After getting a tip about 25-30 North Atlantic Right Whales in Cape Cod Bay I went up yesterday to try for them. I’ve been wanting to see this species all my life and since they’re on their way to extinction I figure the best time to see them would be ASAP from their winter/spring feeding grounds. And since I was told it’s not likely to see them from a boat when I go up in May for a ocean cruise I decided this was the time since they were there now. So I raced up to Brant Rock near Marshfield, MA, and scanned the water for any sign of them. There were a few Harbor Seals on the rocks and lots of ocean birds, but no whales until I glanced south towards Duxbury Beach Park when I saw one blow and then disappear. I figured it would be better to try down there so raced down to that area and immediately saw blows off shore from halfway out to Provincetown to within a quarter mile of shore! They were everywhere! I had at least 18! Probably more were seen, but with them moving back and forth everywhere it was hard to make an exact count. They were fluke slapping, rolling, showing there heads and backs, and one even spy-hopped. All this from shore. Who needs a boat! I couldn’t have asked for better looks except being on a boat. What a wonderful experience. Unfortunatley the haze made for poor photos so didn’t get any.
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RFI: Florida mammalx
holmesneg, , North American, florida, 4
Hi, I have a week long family vacation from UK to Port Charlotte area of the gulf coast of...
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Fishers return to New York City
Jon Hall, , North American, 0
Guess where I am going as soon as I get home…? http://naturalsciencesresearch.wordpress.com/2014/06/06/fisher-photographed-in-the-bronx-first-ever-nyc-record-of-this-squirrel-and-rat-predator Thanks to Fiona Reid for letting me...
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San Angelo State Park, Texas – short note from March 2017
Ameet, , North American, "North American Porcupine", "Rio Grande Ground Squirrel", 0
This is a belated update on San Angelo State Park from March 2017. Excited by Jon’s trip report from...
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Canadian footprints in need of ID
Jon Hall, , North American, 0
Hi, a friend sent me these pictures of mammal tracks from Canada. The first images are from Saskatchewan, the...
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Washington State Trip Report
Jon Hall, , North American, 1
I had a couple of days mammaling around the Olympic Peninsula a week or so ago. A short trip...
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Algonuin Provincial Park, Ontario
Jon Hall, , North American, 1
Algonquin Provincial Park, about 4 hours north of Toronto, is one of only two places where one can see...
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Bracken Bat Cave Threatened
mattinidaho, , North American, 0
The Bracken Bat Cave — with 10 million bats, one of the world’s largest congregations of mammals — is...
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ID confirmation of a couple Carrizo Plains Rodents
curtisfrommichigan, , North American, 4
I was out at the Carrizo Plain last week and did quite well, despite being limited to the paved...
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