Dolphin Fleet Sightings – September 27 to October 03.

September 27, 2015:  Dolphin X:  10:00 am.

Naturalist Reporting:  Mark Gilmore.

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

 

September 27, 2015:  Dolphin VIII:  12:00 pm.

Naturalist Reporting:  Carolyn OConnor.

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

 

September 27, 2015:  Dolphin X:  1:30 pm.

Naturalist Reporting:  Mark Gilmore.

• 4/5 Minke whales
• 12/14 Humpback whales

 

September 27, 2015:  Individuals Identified.

*Pepper and her 2015 calf, Pleats, Pixar, Indiana, Echo’s 2014 calf, and Etch-a-sketch.

 

September 28, 2015:  Dolphin VIII(?):  10:00 am.

Naturalist Reporting:  Dennis Minsky.

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

 

September 28, 2015:  Dolphin X:  12:00 pm.

Naturalist Reporting:  Emily Sgarlat.

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

 

September 28, 2015:  Dolphin IX:  1:00 pm.

Naturalist Reporting:  Liz Bradfield.

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

 

September 28, 2015:  Dolphin VIII(?):  1:30 pm.

Naturalist Reporting:  Dennis Minsky.

• 1 Finback whale
• 7 Humpback whales

 

September 28, 2015:  Dolphin X:  4:00 pm.

Naturalist Reporting:  Emily Sgarlat.

• 1 Minke whale
• 16 Humpback whales

 

September 28, 2015:  Individuals Identified.

*Cardhu and her 2015 calf, Snare, Abrasion and her 2015 calf, Rune and her 2015 calf, and Salt.

 

September 28, 2015:  Bird Species Sighted.

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

 

September 29, 2015:  Dolphin IX:  10:00 am.

Naturalist Reporting:  Carolyn OConnor.

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

 

September 29, 2015:  Dolphin VIII:  12:00 pm.

Naturalist Reporting:  Emily Sgarlat.

• 25 Minke whales
• 7 Finback whales
• 15 Humpback whales

 

September 29, 2015:  Dolphin X:  1:00 pm.

Naturalist Reporting:  John Conlon.

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

 

September 29, 2015:  Dolphin IX:  1:30 pm.

Naturalist Reporting:  Carolyn OConnor.

• 2 Minke whales
• 3 Finback whales
• 13 Humpback whale

 

September 29, 2015:  Individuals Identified.

*Piano, Putter, Gladiator, Storm, Pixar, Abrasion and her 2015 calf, and the finwhales called Lenin and Darth.

 

September 29, 2015:  Bird Species Sighted.

*Northern Fulmars.

 

September 30 through October 03:

*All trips were cancelled for the rest of the week due to strong winds and high seas.