Sightings & Updates
Fog and southwest winds…
We had a day of fog in the morning and strong southwest winds in the afternoon but it was warm and calm in Head Harbour Passage. We spent a nice amount of time with minke whales on both trips. On our afternoon trip we had a great eagle sighting, with a few adults and...
Minkes on the 23rd, finbacks today!
We were fogged into the Islands on the 23rd of July but we had 2 very nice trips with minke whales in Head Harbour Passage.Here are some grey seals hauled out on some reefs that have been exposed by the ebbing tide. At Casco Bay Island we often see grey seals as well...
Finback, minkes and FOG!
We headed out this morning and afternoon despite the fog and we had 2 great trips. Our scout boat had gone out before both trips to "scout" and search for whales. We spent a good part of each trip with a finback whale we have become very familiar with over the past...
It’s a girl!
Hello, it's Danielle, senior naturalist and photographer with Quoddy Link Marine. We finally had some nice weather with no fog and we able to get offshore and spend some time with Cork again. We now know from molecular genetic testing on a skin sample done by...
Meet Cork!
Hello, it's Danielle. With the help of Jooke Robbins at the Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies the humpback we have seen has been identified as "Cork", the 2002 calf of Mica. We saw Cork in 2004 and "he" was named at the 2006 whale naming conference I attended in...
Basking shark and a humpback whale…a very nice day
We had a very nice day today out on the Bay of Fundy. NO FOG!! On our morning trip we ended up seeing a basking shark, the second largest fish in the world! A nice surprise. We also took a trip over to Whale Cove, Grand Manan to see a minke whale. On our afternoon and...
A day of fog and strong southwest winds confined us to the islands but we did see 2 new minke whales.This is Breadknife, a minke whale we have been watching for many years now. We spotted "him" off Windmill Point, Campobello Island.Another minke whale we have seen in...
First Humpback Whale Sighting!!
We had our first humpback whale sighting today about 16 nm from St. Andrews! Typically we don't see humpbacks regularly in our area until mid-August but last year they showed up in early July and stayed. We will have to keep our fingers crossed. The humpback we saw...
Finback Whales
We have been seeing finback whales almost almost everyday now. I have photographed 2 individual whales. Finbacks are identified by the shape of their dorsal fin as well as the colourations and permanent scars and marks on their back and caudal peduncle.Here you can...
First Finback Sighting
Hello there, it's Danielle, senior naturalist and photographer with Quoddy Link Marine. We had our first finback whale sighting today, something we are all very excited about. I wasn't able to get any pictures because I was in the office today. I will post pictures as...