Dolphin Fleet Sightings – May 28, 2016 to June 03, 2016

May 28, 2016:  DOLPHIN VIII:  10:00 am.

Naturalist Reporting:  Nancy Scaglione-Peck.

• 4/5 Minke whales
• 1 Finback whale
• 1 Humpback whale
• 1 Gray seal

 

May 28, 2016:  DOLPHIN X:  12:30 pm.

Naturalist Reporting:  Mike Bertoldi.

• 3/4 Minke whales
• 1 Finback whale
• 1 Humpback whale

 

May 28, 2016:  DOLPHIN VIII:  1:30 pm.

Naturalist Reporting:  Nancy Scaglione-Peck.

• 3/4 Minke whales
• 1 Humpback whale

 

May 28, 2016:  DOLPHIN X:  4:30 pm.

Naturalist Reporting:  Mike Bertoldi

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

 

May 28, 2016:  Individuals Identified.

• The finwhale called Braid.

 

May 28, 2016:  Bird Species Sighted.

• Common Eiders, Northern Gannets, Common Terns, Laughing and Herring Gulls, Sooty Shearwaters, Greater Black-backed Gulls, Double-crested Cormorants, and an unsecified Jaeger.

 

May 29, 2016:  DOLPHIN X:  10:00 am.

Naturalist Reporting:  Carolyn OConnor.

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

 

May 29, 2016:  DOLPHIN VIII:  12:30 pm.

Naturalist Reporting:  Dennis Minsky.

• 1 Humpback whale
• 1 Gray seal

 

May 29, 2016:  DOLPHIN X:  1:30 pm.

Naturalist Reporting:  Carolyn OConnor.

• 5 Minke whales
• 1 Humpback whale

 

May 29, 2016:  DOLPHIN VIII:  4:30 (?) pm.

Naturalist Reporting:  Therese Provenzano.

• 1 Minke whale
• 9/12 Gray seals

 

May 29, 2016:  Individuals Identified.

• The finwhale called Braid.

 

May 29, 2016:  Bird Species Sighted.

• White-winged Scoters, Herring Gulls, Greater Black-backed Gulls, Laughing and Bonaparte’s Gulls, Northern Gannets, Sooty and Great Shearwaters, Wilson’s Storm Petrels, Common Terns, Manx Shearwaters, and Unspecified Loons.

 

May 30, 2016: DOLPHIN VIII:  10:00 am.

Naturalist Reporting:  Mike Bertoldi.

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

 

May 30, 2016:  DOLPHIN VIII:  1:30 pm.

Naturalist Reporting:  Mike Bertoldi.

• 1 Unidentified mysticete
• 1 Mola mola
• 1 Harbor seal

 

May 30, 2016:  Bird Species Sighted.

• Herring and Laughing Gulls, Sooty and Great Shearwaters, Cory’s Shearwaters, Wilson’s Storm Petrels, Boneparte’s Gulls, Common Terns, a Parasitic Jaeger, and an Iceland Gull.

 

May 31, 2016:  DOLPHIN X: 10:00 am.

Naturalist Reporting:  John Conlon.

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

 

May 31, 2016:  DOLPHIN X:  1:30 pm.

Naturalist Reporting:  John Conlon.

• 4 Finback whales
• 1 Humpback whale

 

May 31, 2016:  Individuals Identified.

• The finwhales, Braid and Skeg.

 

 

May 31, 2016:  Bird Species Sighted.

• Iceland Gulls, Sooty and Great Shearwaters, Cory’s and Manx Shearwaters, Parasitic Jaegers, Wilson’s Storm Petrels, and a Leach’s Storm Petrel.

 

June 01, 2016:  DOLPHIN X:  8:00 am.

Naturalist Reporting:  John Conlon.

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

 

June 01, 2016:  DOLPHIN VIII:  9:30 am.

Naturalist Reporting:  Dennis Minsky.

• Both Humpback whales and Finback whales were seen on this trip, but no report was made about their numbers.

 

June 01, 2016:  DOLPHIN X:  12:30 pm.

Naturalist Reporting:  John Conlon.

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

 

June 01, 2016:  DOLPHIN VIII:  1:30 pm.

Naturalist Reporting:  Dennis Minsky.

• 4/5 Minke whales
• 3 Finback whales
• 2 Humpback whales

 

June 01, 2016:  Individuals Identified.

• YooHoo, and the finwhale called Braid.

 

June 01, 2016:  Bird Species Sighted.

• Sooty Shearwaters, Wilson’s Storm Petrels, Common Loons, Razorbills, Double-crested Cormorants, Herring and Laughing Gulls, Greater Black-backed Gulls, Common Terns, Common Eiders, Northern Gannets, and a Manx Shearwater.

 

June 02, 2016:  DOLPHIN VIII:  9:30 am.

Naturalist Reporting:  Liz Bradfield.

• 1 Minke whale
• 2 Finback whales
• 3 Humpback whales
• 3 Gray seals

 

June 02, 2016:  DOLPHIN X:  12:30 pm.

Naturalist Reporting:  Dennis Minsky.

• 1/3 Minke whales
• 3/5 Finback whales
• 4/5 Humpback whales

 

June 02, 2016:  DOLPHIN VIII:  1:30 pm.

Naturalist Reporting:  Liz Bradfield.

• 4 Minke whales
• 3 Finback whales
• 3 Humpback whales
• 2 Gray seals

 

June 02, 2016:  Individuals Identified.

• Pregunta and the 2012 calf of Clamps (unnamed).

 

June 02, 2016:  Bird Species Identified.

• Sooty Shearwaters, Herring and Laughing Gulls, Greater Black-backed Gulls, Northern Gannets, Great Shearwaters, Double-crested Cormorants, and Common Eiders.

 

June 03, 2016:  DOLPHIN X:  9:00 am.

Naturalist Reporting:  Dennis Minsky.

• 10/12 Minke whales
• 3/4 Finback whales
• 1 Humpback whale
• 1 Mola mola
• 1 Gray seal

 

June 03, 2016:  DOLPHIN VIII:  10:00 am.

Naturalist Reporting:  Liz Bradfield.

• 6 Minke whales
• 5 Finback whales
• 2 Humpback whales
• 3 Harbor porpoise

 

June 03, 2016:  DOLPHIN X:  12:30 pm.

Naturalist Reporting:  Dennis Minsky.

• 4 Minke whales
• 4/5 Finback whales
• 3/4 Humpback whales
• 1 Gray seal

 

June 03, 2016:  DOLPHIN VIII:  1:30 pm.

Naturalist Reporting:  Liz Bradfield.

• 7 Minke whales
• 3 Finback whales
• 3 Humpback whales

 

June 03, 2016:  Individuals Identified.

• The 2012 calf of Clamps.

 

June 03, 2016:  Bird Species Sighted.

• Unspecified Phalaropes, Sooty and Great Shearwaters, Parasitic Jaegers, Manx Shearwaters, Northern Gannets, Wilson’s Storm Petrels, Herring and Laughing Gulls, Common Eiders, Double-crested Cormorants, Greater Black-backed Gulls, and 2 Iceland Gulls,