Greetings Bostonian Bipeds,
Today on our 11am trip to Stellwagen Bank we buckled up aboard the Aurora under the guidance of Whale Veteran, Captain Chip. We scurried over swells of 3-5 feet, aspiring to take fleeting glimpses of cetaceans caught up in the ocean gauntlet. We headed northbound and spotted ourselves a plethora of blows southwest of Tillies Bank. We came upon an association of five humpback whales, and by their flukes alone we identified three as Samovar, Geometry, and Indiana, a first sighting for the season!
Greetings Bostonian Bipeds,
Today on our 11am trip to Stellwagen Bank we buckled up aboard the Aurora under the guidance of Whale Veteran, Captain Chip. We scurried over swells of 3-5 feet, aspiring to take fleeting glimpses of cetaceans caught up in the ocean gauntlet. We headed northbound and spotted ourselves a plethora of blows southwest of Tillies Bank. We came upon an association of five humpback whales, and by their flukes alone we identified three as Samovar, Geometry, and Indiana, a first sighting for the season!
Nearby we spotted Satula, named for “saddle” in Finnish, due to her depressed dorsal fin. We also caught a vision of a gorgeous fluke belonging to a whale I didn’t recognize. There was another pair who were actively surface feeding amongst bubble nets, in addition to other active groups blanketing the horizon. This was a high-octane expedition that seemed to end far too soon. The humpback whale activity certainly changed for the better following the rough Sunday seas, a pattern theorized by naturalists who study whales in this region. I hope for many to experience the splendor and majesty of the mysticete mammoths, and no photograph or tale can do proper justice.
Peace and Love,
Rich
Peace and Love,
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