Dolphin Fleet Sightings – May 03 to May 08

*1/2 minke whales
*5 finback whales
*1 north atlantic right whale
*10/12 harbor porpoise
*11/12 harbor seals

May 03, 2014; DOLPHIN IX; 1:30 pm.
Naturalist Reporting: Nancy Scaglione-Peck.

*16/18 finback whales
*500/750 atlantic white-sided dolphins
*2/3 humpback whales

May 04, 2014; DOLPHIN IX; 9:30 am.
Naturalist Reporting: Mark Gilmore.

*2/3 minke whales
*8 finback whales
*5 humpback whales
* and an unspecified number of gray seals

May 04, 2014; DOLPHIN IX; 1:30 pm.
Naturalist Reporting: Mark Gilmore.

*Whales were seen this afternoon but no report was made as to the species or the numbers.

May 04, 2014: Individuals Identified.
*Humpback whales named Springboard, Aswan, Jabiru, and Osprey.

May 05, 2014; DOLPHIN IX; 1:30 pm.
Naturalist Reporting: Mike Bertoldi.

*1 minke whale
*9/11 finback whales
*200/400 atlantic white-sided dolphins
*4/5 humpback whales

May 05,2014: Individuals Identified.
*Humpback whales named Jabiru and Aswan.

May 05, 2014: Bird Species Sighted.
*Double-crested Cormorants, Laughing and Herring Gulls, and Common Loons.

May 06, 2014; DOLPHIN IX; 9:30 am.
Naturalist Reporting: Dennis Minsky.

*1 minke whale
*3/5 finback whales
*100/202 atlantic white-sided dolphins
*6 humpback whales
*6 harbor seals
*1 gray seal

May 06, 2014; DOLPHIN IX; 1:30 pm.
Naturalist Reporting: Dennis Minsky.

*1 minke whale
*6/8 finback whales
*800/1000 atlantic white-sided dolphins
*2/3 humpback whales
*1 harbor porpoise
*5 harbor seals
*1/2 gray seals

May 06, 2014: Individuals Identified.
*Humpback whales named Springboard, Jabiru, and Tongs and her 2014 calf.

May 06, 2014: Bird Species Sighted.
*large numbers of unspecified gulls and small numbers of unspecified terns.

May 07, 2014; DOLPHIN IX; 1:30 pm.
Naturalist Reporting: Leah Crowe.

*2/3 minke whales
*8/14 finback whales
*an unspecified number of atlantic white-sided dolphins
*8 humpback whales
*15/20 common dolphins
*5 harbor porpoise
*3 gray seals

May 07, 2014: Individuals Identified.
*Glostick and her 2014 calf, Amulet, Jabiru, Osprey, Springboard, and Tongs with her 2014 calf.

May 08, 2014; DOLPHIN IX; 9:30 am.
Naturalist Reporting: Mike Bertoldi.

*1 minke whale
*7/9 finback whales
*200/400 atlantic white-sided dolphins
*4/5 humpback whales
*2/5 harbor porpoises
*8/9 harbor and gray seals

May 08, 2014; DOLPHIN IX; 1:30 pm.
Naturalist Reporting: Mike Bertoldi.

*3 finback whales
*2 humpback whales
*4 harbor seals
*1 gray seal
*1 unidentified pinniped (seal)

May 08, 2014: Individuals Identified.
*Osprey and Milkweed with her 2014 calf.

May 08, 2014: Bird Species Sighted.
*Double-crested Cormorants, Laughing and Herring Gulls, Common Loons, Parasitic Jaegers, Northern Gannets, and Common Terns.