Lunge Feeding

Hello Everyone
Well we certainly have had some beautiful weather in our area hopefully it will stick around for awhile. Today out on th whale watch we steamed up long island shore passed Boar's head lighthouse in Tiverton and made our way up along Digby Neck. What a feeding frenzy! Quote and her calf along with Rooftop was lunge feeding over and over again so we got some great looks at the baleen inside a humpback whales mouth. These baleen plates act as a filtering system and sieves out water and keeps their food inside. The humpbacks were dining on Krill which was plenitful in this area. We also sighted many fin whales feeding in the same area.On the way in we sighted a minke whale so that made three different species of baleen whales for our sightings today. Harbor Porpoises were a treat splashing not to far from our boat. Lots of Northern Gannets diving, Greater Shearwaters, Puffins, Razor-billed Auks, Common Murres, Manx Shearwater, and Northern Fulmars. All in all we had a pretty spectacular day. Here is some pics of the day. Enjoy!