Wednesday, September 23, 2009

New Bay of Fundy Right Whale Mom's and Calves off Grand Manan

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Laurie Murison of Grand Manan Whale and Seabird Research Station on Grand Manan has been reporting her sightings of Right Whale mothers and calves in the Grand Manan area this summer. Go to Adopt Right Whale News for all the details.

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  • posted by LDM at Adopt Right Whale News - 1 week ago
    The New England Aquarium saw #2123 and her calf today after the team dried out from heavy rain and wind as a storm moved through the area this morning. #2123 was born in 1991 and this is her fourth calf (2...
  • posted by LDM at Adopt Right Whale News - 1 week ago
    We had the Calvineers out today. We didn't find Calvin and her calf but hey were happy with the right whales we saw. The Calvineers are grade 7 and 8 students from the Adams School in Castine, ME. http://w...
     
  • posted by LDM at Adopt Right Whale News - 1 week ago
    We had an absolutely gorgeous, calm day on the Bay of Fundy. When we finally arrived in an area of right whales, it was so calm that the loudest things were whales breathing, after we reminded our passenge...
  • posted by LDM at Adopt Right Whale News - 1 week ago
    We were fortunate to find Calvin and her new calf September 10th. At first Calvin was by herself, having been feeding and also rubbing in the mud some 180 m below and then she reunited with her calf who al...
  • posted by LDM at Adopt Right Whale News - 2 weeks ago
    September 4th saw the successful disentanglement of a right whale mother named Mavynne. She had been in the Bay of Fundy on August 28th but Friday morning was spotted by recreational fishermen and reported...
  • posted by LDM at Adopt Right Whale News - 2 weeks ago
    Baldy's eighth baby suffered through an entanglement in presumed fishing gear sometime during the migration from Florida to the Bay of Fundy. Already seen by the New England Aquarium research team, Quoddy ...
  • posted by LDM at Adopt Right Whale News - 2 weeks ago
    Calvin was spotted in the Bay of Fundy by the New England Aquarium research team September 2 with her second calf. Calvin and a number of other right whales were well above the Grand Manan Basin where they...
  • posted by LDM at Adopt Right Whale News - 2 weeks ago
    On August 30 a courtship group of right whales was spotted off the Wolves, an island group between Grand Manan and Blacks Harbour, just off the ferry route. A number of right whales have moved in to that a...
  • posted by LDM at Adopt Right Whale News - 3 weeks ago
    It has been an unusual summer with few right whales in the deep waters of the Grand Manan Basin. Over the last few days, 40+ right whales have been found east of the southern Wolves, an island group that y...

  • posted by LDM at Adopt Right Whale News - 5 weeks ago
    The weekend had more right whales arriving in the Bay of Fundy, with an estimated 40 or more along a narrow stretch. Prior to this, the New England Aquarium had photographed and/or identified 33 d...
  • posted by LDM at Adopt Right Whale News - 1 month ago
    Baldy was seen in the Bay of Fundy August 9th by the New England Aquarium research team during their regular surveys. Baldy's calf has been injured and has marks across the head and also on the tail stock....
  • posted by LDM at Adopt Right Whale News - 1 month ago
    August 9th, the New England Aquarium research vessel found Slash #1303 and her calf in the Bay of Fundy during their regular surveys. This is Slash's sixth calf. Slash last had a calf in 2005. She is oft...
  • posted by LDM at Adopt Right Whale News - 2 months ago
    We just learned from the Atlantic Large Whale Entanglement Network that Radiator was seen on July 18 towing a round yellow buoy south of Nantucket Island off Cape Cod, MA. He was seen from a charter vessel...
  • posted by LDM at Adopt Right Whale News - 2 months ago
    We have had two reports of mothers and calves in the Bay of Fundy, one report was on July 15 by two of our researchers while they were doing a plankton tow in the Grand Manan Basin. The other was on July 1...
  • posted by LDM at Adopt Right Whale News - 4 months ago
    Photo caption: Mother and calf touching – While on the calving grounds off of Florida and Georgia,, calves and mothers are nuzzling, touching and nudging continually over the first couple months of life i...

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