12 noon Whale Watch - Krill
As we headed across Cape Cod Bay, we saw splashing a few miles off Herring Cove Beach. As we approached, we realized that we had a small group of dolphins, perhaps 15 individuals or less. This group or pod was not easy to approach and it took us a few minutes before we could get any good looks at the animals.
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| Common Dolphins |
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| Common Dolphins |
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| Common Dolphins |
At first, we thought that these dolphins were Atlantic white-sided dolphins. And then we I examined my photos more carefully, I realized that they were Common dolphins. What a sighting! We don't see common dolphins very often so this sighting was very special to all of us onboard. And it was a reminded of all the common dolphins that had stranded on our Cape Cod beaches this past winter. Scientists are still trying to determine why this species was having so much difficulty this winter, and there are lots of different theories floating around. But for us, it was just wonderful to see this species so close to the tip of Cape Cod.
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| Reflection chin-kick feeding |
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| Reflection chin-kick feeding |
Just off Race Point Light, we saw lots of splashing so headed that way. We found Reflection once again kick feeding in the Race Rip. What can we say about Reflection, she is such a beautiful humpback whale. And when she kick feeds and chin-kick feeds, she really puts on a show! Reflection didn't mind our presence at all and even feed very close to our boat as we drifter alongside her.
We also had a quick look at a small humpback whale named Blackboard and this whale was just slowly moving from Herring Cove to Wood End.
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| Fluke out dive by Blackboard |
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| Very black ventral tail pattern of Blackboard |
Also in this area were a small number of harbor porpoise and a few minke whales. For seabirds and gulls, we had Northern gannets, double-crested cormorants and laughing gulls. Great day offshore once again!
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Laughing Gulls
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