Whale watch boats on Stellwagen bank have produced Sei Whales for the last two weekends. Today we likely had 20+ individuals, with numerous individuals around the boat for most of the trip. Also excellent numbers of Humpbacks with lots of fun activity, and decent showings of Fin and Minke. Right Whales continue from shore near Duxbury as of Thursday. To my knowledge, whale watch boats are being run out of the Gloucester area only on weekends. Not sure what the schedule from Provincetown is, but I’m also not certain whether those boats are visiting the area where Sei Whales are being seen.
Related Articles
-
Yellow Bellied Marmot .. Not as cute as I thought
Jon Hall, , North American, 3
Nick Waterstraat was lucky enough to observe this rare – and bloodthirsty – Marmot behaviour in California. Fascinating. Jon
-
Mexico approves measure to save world’s rarest marine mammal
Jon Hall, , North American, 0
Some positive news for the Vaquita The government of Mexico has taken a decisive step to save the vaquita...
-
Humpback Whales intervene to protect Grey Whale from Orcas
Jon Hall, , North American, 0
If you haven’t seen this then its an interesting read – Humpback Whales apparently trying to protect a Grey...
-
S. Florida trip mammals
Conuropsis, , North American, mammals, South Florida, 0
Just got back from South Florida where I was for the last week. Saw lots of good birds and...
-
Wolverine photographed in California
Jon Hall, , North American, 0
This is exciting, particular for anyone who thinks – like me – that the Wolverine is one of the...
-
RFI – Pinnacles NP and Carrizo Plain
Alan D, , North American, California, Carrizo Plain, 8
Hi all, I am planning an April trip down to Pinnacles and Carrizo Plain. We are interested in mammals...
-
Help on New England Cottontail ID
samuelmarlin, , North American, cottontail, 2
NE cottontail Hi everybody I’m looking for help from the Mammal Watching community about a recent trip I did...
-
Harp Seals and White-beaked Dolphins, note on Nunavut
John Fox, , North American, marine mammals, 0
Thought I’d start a new thread and V can pick it up for his book if he wants. I...
Subscribe to mammalwatching.com
Recent Posts
Recent Comments
- Jon Hall on Western Weasels (and a few other things): California and Oregon
- Andy on Western Weasels (and a few other things): California and Oregon
- Jon Hall on Yellow-footed antechinus near Wangaratta
- Antee on New Trip Report: Bolivia
- Morgan Churchill on Taxonomy news
I did a whale watch from Provincetown last weekend. It gave good views of humpbacks as well as minke whale, fin whale and atlantic white-sided dolphin. There are excursions twice per day (including week days). It does not seem they have had high recurrence of sei whales though (it seems they mostly visit the coastal areas around the Cape). I spotted what I believe was a right whale from shore from Race Point but there were too many waves and the observation too distant to confirm the identification 100%. From the map of live records of right whales, it seems that most of the observations are around Gloucester…
With which company did you see the sei whales? Did you leave from Boston?
Nice! I saw Sei Whales at this time of year in 2013 there – seems like late April is the time for them and the Northern Right Whales.
Nice stuff. I saw 18+ Right Whales in April from Duxbury Bch. Quite amazing. My trip out of Gloucester yesterday was cancelled so I was very bummed. I guess I’ll go with Cape Ann W.W. next time.