Dolphin Fleet Sightings – May 14, 2016 to May 20, 2016

May 14, 2016;  DOLPHIN VIII;  10:00 am.

Naturalist Reporting:  Nancy Scaglione-Peck.

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

 

May 14, 2016;  DOLPHIN VIII;  1:30 pm.

Naturalist Reporting:  Nancy Scaglione-peck.

• 1 Minke whale
• 1 Humpback whale

 

May 17, 2016;  DOLPHIN X;  10:00 am.

Naturalist Reporting:  John Conlon.

• 1 Minke whale
• 1 Finback whale
• 175 Atlantic White-sided dolphins
• 3 Humpback whales

 

May 17, 2016;  DOLPHIN X;  1:30 pm.

Naturalist Reporting:  John Conlon.

• 2 North Atlantic Right whales
• several Finback whales

 

May 17, 2016:  Bird Species Sighted.

• Parasitic Jaegers, Roseate and Least Terns, Great Shearwaters, Northern Gannets, and a Red-throated Loon.

 

May 18, 2016;  DOLPHIN VIII;  10:00 am.

Naturalist Reporting:  Dennis Minsky.

• 50/75 Atlantic White-sided dolphins
• 1 Gray sea;

 

May 18, 2016;  DOLPHIN X;  12:30 pm.

Naturalist Reporting:  John Conlon.

• 1 Finback whale

 

May 18, 2016;  DOLPHIN VIII;  1:30 pm.

Naturalist Reporting:  Dennis Minsky.

• 1 Minke whale
• 1 Finback whale

 

May 18, 2016:  Individuals Identified.

• The finback named Skeg.

 

May 18, 2016:  Bird Species Sighted.

• Great Shearwaters, Sooty Shearwaters, Northern Gannets, Roseate and Common Terns, Least Terns, Laughing and Herring Gulls, Greater Black-backed Gulls, Common Eiders, and an Iceland Gull.

 

May 19, 2016;  DOLPHIN X;  10:00 am.

Naturalist Reporting:  Dennis Minsky.

• 1 Minke whale
• 1 Finback whale
• 1 Gray seal

 

May 19, 2016;  DOLPHIN VIII;  12:30 pm.

Naturalist Reporting:  Liz Bradfield.

• 1 Finback whale
• 1 Humpback whale

 

May 19, 2016;  DOLPHIN X;  1:30 pm.

Naturalist Reporting:  Dennis Minsky.

• 1 Finback whale

 

May 19, 2016:  Bird Species Sighted.

• Laughing and Herring Gulls, Greater Black-backed Gulls, Common Terns, Common Eiders, Northern Gannets, Double-crested Cormorants, a Glaucous Gull, Parasitic Jaegers, and Iceland Gulls.

 

May 20, 2016:  DOLPHIN VIII;  10:00 am.

Naturalist Reporting:  Liz Bradfield.

• 3 Minke whales
• 1 Humpback whale

 

May 20, 2016;  DOLPHIN X;  12:30 pm.

Naturalist Reporting:  Dennis Minsky.

• 2 Minke whales
• 1 Humpback whale
• 1 Harbor seal
• 1 Unidentifed pinniped

 

May 20, 2016;  DOLPHIN VIII;  1:30 pm.

Naturalist Reporting:  Liz Bradfield.

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

 

May 20, 2016:  Individuals Identified.

• Arachnid’s 2012 calf (unnamed).

 

May 20, 2016:  Bird Species Sighted.

• Northern Gannets, Herring and Laughing Gulls, Greater Black-backed Gulls, Common Terns, Common Eiders, Double-crested Cormorants, Razorbills, Unspecified Jaegers, and a Sooty Shearwater.