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We had to travel a long way to find whales today but, once again, I definitely worth the ride. When we first arrived nearly all the whales were feeding and a few of the groups were surrounded by dolphins. The feeding whales were moving around very quickly so keeping track of how many were in the area was difficult... thus the estimate of 20-25 Humpbacks. There may have been more, but certainly not less. Sometimes we would head to what we thought was the same group of whales we had been watching and it turned out to be a totally different group. The opposite would happen as well, however. A few times we went to visit what we thought were a new group of whales only to find out that it was in fact whales we had already seen! Customer Comment From Today’s Trip: “We had a fantastic time today! We saw at least 20 whales and the crew was very helpful and exciting. Thank you for a great birthday present!” After feeding actively for about 15 minutes the feeding activity all but stopped. So we went to visit with a group of four whales, one of which were flipper slapping (lifting its side flipper and slapping on the surface of the water). The flipper-slapping whale turned out to be a calf of a Humpback whales called “Dusky”. Dusky and calf were accompanied by 2 other “escort” whales. The calf continued flipper-slapping and occasionally tail-breaching (twisting and throwing the back half of the body out of the water) for a bit, then they began traveling. Towards the end of the trip a few of the whales began feeding once again. In particular a whales called “Pixar” gave us some great looks. For those of you that come whale watching often and like to keep track of which whales are being seen, the list of whales seen today include: Crystal, Broom-ball, Nazca, Fracture, Anchor, Dusky and calf, Underline, Buckle, Tracer, Pinpoint, Rapier, Glow-stick, Pixar, Photon, Whirligig, and Rocker. That list includes 17 different Humpback whales (including Dusky’s calf) and I know that there were many that I didn’t know a few, and others that we never had a chance to visit. Customer Comment From Today’s Trip: “Sometimes you wait all your life to experience it, and then in an instant you know it was worth it. Being a small part of the big picture, a part of the beauty... it has left me breathless.” Really cool comment! Thanks! Again, this was a very long way to travel to find whales. It’s impossible to say whether or not they will stay in the same spot, move north along the bank (closer to Gloucester), or whether they will move farther south! They are, of course, wild animals. But we will always do our best to find the most/best whales on any given trip. Even if it means traveling the extra distance. Check back soon for another update. Jay Frontierro 7 Seas Whale Watch

MAY 22, 2010

LATEST SIGHTINGS :

DATE May 22, 2010

location  Stellwagen Bank (32 miles from Gloucester)

WHALES 20-25 Humpback Whales, and ~125 Atlantic White-sided Dolphins

BIRDS 50+ Northern Gannets, 2 Sooty Shearwaters, 2 Roseate Terns, and many Common Terns

All Photos taken aboard the PRIVATEER IV :

WHALE SIGHTINGS   May 22, 2010

~ a site by S. Jay Frontierro with photographs by Oktay Kaya

A Humpback Whale Called “Pinpoint” Feeding

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A Humpback whale called “Fracture” Diving

A Humpback whale “kick-feeding”

Humpback Whale Kick-feeding

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