9am Whale Watch - Leah
Starting off the 2015 season on a good note. Going out on the water we have some general expectations of what we hope to see or want to see. The ocean, as unpredictable as it always is, usually has other plans.
Today was a cloudy day and threatened a little rain but was nothing we couldn't quickly maneuver through. We went up north towards Boston and on our way found some harbor porpoises, and also got a quick glimpse at a harbor seal.
As we continued on and made our way further north we started to notice spouts from many humpback and finback whales. Also mixed in the area was an exceptionally large group of Atlantic white-sided dolphins. We were surrounded by them for a good portion of the time while we were out there and they were swimming at just the right speed for us to be able to watch them and keep track of them easily.
We had great sightings and a wonderful way to start off the season. Seeing feeding humpbacks gives great hope for the summer and to top it all off there were many adult northern gannets, one of my favorites.
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