Dolphin Fleet Sightings – May 17 to May 23

May 17, 2015:  Dolphin VIII:  10:00 am.

Naturalist Reporting:  Mark Gilmore.

 

*2 Humpback whales

 

May 17, 2015:  Dolphin VIII:  1:30 pm.

Naturalist Reporting:  Mark Gilmore.

 

*No reported sightings.

 

May 18, 2015:  Dolphin VIII: 10:00 am.

Naturalist Reporting:  Carolyn OConnor.

 

*1 Finback whale

*14 Humpback whales

 

May 18, 2015:  Dolphin VIII:  1:30 pm.

Naturalist Reporting:  Carolyn OConnor.

 

*12 Humpback whales

*3 Basking sharks

 

May 18, 2015:  Individuals Identified.

*Alligator, Owl and her 2015 calf, Thumper, Milkweed, and Aswan.

 

May 19, 2015:  Dolphin VIII:  1:30 pm.

Naturalist Reporting:  Carolyn OConnor.

 

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

 

May 20, 2015:  Dolphin IX:  10:00 am.

Naturalist Reporting:  Carolyn OConnor.

 

*9 Humpback whales

 

May 20, 2015:  Dolphin VIII:  12:30 pm.

Naturalist Reporting:  John Conlon.

 

*4 Finback whales

*8Humpback whales

 

May 20, 2015:  Dolphin IX:  1:30 pm.

Naturalist Reporting:  Carolyn OConnor.

 

*6 Finback whales

*19 Humpback whales

*20 Common dolphins

 

May 20, 2015:  Dolphin VIII:  4:30 pm.

Naturalist Reporting:  John Conlon.

 

*2 Humpback whales

 

May 20, 2015:  Individuals Identified.

*Rapier and her 2015 calf and the finwhale known as Belt.

 

May 21, 2015:  Dolphin VIII: 10:00 am.

Naturalist Reporting:  Dennis Minsky.

 

*2 Minke whales

*2 Finback whales

*18/24 Humpback whales

 

May 21, 2015:  Dolphin IX:  12:30 pm.

Naturalist Reporting:  Carolyn OConnor.

 

*1 Minke whale

*4 Finback whales

*21 Humpback whales

 

May 21, 2015:  Dolphin VIII: 1:30 pm.

Naturalist Reporting:  Dennis Minsky.

 

*1 Finback whale

*18/23 Humpback whales

 

May 21, 2015:  Individuals Identified.

*Egret, Alligator, Everest, and Zebra and her 2015 calf.

 

May 21, 2015:  Bird Species Sighted.

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

 

May 22, 2015:  Dolphin IX:  10:00 am.

Naturalist Reporting:  Dennis Minsky.

 

*2 Minke whales

*1/3 Finback whales

*20/34 Humpback whales

 

May 22, 2015: Dolphin VIII: 12:30 pm.

Naturalist Reporting:  Carolyn OConnor.

 

*1 Finback whale

*24 Humpback whales

 

May 22, 2015:  Dolphin IX:  1:30 pm.

Naturalist Reporting:  Dennis Minsky.

 

*5/7 Finback whales

*19/35 Humpback whales

 

May 22, 2015:  Individuals Identified.

*Nile, Ventisca, Tear, 747, Tongs, Canopy, Alligator, Measles and her 2015 calf, Zebra and her 2015 calf, Evolution, and Storm.

 

May 22, 2015:  Bird Species Sighted.

*Manx Shearwaters, Cory’s Shearwaters, Common Terns, Herring Gulls, Northern Gannets, Common Eiders, and Greater Blackbacked Gulls.

 

May 23, 2015:  Dolphin VIII: 10:00 am.

Naturalist Reporting:  Dennis Minsky.

 

*4 Humpback whales

 

May 23, 2015:  Dolphin IX: 12:30 pm.

Naturalist Reporting:  Therese Provenzano.

 

*1 Finback whale

*14 Humpback whales

*2 Harbor porpoise

 

May 23, 2015:  Dolphin VIII:  1:30 pm.

Naturalist Reporting:  Dennis Minsky.

 

*1 Finback whale

*20/22 Humpback whales

 

May 23, 2015:  Dolphin IX:  4:30 pm.

Naturalist Reporting:  Therese Provenzano.

 

*16/21 Humpback whales

 

May 23, 2015:  Individuals Identified.

*Owl and her 2015 calf, Putter, and Glostick.

 

May 23, 2015:  Bird Species Sighted.

*Double-Crested Cormorants, Common Eiders, Common Terns, Herring Gulls, Boneparte’s Gulls, Sooty Shearwaters, Northern Gannets, and Ring-Billed Gulls.