Sunday, July 22, 2012

SW winds and hungry whales

Hello everyone, we had some strong SW winds to deal with today.  This morning it wasn't too bad and we spent time close to Bliss with the same large finback we have been seeing inshore for the past few weeks.  The fin whale was feeding close to the surface and there were lots of seabirds in the area as well feeding on the herring including shearwaters, terns and alcids.  On our 2pm and 5:30 trips we stayed in the protected areas of the Islands and watched minke whales.  On both trips we saw quite a bit of lunge feeding right at the surface.

Manx shearwarter

Arctic tern

Minke whale, Slice
Thanks for checking in today, more winds in the forecast for tomorrow....

Cheers,
Danielle

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