Sightings & Updates
Another FINtastic October afternoon – October 10, 2015
Another FINtastic October day on the Bay of Fundy! This afternoon we watched 2 fin whales off Bliss Island (one was the same individual as yesterday). They were socializing again and to watch one 60 foot whale apparently chase another 60 foot whale is something to...
FINtastic October sightings! – October 9, 2015
We had one trip today, this morning on the end of the flood and beginning of the ebb. We made our way off Bliss to search and as we were heading towards the Wolves I spotted 2 blow towards Blacks Harbour! Two large fin whales feeding and socializing, a FINtastic...
Slice and a finback, a beautiful October afternoon – October 8, 2015
We decided to take a run off into the Grand Manan channel this afternoon just to see if we could find those right whales from yesterday, it was a beautiful day with light NWs so we took the run out. Unfortunately we did not find any whales out there so we ran back...
RIGHT GOOD…RIGHT AMAZING!! – October 7, 2015
RIGHT GOOD...RIGHT AMAZING!!! This morning we had the privilege to spend time with 2 endangered North Atlantic right whales in the Grand Manan channel. Our morning started with Slice, a very familiar minke whale off Whitehorse Island but thanks to a text from a good...
Simply amazing October weather and a breaching minke whale – October 6, 2015
Good evening everyone!! Another incredible day on the Bay of Fundy!! The weather was amazing, especially for this time of year. We had to be patient with the tide today, but as we let it flood we spent time with seals, porpoise and bald eagles. Over an hour into the...
Beautiful October day with minkes – October 5, 2015
Hello everyone, today was just a beautiful fall day on the Bay of Fundy. We spent time with minke whales on both departures today including Slice in the afternoon. We also took a big run offshore on our 1pm departure to check out the Wolves Bank for larger whales but...
Lots of wind but still lots of wildlife – September 29 – October 4, 2015
Good evening everyone. We have had some serious wind in the area for the past week so we had a break from the water but I do have some updates to share from September 29th (and then we had a lot of wind) and October 4th. On September 29th we had three departures (2...
September
Sorry about the lack of posts lately. We have had a very busy season! Bird activity within the Bay of Islands peaked during the end of August and early September, when we had some of the pelagic species that have been mostly absent from the area move in for a short...
Minke whales, feeding northern gannets and bald eagles – September 28, 2015
Good evening everyone! We had one trip today and it was a beautiful full afternoon in Head Harbour Passage. The wind was a little strong out of the SW so we did stay inshore but we saw three minke whales and lots of porpoise. The bald eagles again were beautiful...
Annual coastal seabird cruise – September 27, 2015
Hello everyone, this morning we had our annual inshore seabird cruise and it was a wonderful trip. Some of the highlights were: -estimated 5000-8000 feeding gulls in Head Harbour Passage (~80-90% Bonaparte's gulls) -around 30 bald eagles along the Campobello shoreline...