Dolphin Fleet Sightings – July 19 to July 25.

July 19, 2015:  Dolphin X:  9:00 am.

Naturalist Reporting:  Mark Gilmore.

• 1 Minke whale
• 39/49 Humpback whales

 

July 19, 2015:  Dolphin VIII:  10:30 am.

Naturalist Reporting:  Therese Provenzano.

• 2 Minke whales
• 1 Finback whale
• 24/27 Humpback whales

 

July 19, 2015:  Dolphin IX:  12:30 pm.

Naturalist Reporting:  John Conlon.

• 2 Minke whales
• 3 Finback whales
• 6 Humpback whales

 

July 19, 2015:  Dolphin X:  1:00 pm.

Naturalist Reporting:  Mark Gilmore.

• No report was made concerning the sightings of this trip.

 

July 19, 2015:  Dolphin VIII:  2:30 pm.

Naturalist Reporting:  Therese Provenzano.

• 6 Minke whales
• 12/18 Finback whales
• 30/32 Humpback whales

 

July 19, 2015:  Dolphin IX:  5:00 pm.

Naturalist Reporting:  John Conlon.

• 25/30 Humpback whales

 

July 19, 2015:  Individuals Identified.

*Echo, Spoon and her 2015 calf, and the finback called Bond.

 

July 19, 2015:  Bird Species Sighted.

*Unidentified Shearwaters,  Unidentified Petrels, Laughing Gulls, and Pomerine Jaegers.

 

July 20, 2015:  Dolphin IX:  9:30 am.

Naturalist Reporting:  Carolyn OConnor.

• 3 Minke whales
• 20 Humpback whales

 

July 20, 2015:  Dolphin VII:  10:00 am.

Naturalist Reporting:  Mark Gilmore.

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

 

July 20, 2015:  Dolphin X:  10:30 am.

Naturalist Reporting:  Therese Provenzano.

• 1 Minke whale
• 1 Finback whale
• 19/24 Humpback whales

 

July 20, 2015:  Dolphin VIII:  1:00 pm.

Naturalist Reporting:  Ellie Moody.

• 5 Humpback whales
• 1 Gray seal

 

July 20, 2015:  Dolphin IX:  1:30 pm.

Naturalist Reporting:  Carolyn OConnor.

• 9 Minke whales
• 2 Finback whales
• 19 Humpback whales

 

July 20, 2015:  Dolphin VII:  2:00 pm.

Naturalist Reporting:  Mark Gilmore.

• 21/26 Minke whales
• 3 Finback whales
• 5 Humpback whales

 

July 20, 2015:  Dolphin X:  2:30 pm.

Naturalist Reporting:  Therese Provenzano.

• 4 Minke whales
• 2 Finback whales
• 8 Humpback whales

 

July 20, 2015:  Dolphin VIII:  5:00 pm.

Naturalist Reporting:  Ellie Moody.

• 25 Humpback whales

 

July 20, 2015:  Individuals Identified.

*Ventisca, Aswan, Binary, Music, Reaper, Splice, Tectonic, and Pepper with her 2015 calf.

 

July 20, 2015:  Bird Species Sighted.

*Wilson’s Storm Petrels, and both Great and Cory’s Shearwaters.

 

July 21, 2015:  Dolphin X:  9:30 am.

Naturalist Reporting:  Therese Provenzano.

• 4 Minke whales
• 25/40 Humpback whales
• 1 Harbor seal

July 21, 2015:  Dolphin VII:  10:00 am.

Naturalist Reporting:  Nancy Scaglione-Peck.

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

 

July 21, 2015:  Dolphin VIII:  10:30 am.

Naturalist Reporting:  Ellie Moody.

• 5 Minke whales
• 2 Finback whales
• 20 Humpback whales

 

July 21, 2015:  Dolphin IX:  1:00 pm.

Naturalist Reporting:  John Conlon.

• 4 Finback whales
• 17 Humpback whales

 

July 21, 2015:  Dolphin X:  1:30 pm.

Naturalist Reporting:  Therese Provenzano.

• 1 Minke whale
• 3 Finback whales
• 15/25 Humpback whales

 

July 21, 2015:  Dolphin VII:  2:00 pm.

Naturalist Reporting:  Nancy Scaglione-Peck.

• 1 Minke whale
• 2 Finback whales
• 20/21 Humpback whales

 

July 21, 2015:  Dolphin VIII: 2:30 pm.

Naturalist Reporting:  Ellie Moody.

• 5 Minke whales
• 8 Finback whales
• 10 Humpback whales

 

July 21, 2015:  Dolphin IX:  5:00 pm.

Naturalist Reporting:  John Conlon.

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

 

July 21, 2015:  Individuals Identified.

*Putter, Leukos, Nile, Pitcher, Reaper, Pharos, Exclaim, Aswan, Epee,  Tracer, Iris, Calderas, and Pleats.

 

July 21, 2015:  Bird Species Sighted.

*Wilson’s Storm Petrels, Cory’s and Sooty Shearwaters, and Great Shearwaters.

 

July 22, 2015:  Dolphin VIII:  9:30 am.

Naturalist Reporting:  Carolyn OConnor.

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

 

July 22, 2015:  Dolphin VII:  10:00 am.

Naturalist Reporting:  Mark Gilmore.

• 6 Minke whales
• 2 Finback whales
• 11/12 Humpback whales

 

July 22, 2015:  Dolphin X:  10:00 am.

Naturalist Reporting:  Dennis Minsky.

• 11 Humpback whales

 

July 22, 2015:  Dolphin IX:  10:30 am.

Naturalist Reporting:  Ellie Moody.

• 1 Minke whale
• 1 Finback whale
• 17 Humpback whales

 

July 22, 2015:  Dolphin VIII:  1:30(?) pm.

Naturalist Reporting:  Carolyn OConnor.

• 4 Minke whales
• 10 Finback whales
• 12 Humpback whales

 

July 22, 2015:  Dolphin X:  1:30 pm.

Naturalist Reporting: Dennis Minsky.

• 1 Minke whale
• 7/15 Finback whales
• 6/7 Humpback whales

 

July 22, 2015:  Dolphin VII:  2:00 pm.

Naturalist Reporting:  Mark Gilmore.

• 3/4 Minke whales
• 5 Finback whales
• 5/11 Humpback whales

 

July 22, 2015:  Dolphin IX:  2:30 pm.

Naturalist Reporting:  Ellie Moody.

• 12 Minke whales
• 9 Finback whales
• 7 Humpback whales

 

July 22, 2015:  Dolphin X:  5:00 pm.

Naturalist Reporting:  Dennis Minsky.

• 11/16 Minke whales
• 4/5  Finback whales
• 6/7 Humpback whales

 

July 22, 2015:  Individuals Identified.

*Lavalier, Lariat, Midnight, Trimmer, Pele, Northstar, and Pharos.

 

July 22, 2015:  Bird Species Sighted.

*Great and Sooty Shearwaters, Cory’s Shearwaters, Herring Gulls, Laughing and Greater Blackbacked Gulls, Northern Gannets, Common Eiders, Double-Crested Cormorants, and Wilson’s Storm Petrels.

 

July 23, 2015:  Dolphin IX: 9:30 am.

Naturalist  Reporting:  Dennis Minsky.

• 2 Minke whales
• 3 Finback whales
• 12 Humpback whales

 

July 23, 2015:  Dolphin VII:  10:00 am.

Naturalist Reporting:  Nancy Scaglione-Peck.

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

 

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

Naturalist Reporting:  John Conlon.

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

 

July 23, 2015:  Dolphin IX:  1:30 pm.

Naturalist Reporting:  Dennis Minsky.

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

 

July 23, 2015:  Dolphin VII:  2:00 pm.

Naturalist Reporting:  Nancy Scaglione-Peck.

• 5/7 Minke whales
• 5 Finback whales
• 1 Humpback whale

 

July 23, 2015:  Dolphin VIII:  5:00 pm.

Naturalist Reporting:  John Conlon.

• 8 Minke whales
• 3 Humpback whales

 

July 23, 2015:  Individuals Identified.

*Midnight, Nile, Pitcher, Etch-a-sketch, Hippocampus, Eraser, Tracer, Pele, Northstar, Eruption, and Scratch with her 2015 calf.

 

July 23, 2015:  Bird Species Sighted.

*Great and Sooty Shearwaters, Cory’s Shearwaters, Wilson’s Storm Petrels, Common Terns, Northern Gannets, Double-Crested Cormorants, Common Eiders, Herring and Great Blackbacked Gulls.

 

July 24, 2015:  Dolphin IX:  9:00 (?) am.

Naturalist Reporting:  Carolyn OConnor

• 9 Humpback whales
• 5 Gray seals

 

July 24, 2015:  Dolphin X:  9:30 am.

Naturalist Reporting:  Nancy Scaglione-Peck.

• 7/8 Minke whales
• 5 Finback whales
• 8 Humpback whales

 

July 24, 2015:  Dolphin VII:  10:00 am.

Naturalist Reporting:  Dennis Minsky.

• 7/8 Minke whales
• 4 Finback whales
• 1 Humpback whale

 

July 24, 2015:  Dolphin VIII:  10:30 am.

Naturalist Reporting:  Ellie Moody.

• 1 Finback whale
• 8 Humpback whales

 

July 24, 2015:  Dolphin IX:  1:00 (?) pm.

Naturalist Reporting:  Carolyn OConnor.

• 5 Minke whales
• 9 Humpback whales
• 1 Gray seal

 

July 24, 2015:  Dolphin X:  1:30 pm.

Naturalist Reporting:  Nancy Scaglione-Peck.

• 5 Humpback whales

 

July 24, 2015:  Dolphin VII:  2:00 pm.

Naturalist Reporting:  Dennis Minsky.

• 4/6 Minke whales
• 6/7 Finback whales
• 6 Humpback whales

 

July 24, 2015:  Dolphin VIII:  2:30 pm.

Naturalist Reporting:  Ellie Moody.

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

 

July 24, 2015:  Individuals Identified.

*Scylla, Pele, Eruption, Venom, Perseid, Draco, Salt, Freckles and her 2015 calf, Cygnus, Liner, Putter, Echo, and Tectonic.

 

July 24, 2015:  Bird Species Sighted. 

*Great and Sooty Shearwaters, Cory’s Shearwaters, Wilson’s Storm Petrels, Laughing and Herring Gulls, Greater Blackbacked Gulls, Double-Crested Cormorants, Common Eiders, Common Terns, Black-Crowned Night Heron, and a Yellow Warbler.

 

July 25, 2015:  Dolphin VIII:  9:00 am.

Naturalist Reporting:  Mike Bertoldi.

• 3 Minke whales
• 10 Finback whales
• 3 Humpback whales

 

July 25, 2015:  Dolphin IX:  10:30 am.

Naturalist Reporting:  Ellie Moody.

 

• Unspecified Number of Minke whales
• 1 Finback whale
• 12(+) Humpback whales

 

July 25, 2015:  Dolphin X:  12:30 pm.

Naturalist Reporting: Carolyn OConnor.

• 4 Minke whales
• 4 Finback whales
• 3 Humpback whales

 

July 25, 2015:  Dolphin VIII:  1:00 pm.

Naturalist Reporting:  Mike Bertoldi.

• 4/5 Minke whales
• 11 Finback whales
• 9 Humpback whales

 

July 25, 2015:  Dolphin IX:  2:30 pm.

Naturalist Reporting:  Ellie Moody.

• 1 Finback whale
• 9 Humpback whales

 

July 25, 2015:  Dolphin X:  5:00 pm.

Naturalist Reporting:  Carolyn OConnor.

• 8 Minke whales
• 13 Finback whales
• 9 Humpback whales

 

July 25, 2015:  Dolphin VIII:  5:00 pm.

Naturalist Reporting:  Mike Bertoldi.

• 6/11 Minke whales
• 6/11 Finback whales
• 12 Humpback whales

 

July 25, 2015:  Individuals Identified.

*Abrasion and her 2015 calf, Draco, Reaper, Nile, Etch-a-sketch, Wizard, Mayo, Orbit, Putter, Salt, and Ganesh with her 2015 calf.

 

July 25, 2015:  Bird Species Sighted.

*Laughing and Herring Gulls, Great Blackbacked Gulls, Common Terns, Wilson’s Storm Petrels, Sooty and Great Shearwaters, Cory’s Shearwaters, Double-Crested Cormorants, and Common Eiders.