Cape Ann Whale Watch
Sightings Report
5/2/09
We had a great whale watch today! 11 humpbacks.
Two of which gave us a close approach. Both whales were very large adults.
Some passengers did see 3 whales breaching in the distance.
Every trip is different so book soon.
( 15 miles for the harbor)
Whale watching Massachusetts is the Best!

Type of whale     Number of whales

Humpback               10-12 in the area                     
(Megaptera Novaeangliae)

Finback                     1
(Balaenoptera Physalus)

Minke                         1
(Balaenoptera Acutorostrata) 

Atlantic White-Sided Dolphin   20-25 on 5/8/09    
(Lagenorhynchus Acutus)

Risso's Dolphin
(Grampus griseus)

Grampus 
(griseus)

Harbor Porpoise
(Phocoena phocoena)

Right Whale
(Eubalaena glacialis)

Sei Whale
(Balaenoptera borealis)

Pilot Whales
(Globicephala)

Blue Whale
(Balaenoptera musculus)

Bird Sightings

Sooty Shearwater       0
(Puffinus griseus)

Greater Shearwater    0
(Puffinus gravis)

Manx Shearwater        0
(Puffinus puffinus)

Wilson's Storm Petrel         0
(Oceanites oceanicus)

Northern Gannet                 5-10
(Sula bassanus)

Common Tern               0
(Sterna paradisaea)

Loon                                 2
(Gavia immer)  

Bonaparte`s Gull
(Larus philadelphia)

Other Sightings

Lots of Gulls

* While every effort is made to differentiate between individual whales,
it is possible that a whale may be sighted more than once in any one week.

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Whale watching Massachusetts is best.