Dolphin Fleet Sightings – September 20 to September 26

September 20, 2015:  Dolphin VII:  12:00 pm.

Naturalist Reporting:  John Conlon.

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

 

September 20, 2015:  Dolphin VII:  4:00 pm.

Naturalist Reporting:  John Conlon.

• 1 Finback whale
• 19 Humpback whales

 

September 20, 2015:  Individuals Identified.

*The finback named Pinch and her 2015 calf.

 

September 20, 2015:  Bird Species Sighted.

*Parasitic Jaegers, Cory’s and Sooty Shearwaters, and Great and Manx Shearwaters.

 

September 22, 2015:  Dolphin VIII:  10:00 am.

Naturalist Reporting:  Owen Nichols.

• 2 Minke whales
• 8/9 Finback whales
• 12/14 Humpback whales
• 2 Ocean sunfish
• 1 Harbor seal

 

September 22, 2015:  Dolphin IX:  12:00 pm.

Naturalist Reporting:  Emily Sgarlat.

• 14 Finback whales
• 5 Humpback whales
• 1 Harbor seal

 

September 22, 2015:  Dolphin VIII:  1:30 pm.

Naturalist Reporting:  Owen Nichols.

• 2 Minke whales
• 7/8 Finback whales
• 4 Humpback whales
• 1 Ocean sunfish

 

September 22, 2015:  Dolphin IX:  4:00 pm.

Naturalist Reporting:  Emily Sgarlat.

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

 

September 22, 2015:  Individuals Identified.

*Cardhu and her 2015 calf, Snare, and Echo.

 

September 22, 2015:  Bird Species Sighted.

*Great and Sooty Shearwaters, Manx Shearwaters, and Unspecified Terns.

 

 

September 23, 2015:  Dolphin IX:  10:00 am.

Naturalist Reporting:  Carolyn OConnor.

• 8 Finback whales
• 8 Humpback whales

 

September 23, 2015: Dolphin VIII:  1:00 pm.

Naturalist Reporting:  Dennis Minsky.

• 1 Minke whale
• 4 Finback whales
• 15/18 Humpback whales

 

September 23, 2015:  Dolphin IX:  1:30 pm.

Naturalist Reporting:  Emily Sgarlat.

• 7 Finback whales
• 6 Humpback whales
• 2 Ocean sunfish

 

September 23, 2015:  Individuals Identified.

*Abrasion and her 2015 calf, and Bounce.

 

September 23, 2015:  Bird Species Sighted.

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

 

September 24, 2015:  Dolphin X:  10:00 am.

Naturalist Reporting:  Dennis Minsky.

• 1 Finback whale
• 13/19 Humpback whales

 

September 24, 2015:  Dolphin VIII:  12:00 pm.

Naturalist Reporting:  Carolyn OConnor.

• 3 Minke whales
• 25 Humpback whales

 

September 24, 2015:  Dolphin X:  1:30 pm.

Naturalist Reporting:  Dennis Minsky.

• 6 Humpback whales

 

September 24, 2015:  Dolphin VIII:  4:00 pm.

Naturalist Reporting:  Carolyn OConnor.

• 1 Finback whale
• 25 Humpback whales

 

September 24, 2015:  Individuals Identified.

*Jabiru and her 2015 calf, Hancock and her 2015 calf, Snare, A-plus, Fulcrum and her 2015 calf, Infinity, and Sundown.

 

September 24, 2015:  Bird Species Sighted.

*Northern Fulmars, Great and Sooty Shearwaters, Great Blackbacked Gulls, Manx Shearwaters, Common Eiders, Pomerine and Parasitic Jaegers, Herring Gulls, Double-Crested Cormorants, Cory’s Shearwaters, and Common Terns.

 

 

September 25, 2015:  Dolphin VIII:  10:00 am.

Naturalist Reporting:  Emily Sgarlat.

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

 

September 25, 2015:  Dolphin X:  12:00 pm.

Naturalist Reporting:  Dennis Minsky.

• 1 Minke whale
• 1 Finback whale
• 24/43 Humpback whales
• 1 Ocean sunfish

 

September 25, 2015:  Dolphin VIII: 1:30(?) pm.

Naturalist Reporting:  Emily Sgarlat.

• 3 Minke whales
• 5 Finback whales
• 12 Humpback whales

 

September 25, 2015:  Dolphin X: 4:00(?) pm.

Naturalist Reporting:  Dennis Minsky.

• 3 Finback whales
• 12/19 Humpback whales

 

September 25, 2015:  Individuals Identified.

*Snare, Seal, Hancock and her 2015 calf, and Binary’s 2012 calf.

 

September 25, 2015:  Bird Species Sighted.

*Great and Sooty Shearwaters, Northern Fulmars, Northern Gannets, Manx and Cory’s Shearwaters, Red-Necked Phalaropes, Herring and Great Blackbacked Gulls, Double-Crested Cormorants, and Common Eiders.

 

September 26, 2015:  Dolphin X:  12:00 pm.

Naturalist Reporting:  Carolyn OConnor.

• 1 Minke whale
• 7/11 Finback whales
• 1 Humpback whale

 

September 26, 2015:  Dolphin IX:  1:30(?) pm.

Naturalist Reporting:  Emily Sgarlat.

• Although whales were sighted on this trip, no report was made concerning their numbers or species.

 

September 26, 2015:  Dolphin X:  4:00 pm.

Naturalist Reporting:  Carolyn OConnor.

• 4 Finback whales
• 7 Humpback whales

 

September 26, 2015:  Individuals Identified.

*Apex and her 2015 calf.