Dolphin Fleet Sightings – October 04 to October 10

October 04 through October 06:

*All trips were cancelled early in the week due to strong winds and high seas.

 

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

Naturalist Reporting:  John Conlon.

• 1 Minke whale
• 1 Finback whale
• 6 Humpback whales

 

October 07, 2015:  Dolphin X:  11:30 am.

Naturalist Reporting:  Dennis Minsky.

• 15 Humpback whales

 

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

Naturalist Reporting:  John Conlon.

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

 

October 07, 2015:  Dolphin X:  3:30 pm.

Naturalist Reporting:  Dennis Minsky.

• 1 Minke whale
• 12/14 Humpback whales
• 1 Harbor seal
• 1 Harbor porpoise

 

October 07, 2015:  Individuals Identified.

*Hancock and her 2015 calf, Pitcher, Mars, Aerospace, Putter, and Jupiter.

 

October 07, 2015:  Bird Species Sighted.

*Great and Sooty Shearwaters, Northern Phalaropes, Cory’s Shearwaters, Northern Gannets, Common Eiders, Double-Crested Cormorants, Manx Shearwaters, Laughing and Herring Gulls, Greater Blackbacked Gulls, Roseatte Terns, Northern Fulmars, Black-Legged Kittiwakes,  and a Great Blue Heron.

 

October 08, 2015:  Dolphin X:  10:00 am.

Naturalist Reporting:  Dennis Minsky.

• 15/17 Humpback whales

 

October 08, 2015:  Dolphin VIII:  11:30 am.

Naturalist Reporting:  Carolyn OConnor.

• 4 Minke whales
• 1 Finback whale
• 45 Atlantic White-Sided dolphins
• 1 Humpback whale

 

October 08, 2015:  Dolphin X:  1:30 pm.

Naturalist Reporting: Dennis Minsky.

• 1 Finback whale
• 12 Humpback whales

 

October 08, 2015:  Individuals Identified.

*Hancock and her 2015 calf, Jupiter, Bounce, Coral, Rocker, Mayo, Cardhu and her 2015 calf, Aerospace, and Circus.

 

October 08, 2015:  Bird Species Sighted.

*White-Winged Scoters, Northern Fulmars, Sooty and Great Shearwaters, Herring and Laughing Gulls, Cory’s Shearwaters, Double-Crested Cormorants, Great Blackbacked Gulls, Northern Gannets, and a Common Loon.

 

October 09, 2015:  Dolphin VIII:  9:30 am.

Naturalist Reporting:  Dennis Minsky.

• 2 Minke whales
• 4 Finback whales
• 7 Humpback whales

 

October 09, 2015:  Dolphin X:  11:30 am.

Naturalist Reporting:  Emily Sgarlat.

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

 

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

Naturalist Reporting:  Dennis Minsky.

• 1 Minke whale
• 7/9 Humpback whales

 

October 09, 2015:  Individuals Identified.

*Cardhu and her 2015 calf, Reflection, Rune and her 2015 calf, and Hatchmark.

 

October 09, 2015: Bird Species Sighted.

*Manx and Cory’s Shearwaters, Great Shearwaters, Laughing and Herring Gulls, Great Blackbacked Gulls, White-Winged Scoters, Common Terns, Parasitic Jaegers, Northern Gannets, and a Great Blue Heron.

 

October 10, 2015:  Dolphin VIII:  11:30 am.

Naturalist Reporting:  Nancy Scaglione-Peck.

• 12 Humpback whales

 

October 10, 2015:  Dolphin VIII:  3:30 pm.

Naturalist Reporting:  Nancy Scaglione-Peck.

• 10 Humpback whales