Dolphin Fleet Sightings – May 03 to May

May 03, 2015:  Dolphin VIII:  10:00 am.

Naturalist Reporting:  Mark Gilmore.

 

*8 Humpback whales

 

May 03, 2015:  Dolphin VIII:  1:30 pm.

Naturalist Reporting:  Mark Gilmore.

 

*While whales were sighted on this trip, no report was made as to their species or numbers.

 

 

May 03, 2015:  Individuals Identified.

*Zebra and her 2015 calf, and Samara.

 

May 04, 2015:  Dolphin VIII:  10:00 am.

Naturalist Reporting:  Carole Carlson.

 

*1 Minke whale

*6/7 Finback whales

*5 Humpback whales

 

May 04, 2015:  Dolphin VIII:  1:30 pm.

Naturalist Reporting:  Carole Carlson.

 

*6 Finback whales

*5/7 Humpback whales

 

May 04, 2015:  Individuals Identified.

*Zebra and her 2015 calf.

 

May 04, 2015:  Bird Species Sighted.

*Common Eiders, Double-Crested Cormorants, Laughing Gulls, Northern Gannets, Common Loons, and Boneparte’s Gulls,

 

May 05, 2015:  Dolphin VIII:  10:00 am.

Naturalist Reporting: Carole Carlson.

 

*1 Minke whale

*60/115 Atlantic White-Sided dolphins

*13/16 Humpback whales

*1 Harbor porpoise

*1 Harbor seal

 

May 05, 2015:  Dolphin VIII:  1:30 pm.

Naturalist Reporting:  Carole Carlson.

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

 

May 05, 2015:  Bird Species Sighted.

*Double-Crested Cormorants, Common Eiders, Common Terns, Boneparte’s Gulls. Common Loons, Northern Gannets, and Iceland Gulls.

 

May 06, 2015:  Dolphin VIII:  10:00 am.

Naturalist Reporting:  John Conlon.

 

*2 Minke whales

*1 Finback whale

*15/20 Atlantic White-Sided dolphins

*6 Humpback whales

 

May 06, 2015:  Dolphin VIII:  1:30 pm.

Naturalist Reporting:  John Conlon.

 

*1 Minke whale

*2 Finback whales

*5 Humpback whales

 

May 06, 2015:  Individuals Identified.

*The finwhale called Skeg.

 

May 06, 2015:  Bird Species Sighted.

*Boneparte’s Gulls, Northern Gannets, Iceland Gulls, and Common Loons.

 

May 07, 2015:  Dolphin VIII:  10:00 am.

Naturalist Reporting:  Dennis Minsky.

 

*6 Minke whales

*5 Finback whales

*3 Humpback whales

*1 Gray seal

*1 Harbor seal

 

May 07, 2015:  Dolphin VIII:  1:30 pm.

Naturalist Reporting:  Dennis Minsky.

 

*2 Minke whales

*3 Finback whales

*4 Humpback whales

 

May 07, 2015:  Bird Species Sighted.

*Greater Blackbacked Gulls, Northern Gannets. Common Eiders, Common Terns, Laughing Gulls, Herring Gulls, and Doubole-Crested Cormorants.

 

May 08, 2015:  Dolphin VIII:  10:00 am.

Naturalist Reporting:  Carole Carlson.

 

*5/9 Finback whales

*2 Humpback whales

 

May 08, 2015:  Dolphin VIII:  1:30 pm.

Naturalist Reporting:  Carole Carlson.

 

*6/10 Finback  whales

*6/7 Humpback whales

 

May 08, 2015:  Bird Species Sighted.

*Common Terns, Common Eiders, Northern Gannets, Boneparte’s Gulls, and Herring Gulls.

 

May 09, 2015:  Dolphin VIII: 10:00 am.

Naturalist Reporting:  John Conlon.

 

*4 Minke whales

*7 Finback whales

*5 Humpback whales

 

May 09, 2015:  Dolphin VIII:  1:30 pm.

Naturalist Reporting:  John Conlon.

 

*7 Finback whales

*11 Humpback whales

 

May 09, 2015:  Individuals Identified.

*The finwhale called Thorn.

 

May 09, 2015:  Bird Species Sighted.

*Sooty Shearwaters, Iceland Gulls, Sabine’s Gulls, and Boneparte’s Gulls.

 

 

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