Sightings & Updates
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...
And the amazing September weather continues – September 25, 2015
Hello everyone, it's Danielle with Quoddy Link back from another beautiful fall day on the Bay of Fundy. We had 2 wonderful inshore trips today with incredible minke whales sightings on both departures. We got some great looks at seals and porpoise as well on both...
Another day with fin whales on the Bank – September 24, 2015
We only had one departure today (our morning departure was cancelled as the cruise ship was held up in Saint John and our passengers couldn't make it down to Saint Andrews) and with word that there was little being sighted in the Islands on the change of the tide we...
Finbacks and minkes on the Bank – September 23, 2015
We spent time today on both departures offshore on an area called the Wolves Bank with both fin whales and minkes. Some patience was required on both trips as the whales were doing long dives at times and making some big moves. They did settle down more in the...
Pond like conditions and minke whales – September 22, 2015
he Bay of Fundy looked more like a pond today than the huge body of water it is...what an amazing day to be on the water! We spent time on both trips with multiple minke whales in Head Harbour Passage, including personal favorties like Slice and Breadknife. We did...
Fin whales and Minkes – September 21, 2015
We had 2 departures today and what a beautiful day it was! This morning we spent time with a minke whale in Head Harbour Passage (we did see a blow from a finback a few times but never again). This afternoon we were back off Bliss with 2 finbacks but we did wait for...
And the FINtastic sightings continue!
We had another FINtastic trip this afternoon on the flood tide with some incredible finback sightings off Blacks Harbour. We spent over an hour with three large whales who were feeding in the area. Here are some photos from today We only had one whale watch again...
Finbacks, minkes, a Mola mola and FOG! – September 18 & 19, 2015
Hello everyone, Danielle with Quoddy Link Marine here with some updates from the past 2 days. Yesterday we had some amazing sightings of finbacks on both departures in the same areas as the day before. The whales again were feeding quite actively on herring and we...