Lots of minkes!

Good evening everyone.  We had 2 wonderful trips today, seeing multiple minke whales on both departures.  We also saw a large fin whale on our afternoon trip but I didn't manage to get any photos, it was just too rough and I was on the upper deck without my camera when we got a close, good look....hopefully tomorrow :)

We saw lots of seals on both trips today as well.

Also wanted to mention we saw our first large feeding group of northern gannets, about 15-20 birds and also some very large groups of Boneparte's gulls in Head Harbour Passage.  All good news of more feed in the area.

Thanks for checking in today,
Cheers,
Danielle

Minke whales and a Breezy Bay

Hello everyone, we had 2 great trips today with minke whales on both departures, and we even saw Slice in the morning.  On the afternoon trip, I was not on....they had a breaching minke whale!!  The breaching was from a distance and when they got closer there were 2 minkes in the area so they are not positive if it was the same whale we had breaching earlier this month.

We stopped with seals on the ledges off Casco Bay Island this morning and the grey seals were so stunning so I thought I would highlight them today.

Thanks for checking in again today,
Cheers,
Danielle

The Bay felt like a pond today

Good evening everyone, today the Bay of Fundy felt like glass, for the entire day!  It was just a wonderful day to be on the water.

We saw the same large fin whale on our morning and afternoon trips today, and actually the same minke whale too (we had multiple minke whales in the afternoon) :)

We saw 3 minke whales on our evening trip.

The tide was best for seals in the morning but we saw lots of seals in the water on all of our trips today and because the conditions were so calm we were able to see porpoise everywhere we looked today.

female greys

Lots of birds too, even saw a flock of alcids (razorbills and murres) with around 50 birds.

father and chick razorbill pair 

bigger by the day 

Look who was on their own this evening in their nests!!

Thanks for checking in today,
Cheers,
Danielle

It may be HOT on shore but it's cool and beautiful on the water!

Good evening all, we had another 2 wonderful trips on the water today.

Our morning trip we spent time with 2 minke whales off the entrance to Head Harbour Passage and we also saw a fin whale, although he wasn't overly cooperative we did manage to get a few good looks.

minke

minke

finback, you can see the blaze and the lower white, right jaw

fin whale

On our afternoon departure we did try and find the fin whale but we didn't have any luck so we spent our time in the warmth of the Passage and saw 3 or 4 minke whales.

minke whale, you can see the right minke mitten 

minke

We saw lots of harbour and grey seals on both departures.

harbour seals in various stages of molt

check out the harbour seal pup in the centre

female grey on the bottom left, harbour seal pup on the bottom right and 2 adult harbour seals on top

We also stopped with the nesting seabirds of Whitehorse Island on each departure as well.

the gull chicks are growing so much from day to day

So are the kittiwake chicks

These would be the feet of a murre as it dove.

Thanks for checking in with us today,
Cheers,
Danielle

Another beautiful July day

Good evening everyone.  We had another beautiful July day out on the water on both our trips today.  It was one of those days where it is super warm in St. Andrews but quite chilly out on the Bay so don't forget to bring your sweater and jacket when you come out on the boat!

Today we saw 2 fin whales on both of our trips.

We also made time to stop and check out some birds

Young bald eagle chick, YES chick, on White Island.  This young was back in the nest by the afternoon

Razorbill dad and chick 

There were lots of seals and porpoise as well on both trips.

Thanks so much for checking in,

Cheers,
Danielle

Gorgeous day on the water

Well, it's getting late so I;m going to keep this short.  We had a great day on the water.  We had 2 trips and then a FUNdraiser in the evening for the St. Andrews Community Playground (THANK YOU to everyone who attended).

On our morning and afternoon departure we saw 2 finbacks and a minke whale (we also saw a fin whale and a minke whale on our evening fundraiser).

minke whale taken on the morning trip

I wanted to share this to show the power of healing....the whale below is the same whale, just another year later

Thanks for checking in today,

Cheers,
Danielle