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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
