Although we can not post each and every whale watching trip that we take offshore, we will do our best to post as many as possible. Thank you for your understanding.

Monday, August 20, 2012

August 19, 2012 Whale Watches

9 am and 2 pm Whale Watches - Krill

9 am trip:

Volunteers with the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary joined us offshore this morning and collected information on the seabirds seen during our trip. Thanks to Peter and Amy for this bird count.

Species - Count
Cory's Shearwater  - 19
Great Shearwater  - 16
Manx Shearwater  - 2
Unidentified Shearwater  - 3
Wilson's Storm-Petrel - 1
Double-crested Cormorant - 2

Northern Gannet  - 14
Bonaparte's Gull - 15
Laughing Gull - 10
Herring Gull - 12
Great Black-backed Gull - 16
Unidentified Gull - 3
Common Tern - 17
Unidentified Tern - 1


2 pm trip: