Today proved to be an amazing day offshore! Dozens of humpback whales moved in to the area off the southeast side of the bank and they were all feeding. Whales were kickfeeding, bubble cloud feeding, bubble net feeding, dragging, and lunging. Atlantic White-Sided Dolphins were associated with the feeding humpback whales. Whales were working alone and in large groups.
At one point, a group of 8 whales were cooperatively feeding in a huge bubble net. We haven’t had much surface feeding since the spring, with a bit here or there, but none consistently or with large numbers of whales—today proved to be very different!
Humpback whales identified, included: Alphorn, Apex, Bolide, Canopy, Cajun+calf, Geometry, Ventisca, Tear, Perseid+ calf, Venom, Tunguska, Habanero, Hancock, Skateboard's 09 calf, Whisk + calf
