Sightings and Updates

Hello everyone, it's Danielle with Quoddy Link and I just wanted to wish everyone, including my Mom is St. Catharines and very happy Mother's Day.Speaking of mom's, I do want to report that there have already been 12 new humpback moms reported in the Gulf of Maine....

Hey there, I just wanted to pass on some information. One of the things I like to do is to keep track of the humpbacks that we have seen in our little part of the Bay of Fundy. A young whale that we saw on August 22nd, 23rd and 24th during our 2006 season named...

Hey everyone, it's Danielle with Quoddy Link Marine. We only have 6 days left to submit some great names for Six's 2007 calf so get your thinking caps on and send me your ideas.Just a reminder....no gender specific names, whale names can only be used once (I can let...

Hey everyone, I just wanted to share that I had the privilege to name another whale. This is now Lilium (genus for true lilies, mark on upper right looks like a lily). I suggested Lilium after there were issues with some previously suggested names that were very...

Hey everyone, I just wanted to let you know that the first humpback of our 2008 season now has a name. I'd like to introduce Flicker (named for "White mark in center looks like a candle with a flame").There was another unknown whale that I mentioned in the last post...

Hey everyone, it's Danielle with Quoddy Link Marine with some great news! Last season we had 6 whales (out of 10 total that we confirmed) who needed to be named. 5 of the 6 were unknowns, this means that they were not sighted as a calf, and this was the first time...

Hey everyone, well, the 2009 season is very quickly approaching and I have some exciting internet news! Quoddy Link is now on Facebook and Twitter in addition to Blogger. I'm going to give some explanations on how these new sites will work.I'm going to start with...

Hey everyone, I just wanted to pass some news along, researchers have officially ID'ed 17 humpback whales off the coast of Massachusetts. It's a little early but it's great to hear reports from some summer feeding grounds. Last spring, Mustache, a young humpback who...

A North Atlantic right whale was sedated and disentangled this past week off the coast of Georgia (first sighted on January 14/09, successfully rescued on March 6/09)). This is the first time that researchers have used sedation in the wild and after some smaller does...

Hello all! It's Danielle with Quoddy Link Marine sending you an update all the way from Gatineau, QC. I hope that everyone had a safe and happy holiday season and welcomed the New Year with your friends and family.Now, down to business and the reason for the update....