Dolphin Fleet Sightings – October 11 to October 17

October 11, 2015:  Dolphin VIII:  10:00 am.

Naturalist Reporting:  Dennis Minsky.

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

 

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

Naturalist Reporting:  John Conlon.

• 1 Minke whale
• 1 Finback whale
• 5 Humpback whales
• 1 Ocean sunfish

 

October 11, 2015:  Dolphin VIII:  1:30 pm.

Naturalist Reporting:  Dennis Minsky.

• 3/4 Minke whales
• 1 Finback whale
• 14/16 Humpback whales

 

October 11, 2015:  Individuals Identified.

*Azrael, Rocker, Reaper, and Banyan.

 

October 11, 2015:  Bird Species Sighted.

*Great and Cory’s Shearwaters, Northern Gannets, Common Eiders, Herring and Great Blackbacked Gulls, Common Terns, White-Winged Scoters, Unspecified Jaegers, and Northern Fulmars.

 

October 12, 2015:  Dolphin X:  10:00 am.

Naturalist Reporting:  Liz Bradfield.

• 5 Minke whales
• 6 Finback whales
• 8 Humpback whales

 

October 12, 2015:  Dolphin VIII:  11:30 am.

Naturalist Reporting:  Carolyn OConnor.

• 1 Minke whale
• 4 Finback whales
• 8 Humpback whales
• 1 Ocean sunfish

 

October 12, 2015:  Dolphin X:  1:30 pm.

Naturalist Reporting:  Liz Bradfield.

• 2 Finback whales
• 30 Humpback whales

 

October 12, 2015:  Individuals Identified.

*Reaper, Piano, Manhattan and her 2015 calf, Samovar, Leukos and her 2015 calf, Aerospace, Abrasion and her 2015 calf, Circus, Scratch and her 2015 calf, Peninsula, and Cardhu and her 2015 calf.

 

October 12, 2015:  Bird Species Sighted.

*Northern Gannets, Cory’s and Great Shearwaters, Common Terns, and Unspecified Gulls.

 

October 13, 2015: Dolphin VIII:  10:00 am.

Naturalist Reporting:  Emily Sgarlat.

• 7 Minke whales
• 4 Humpback whales

 

October 13, 2015:  Dolphin VIII:  1:30 pm.

Naturalist Reporting:  Emily Sgarlat.

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

 

October 13, 2015:  Individuals Identified.

*Reaper and Scratch and her 2015 calf.

 

October 13, 2015:  Bird Species Sighted.

*Great Shearwaters and Northern Gannets.

 

October 14, 2015:  Dolphin VIII:  10:00 am.

Naturalist Reporting:  John Conlon.

• 12+ Humpback whales

 

October 14, 2015:  Dolphin VIII:  1:30 pm.

Naturalist Reporting:  John Conlon.

• Several Finback whales
• 25+ Humpback whales

 

October 14, 2015:  Individuals Identified.

*The Finback called Braid.

 

October 14, 2015:  Bird Species Sighted.

*Black-Legged Kittiwakes, Parasitic and Pomerine Jaegers, Great and Sooty Shearwaters, Cory’s and Manx Shearwaters, and a Black-Headed Gull.

 

October 15, 2015:  Dolphin VIII:  10:00 am.

Naturalist Reporting:  Dennis Minsky.

• 2 Minke whales
• 7 Humpback whales

 

October 15, 2015:  Dolphin VIII:  1:30 pm.

Naturalist Reporting:  Dennis Minsky.

• 1 Minke whale
• 9/10 Humpback whales

 

October 15, 2o15:  Individuals Identified.

*Whirlygig and her 2015 calf, and Piano.

 

October 15, 2015:  Bird Species Sighted.

*Northern Fulmars, Parasitic Jaegers, Great and Cory’s Shearwaters, Manx Shearwaters, Northern Gannets, Common Eiders, Double-Crested Cormorants, Herring and Laughing Gulls, Greater Blackbacked Gulls, and an Unspecified Warbler.

 

October 16, 2015:  Dolphin VIII:  10:00 am.

Naturalist Reporting:  Dennis Minsky.

• 7/8 Humpback whales

 

Octobers 16, 2015:  Dolphin VIII:  1:30 pm.

Naturalist Reporting:  Dennis Minsky.

• 2/3 Minke whales
• 6/8 Humpback whales

 

October 16, 2015:  Individuals Identified.

*Pitcher and Reaper.

 

October 16, 2015:  Bird Species Sighted.

*Common Terns, Northern Gannets, Northern Fulmars, Great and Cory’s Shearwaters, Manx Shearwaters, Laughing and Herring Gulls, Greater Blackbacked Gulls, Common Eiders, Double-Crested Cormorants, and a Common Loon.

 

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

Naturalist Reporting:  Mike Bertoldi.

• 2 Finback whales
• 10+ Humpback whales

 

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

Naturalist Reporting:  Mike Bertoldi.

• 8 Humpback whales

 

October 17, 2015:  Individuals Identified.

*Hancock and her 2015 calf.

 

October 17, 2015:  Bird Species Sighted.

*Common Terns, Common Eiders, Double-Crested Cormorants, Northern Gannets, Unspecified Jaegers, Great and Manx Shearwaters, and Cory’s Shearwaters.