The first 2 weeks in July have been great, some frustrating fog to deal with at times if I’m honest but still a great start to July!
The minkes have continued to be quite consistent, especially in the past week feeding in some well known feeding grounds in and just off the Islands.
minke – image by Danielle Dion
minke – image by Danielle Dion
Still waiting for those finbacks to show up, we have only had one fin whale sighting so far for the 2024 season, on July 2.
fin whale – image by Danielle Dion
Humpbacks have actually be quite a surprise this year so far. We have documented 6 individual humpbacks in our area which is a fantastic start to the season, with some familiar whales and some new “faces”.
humpback – image by Danielle Dion
humpback, this individual is known to the GOM catalogue but not yet named and we documented it in our area last year. It was our documentation that added it to the catalogue. Thank You to the work done by Center for Coastal Studies curating and maintaining the GOM Humpback Whale Catalogue – image by Danielle Dion
On July 9th we had a very special sighting of a leatherback sea turtle. Leatherbacks are the largest of the sea turtles and can reach more than 6 feet and more than 1000 lbs. This was a younger individual, estimating the shell to be about 3 feet in length. This is only the 2nd sighting of a leatherback in the 30 year history of Quoddy Link Marine!
leatherback – image by Danielle Dion
leatherback – image by Danielle Dion
We had a sighting of TWO basking sharks on July 2, our first and only sightings so far of basking sharks.
The seals are always a favourite of our passengers as are bald eagles and we always do our best to make the time for stops with both.
adult bald eagle – image by Danielle Dion
juvenile bald eagle – image by Danielle Dion
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Cheers,
Danielle
Senior Naturalist
Quoddy Link Marine
Whale Watching
St. Andrews, New Brunswick
Bay of Fundy
