Thursday, July 22, 2010

Sightings from the Bay of Fundy











Hi Everyone
Today was clear with a bit of fog. On our 9:30 cruise we headed towards Northwest buoy and found Flash and her calf. We also sighted two other adult humpback whales Half Moon and Flame. We also sighted Harbor Porpoises and Greater Shearwaters, Red Phalaropes, Wilson Storm Petrels, Northern Gannets and Puffins. As we had our lunch before the 1:30 cruise i sighted a Common Tern perched on a mooring so i grabbed my camera and Harold inched the boat up slowly so i could get a picture of this common tern. We then boarded everyone and headed out into the Bay of Fundy again. This time we decided to steam towards the rip which is about 6-7 miles off Western light. Capt. Timmy Crocker sighted 2 humpbacks before the fog shut in thick and we got some looks at Luna and Slingshot.Our Sunset cruise the fog had lifted and it cleared off for a beautiful evening on the water. With the sun going down clouds of phalaropes could be seen doing aerial displays. Northern Gannets were diving and habor porpoises were splashing and hiding in amongst the waves. We had close encounters with 0034 Arroya, Puppet and Shark. On our way in we sighted a Great Blue Heron, Bald Eagle and 2 Common Terns on the mooring.All in all a very lovely evening to end the day.

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