s Shearwaters, Great and Sooty Shearwaters, and Wilson’s Storm Petrels.

 

July 16, 2015:  Dolphin IX:  1:00 pm.

Naturalist Reporting:  John Conlon.

• 1 Finback whale
• 13 Humpback whales

 

July 16, 2015:  Dolphin IX:  5:00 pm.

Naturalist Reporting:  John Conlon.

• 14 Humpback whales

 

July 16, 2015:  Individuals Identified.

*Salt, Mars, Tear, Draco, and the Finwhale named Thorn.

 

July 16, 2015:  Bird Species Sighted.

*Northern Gannets and Cory’s Shearwaters.

 

July 17, 2015:  Dolphin VII:  10:00 am.

Naturalist Reporting:  Dennis Minsky.

• 3/4 Minke whales
• 1 Finback whale
• 11 Humpback whales
• 1 Basking shark

 

July 17, 2015:  Dolphin X:  10:30 am.

Naturalist Reporting:  Ellie Moody.

• 16 Humpback  whales
• 4 Gray seals

 

July 17, 2015:  Dolphin IX:  1:00 pm.

Naturalist Reporting:  Carolyn OConnor.

• 2 Finback whales
• 17 Humpback whales

 

July 17, 2015:  Dolphin VII:  2:00 pm.

Naturalist Reporting:  Dennis Minsky.

• 4/5 Minke whales
• 6 Finback  whales
• 10 Humpback whales

 

July 17, 2015:  Dolphin X:  2:30 pm.

Naturalist Reporting:  Ellie Moody.

• 22 Humpback whales

 

July 17, 2015:  Dolphin IX:  5:00(?) pm.

Naturalist Reporting:  Carolyn OConnor.

• Though whales were seen on this trip, no report was made concerning their number or species.

 

July 17, 2015:  Individuals Identified.

*Tongs, Dyad and her 2015 calf, Giraffe, Aerospace, Stub, Thumper, Venom, Splice, Dracula, and Bandit.

 

July 17, 2015:  Bird Species Sighted.

*Great and Sooty Shearwaters, Cory’s Shearwaters, Herring and Laughing Gulls, Wilson’s Storm Petrels, Greater Blackbacked Gulls, Double-Crested Cormorants, and Common Eiders.

 

July 18, 2015:  Dolphin IX:  9:00 am.

Naturalist Reporting:  Mike Bertoldi.

• 4 Minke whales
• 1 Finback whale
• 5 Humpback whales

 

July 8, 2015:  Dolphin IX:  1:00 pm.

Naturalist Reporting:  Mike Bertoldi.

• 7 Minke whales
• 6 Finback whales
• 14 Humpback whales

 

July 18, 2015:  Individuals Identified.

*Reaper, Tectonic, Thalassa, Tear, Touche, and Aerospace.

 

July 18, 2015:  Bird Species Sighted.

*Double-Crested Cormorants, Common Eiders, Herring and Laughing Gulls, Wilson’s Storm Petrels, Great and Sooty Shearwaters, Cory’s Shearwaters, and Manx Shearwaters.