Saturday, May 29, 2010

Wonderful day on the water






Different colorations of lobsters


Minke Whale

Sooty Shearwater

Atlantic Puffin


Hello Everyone
What a fun filled day i had today. Tomorrow is the last day of lobster fishing in District 34 so many of the fishermen were bringing in their traps. Our villages have been very busy unloading traps onto the wharf and piling them on shore to wait for next year lobster season to start again in November. I also took a tour of the lobster pound and Howard showed me some of the lobster oddities he has saved in a crate. He will let them go at the end of the season. Will post some of the pictures. He also showed me the tanks where they are stored at 35 degrees water in individual compartments until they are shipped out to market.
I also went out on a whale watching zodiac ride today with my husband. Gorgeous day on the water with wonderful people! We sighted 3 Minke whales, Clouds of Red-necked Phalaropes, Atlantic Puffins, 1 Sooty Shearwater, Northern Gannets, a group of Harbour Porpoises and watched the grey and harbor seals at gull rock ledges.

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