I've encountered several wrymouth while digging in local mudflats for research specimens. Never saw a red one. But this photo from the University of Massachusetts came up in a search yesterday.
Art
Showing posts with label Head Harbour Passage. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Head Harbour Passage. Show all posts
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Red Wrymouth photo
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I've encountered several wrymouth while digging in local mudflats for research specimens. Never saw a red one. But this photo from the University of Massachusetts came up in a search yesterday.
Art
I've encountered several wrymouth while digging in local mudflats for research specimens. Never saw a red one. But this photo from the University of Massachusetts came up in a search yesterday.
Art
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
FISH: More on mysterious red eel
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Hello Joyce and Art,
These are great photos but difficult for fish identification except for color and body shape. The fish is eel-like, however, it is unlikely (but not impossible) that the specimen is a rare species like Myroconger compressus known from three specimens off west Africa. A better guess would be the wrymouth, Cryptacanthodes maculatus (see photo below from FishBase), though your specimen is rather red for the wrymouth. Wish we had the specimen in hand!
Best,
Lou
Lou Van Guelpen
Curator of Fishes and Collections Manager
Atlantic Reference Centre
The Huntsman Marine Science Centre
1 Lower Campus Road St. Andrews, NB E5B 2L7
T: 506.529.1203
F: 506.529.1212
E: arc@mar.dfo-mpo.gc.ca
W:www.huntsmanmarine.ca
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Breaching minke whale at Bay of Fundy, Campobello Island
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There have been 4 to 10 finback whales consistantly at the lighthouse in the mouth of Head Harbour Passage for weeks now. The minkes are there but elusive. This minke breached a dozen times in front of the lighthouse. I caught a few of them. Joyce
There have been 4 to 10 finback whales consistantly at the lighthouse in the mouth of Head Harbour Passage for weeks now. The minkes are there but elusive. This minke breached a dozen times in front of the lighthouse. I caught a few of them. Joyce
Saturday, June 5, 2010
Porpoise at Head Harbour Lightstation, June 3, 2010
15 to 20 porpoise, maybe more, moving down Head Harbour Passage and around the lightstation to deeper water. I only looked for them for a brief period of time, it was starting to rain and I feared for the camera.
Joyce
Monday, April 12, 2010
Lightstation has a new landing platform.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/headharbourlight/show/with/4512835827/
We went over the Head Harbour Lightstation today to see the new landing platform. It was a nice day, but cold. The sunny inside porch was nice and warm, though. We took dinner over and enjoyed the first time over there. The landing is very solid and very strong. A hoist goes in one corner, yet to be installed. We hope it will survive here for a while. For photos of it in a slideshow , click above. Joyce
Saturday, September 26, 2009
President Obama's Ocean Plan should protect Bay of Fundy Marine Life at Head Harbour Passage and West Isles.
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While not yet written into law, President Obama's new Ocean Policy task force called for decisions guided by "best available science" as well as a "precautionary approach" that reflects the Rio Declaration of 1992, which states: "where there are threats of serious or irreversible damage, lack of full scientific certainty shall not be used as a reason for postponing cost-effective measures to prevent environment degradation."
Since there is an abundance of scientific information available that mitigates against the degradation of this important marine location, this new policy should recognize the value of Head Harbour Passage and West Isles and move towards establishing a Marine Protected Area or Marine Managed Area here in Quoddy in the immediate future. This is the opportunity for Canada and the United States to join together in forming the first international protected area along our border. The precident was already set with the establishment of the highly success Roosevelt Campobello International Park and Commission.
Actually, the RCIP could well be the existing management structure. This would only extend the area that they would manage.
Read more about President Obama's Ocean Policy here: http://www.alternet.org/story/142866/obama_administration_announces_new_plan_to_save_oceans%2C_will_it_be_enough
Photo Credit: wikipedia.com
While not yet written into law, President Obama's new Ocean Policy task force called for decisions guided by "best available science" as well as a "precautionary approach" that reflects the Rio Declaration of 1992, which states: "where there are threats of serious or irreversible damage, lack of full scientific certainty shall not be used as a reason for postponing cost-effective measures to prevent environment degradation."
Since there is an abundance of scientific information available that mitigates against the degradation of this important marine location, this new policy should recognize the value of Head Harbour Passage and West Isles and move towards establishing a Marine Protected Area or Marine Managed Area here in Quoddy in the immediate future. This is the opportunity for Canada and the United States to join together in forming the first international protected area along our border. The precident was already set with the establishment of the highly success Roosevelt Campobello International Park and Commission.
Actually, the RCIP could well be the existing management structure. This would only extend the area that they would manage.
Read more about President Obama's Ocean Policy here: http://www.alternet.org/story/142866/obama_administration_announces_new_plan_to_save_oceans%2C_will_it_be_enough
Photo Credit: wikipedia.com
Friday, September 25, 2009
Parasitic Jaegers and Storm-Petrel at Bay of Fundy's Head Harbour Passage
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Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2009 09:41:18 -0300
From: "Chardine,John [Sackville]" NatureNB
Subject: Parasitic Jaegers, Deer Island
I was out on the water yesterday (22 Sep 2009) in Head Harbour Passage (no phalaropes seen), and saw several Parasitic Jaegers (Labbe parasite). One observation was of three birds together, and I'm sure there was at least one more in the area. On several occasions we watched them attempt to kleptoparasitise Bonaparte's Gulls (Mouette de Bonaparte) as they fed on small herring.
Also saw a single Leach's Storm-Petrel (Petrel Cull-Blanc).
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John Chardine
Research Scientist, Marine Ecosystems
Science and Technology Branch
Environment Canada
Photo Credit: Wikipedia.com
Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2009 09:41:18 -0300
From: "Chardine,John [Sackville]" NatureNB
Subject: Parasitic Jaegers, Deer Island
I was out on the water yesterday (22 Sep 2009) in Head Harbour Passage (no phalaropes seen), and saw several Parasitic Jaegers (Labbe parasite). One observation was of three birds together, and I'm sure there was at least one more in the area. On several occasions we watched them attempt to kleptoparasitise Bonaparte's Gulls (Mouette de Bonaparte) as they fed on small herring.
Also saw a single Leach's Storm-Petrel (Petrel Cull-Blanc).
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John Chardine
Research Scientist, Marine Ecosystems
Science and Technology Branch
Environment Canada
Photo Credit: Wikipedia.com
Sunday, September 13, 2009
Bay of Fundy Head Harbour Passage - Whale Action from Quoddy Link Marine
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Posting on I Love Quoddy Wild has slowed down somewhat while we replace our roofing ... partially removed back in that Fundy windstorm December 2008. Here's a summary of the posts from quoddylinkmarine.blogspot.com.
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Posting on I Love Quoddy Wild has slowed down somewhat while we replace our roofing ... partially removed back in that Fundy windstorm December 2008. Here's a summary of the posts from quoddylinkmarine.blogspot.com.
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- posted by Danielle at Quoddy Link Marine - Sightings and Updates - 9 hours agoWhat a great day we had! On our 10:00 am departure we spent time with a number of fin whales, some off the mouth of Head Harbour, some off Nancy's Head and some more towards the Wolves. We found many fi...
- posted by Danielle at Quoddy Link Marine - Sightings and Updates - 2 days agoHello everyone, today was another great day of whale watching off Head Harbour Passage. Our 10:00 am trip we spent some time and got some great looks at a very young humpback whale, the 2008 calf of Touch...
- posted by Danielle at Quoddy Link Marine - Sightings and Updates - 3 days agoHello everyone :) We had one departure today at 2:00 pm and it was wonderful. The water was very calm and the whales we just fantastic. We spent time with fin whales off and in Head Harbour Passage. ...
- posted by Danielle at Quoddy Link Marine - Sightings and Updates - 4 days agoHello all, it's been another great day of whale watching out of St. Andrews! On our 10:00 am trip the tide was flooding and there were lots of whales only about 9 miles from St. Andrews just off Bliss Isla...
- posted by Danielle at Quoddy Link Marine - Sightings and Updates - 5 days agoHello everyone, it's the last day of the long weekend and today we had some great sightings! On our 10:00 am trip we spent the majority of our time a few miles off Bliss with 8-10 finback whales...
- posted by Danielle at Quoddy Link Marine - Sightings and Updates - 1 week agoHello everyone, today I had my very first sighting of a mom and her calf humpback pair!! Jolinne and I were so excited (to the point where we did jump up and down). It is the first mom and calf humpback pa...
- posted by Danielle at Quoddy Link Marine - Sightings and Updates - 1 week agoHello everyone, what a great day that we had today! Our morning trip started off with our unknown humpback that has a darker tail that we have been watching for the past few weeks. "He" wasn't the easiest...
- posted by Danielle at Quoddy Link Marine - Sightings and Updates - 1 week agoHello everyone!! I'm going to keep this a little bit shorter this evening, I'm a little tired... On both trips today we had fin whales and humpbacks. On our 10:00 am trip we spent time with a young humpba...
- posted by Danielle at Quoddy Link Marine - Sightings and Updates - 1 week agoHey everyone, well, we had another great day and with 3 trips today I am a little tired but I wanted to make sure that I shared some of the highlights of the todays trips with you. This morning our trip s...
- posted by Danielle at Quoddy Link Marine - Sightings and Updates - 1 week agoHello all, well, it seems like everyday I am bringing you reports of these amazing trips we keep having....and today is no different! Our 10 am trip was an inshore trip, there were so many fin whal...
- posted by Danielle at Quoddy Link Marine - Sightings and Updates - 1 week agoHello all, what a fantastic day it was...if you had asked me at the beginning of the season if it was possible to see all4 species of whales within 12 miles of St. Andrews I probably would have sa...
- posted by Danielle at Quoddy Link Marine - Sightings and Updates - 1 week agoHello everyone...I don't even know where to start, today was one of the most amazing days on the water I have had in 8 years. I know that over the past 5 days or so I have being sharing with you...
- posted by Danielle at Quoddy Link Marine - Sightings and Updates - 2 weeks agoHello everyone, and again today was another fantastic day of whale watching. Even with the weather of Danny on our doorstep we were able to get 2 whale watches in today. Our morning departure started behi...
- posted by Danielle at Quoddy Link Marine - Sightings and Updates - 2 weeks agoWOW....hello everyone, what an incredible day!! Let's start with the 10:00 am departure. We began our trip in shore with a young humpback that we have seen over the past few days. The whale was resting at...
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Humpback and Shearwaters Enjoy the Bounty
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Great shot from Lesley Pinder of a humpback and shearwaters feeding off Head Harbour Light. Got me really excited at first glance late last night since I thought they were the "canary and the miner" (right whale and phalaropes)! Thanks for this Lesley. Art
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Right Whales at East Quoddy Lighthouse (Head Harbour Lightstation)
Well, I hope these photos speak for themselves.
A young right whale, right off East Quoddy Head Light with some significant scarring around the caudal peduncle. These scars are most likely from an entanglement.
The other is an adult whale (my best ID would be Clipper but this is not my specialty, I have an email in to confirm ID) that lost 1/2 of it's fluke...my guess would be a large propeller.
With all of the whales so close to home we all need to be careful.
Cheers,
Danielle
Monday, August 31, 2009
Bay of Fundy Whales in Head Harbour Passage
With this number of whales so close to the islands, especially the ones that raise their tails and with a long weekend coming up I am sure there is going to be a lot of boat traffic around. All we can hope is that everyone is respectful of the wildlife and takes their time (no speeding) in areas where there are whales. Please.
Cheers,
Danielle
Quoddy Link Marine
Sunday, August 30, 2009
Humpback off Wilson's Beach In Head Harbour Passage
Hey Art and all you readers of I Love Quoddy WILD! We were able to get 2 trips in today despite hurricane Danny moving into the Bay. Our morning trip took us back off the Wolves were we found large numbers of North Atlantic right whales (30-40). We saw a few breaches in the distance and we had a mom/calf pair and some courtship behaviour. Check out the videos on the Quoddy Link Blog.
This afternoon, the winds increased and some fog settled in so we stayed inshore but found a familiar "face" in Head Harbour Passage. Cork, a 7 year old female humpback we usually see in the offshore area showed up inshore off Casco Bay and made her way over to Wilson's Beach, Campobello! I attached a few photos, they were taken today...in the rain so they aren't the greatest.
Cheers,
Danielle
Quoddy Link Marine
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Basking Shark in Head Harbour Passage
There was a big basking shark near the seawall in Wilson's Beach yesterday, August 26th. It was near the edges of the waterline, far up in the cove. Many people went to see it. Joyce
Photo Credit: wikipedia.com
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Action in Head Harbour Passage today, August 26th.
Lesley and I went out with Mac Greene on Island Cruises today hoping for right whales to photograph, but it was too rough once we got out a bit in the bay and he had to turn around. Inside Head Harbour Passage there was a lot of action today. There were tuna jumping all over the passage in any direction you cared to look and there were a lot of porpoise all over the passage. There were three, and probably five finbacks inside the passage going in circles, and there was a large finback just outside the passage, It was a busy place, I have photos to come. Joyce
ImageCredit: wikipedia.com
Bay of Fundy Right Whales Back Near Head Harbour Lighthouse!
Cara Fitzsimmons, who works for us, also works for Mac Greene. Yesterday, she told us, she was out on the boat with Mac and IFAW researchers. They were about a mile and a half off the lighthouse (Head Harbour Lightstation) between the lighthouse and Wolves. A right whale was spotted around 1 PM and Mac was out there from 5 to 7 pm. A right whale with a calf and an older male right whale were there all that time. The calf was , Mac thinks, between 5 and 7 tons. They are born around one ton. Cara said the cow would dive and the calf would dive, but the calf could not get that tail part of the dive right. Finally the calf did do a perfect dive with the arched tail and everyone cheered. He got it right!
The older right whale with them had been documented for 20 years. Cara did not remember the name.
Joyce
Photo: Head Harbour Lighthouse and porpoise.
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Trawling for whales in the Bay of Fundy
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Since the fog went away, everyone has become exceptionally busy as we attempt to "do summer" in the few remaining weeks in August.The result for us here at ILQW is spotty reporting as many of the whale watchers spend their time on the water or collapsing in bed. So we decided to go trawling on the web for whale sightings. Enjoy these spectacular reports.
August 7, 2009 - Quoddy Link Marine: On both yesterday and today's departure we spent time with finbacks on the morning and afternoon trips (on the flood tide, where the whales were feeding between Bliss and Blacks) and with minke whales in Head Harbour Passage on the ebb tide.
August 10, 2009 - Quoddy Link Marine: Hey everyone, what a great couple of days we have had whale watching. On August 8th and the 10th we had finback whales on all 3 departures and yesterday we had 2 trips with fins (the 2:00 pm departure was incredible, some really great sightings) and then we had a great evening trip with minke whales. We have some reports of humpbacks closer to St. Andrews, still out of our reach for a regular trip but definitely closer, it's great news!
August 12, 2009 - Brier Island Nature Blog: Hi Everyone Just got back from a beautiful day on the water. I went out with my husband on Brier Island Whale & Seabird Cruises and we sighted 7 humpbacks, 2 Minke whales, Lots of Red-necked Phalaropes, Red Phalaropes, Puffins, Sooty and Greater Shearwaters, i noticed that the sooty shearwaters are outnumbering the greater shearwaters this year. Lots of Harbor Porpoises.
August 13, 2009 - Quoddy Link Marine: Hello all, what an absolutely gorgeous day on the water! We had another full day and the water was so calm today you forgot you were on the open Bay of Fundy! We had great finback and minke whale sightings on all 3 departures today
August 14, 2009 - Quoddy Link Marine: Hello all, what an absolutely gorgeous day on the water! We had another full day and the water was so calm today you forgot you were on the open Bay of Fundy! We had great finback and minke whale sightings on all 3 departures today.
August 14, 2009 - Brier Island Nature Blog: We sighted Squiggle and calf with Flame hanging out. Then we travelled toward western light and sighted Foggy and Peajack playing in the rockweed. You could say it was their day at the spa, a seaweed wrap. Peajack was upside down when he brought his tail out as you can see if the pictures! We also sighted alot of Harbor Porpoise today and some grey seals popping their heads up and sunning themselves.
August 15, 2009 - Grand Manan Whale Camp. Today we went out on the Day's Catch for the last time this season and were treated to the best show yet! Loads of harbour porpoise everywhere, then fin whales, then humpbacks, who were breaching, tail lobbing and fin slapping... and then the RIGHT WHALE!!!! The distinctive V-shaped blow was obvious, and we were treated to views of its tail.
August 16, 2009- Quoddy Link Marine: Hello everyone, we had another great day on the water today. Our morning trip was a charter with Grand Circle Tours, an American motor coach company where we take them from St. Andrews to Campobello and visit with some Bay of Fundy nature and sites along the way and we did see 3 minke whales in Head Harbour Passage. Our afternoon trip was very special, we had an incredible view of a minke whale feeding right beside the boat!
August 16, 2009 - Grand Manan Whale Camp: What an evening for the last whale watch trip for the season here at Whale Camp. Beautiful flat calm seas, warm weather and reports of right whales in the basin. So we headed on out, saw humpbacks breaching, sang the harbour porpoise song for the last time and saw them too, then in the distance, more whales behaving at the surface.... a pair of right whales.
August 16, 2009 - Brier Island Nature Blog: Hi Everyone Yesterday i went out whale watching in the afternoon. It was foggy and we had a hard time trying to lcate the whales but perserverance paid off. Whale watching in the fog takes alot of patience and we were rewarded big time. We found a whale called Lacuna just off the buoys. All whales have different personalities, Lacuna is the class clown! Close approaches rolling upside down and going underneath the boat, having a good look at us , flipper slapping what a fun trip! After Lacuna had enough of us he swam away in the fog and i am told joined up with 6 other humpacks down off the rip. We then went near western light and came across Photon with her calf.
August 17, 2009, Quoddy Link Marine: Hey everyone, I have some great news to report, we had our first humpback whale sighting of the 2009 season on our 2:00 pm departure today! The young whale was first reported by Fundy Tide Runners and we were very surprised to hear how close to home the humpback was sighted. We had heard that the humpback was not fluking (raising it's tail) much but to our surprise and the absolute delight of our passengers the young whale started tail breaching and lobtailing very close to the boat!
Since the fog went away, everyone has become exceptionally busy as we attempt to "do summer" in the few remaining weeks in August.The result for us here at ILQW is spotty reporting as many of the whale watchers spend their time on the water or collapsing in bed. So we decided to go trawling on the web for whale sightings. Enjoy these spectacular reports.
August 7, 2009 - Quoddy Link Marine: On both yesterday and today's departure we spent time with finbacks on the morning and afternoon trips (on the flood tide, where the whales were feeding between Bliss and Blacks) and with minke whales in Head Harbour Passage on the ebb tide.
August 10, 2009 - Quoddy Link Marine: Hey everyone, what a great couple of days we have had whale watching. On August 8th and the 10th we had finback whales on all 3 departures and yesterday we had 2 trips with fins (the 2:00 pm departure was incredible, some really great sightings) and then we had a great evening trip with minke whales. We have some reports of humpbacks closer to St. Andrews, still out of our reach for a regular trip but definitely closer, it's great news!
August 12, 2009 - Brier Island Nature Blog: Hi Everyone Just got back from a beautiful day on the water. I went out with my husband on Brier Island Whale & Seabird Cruises and we sighted 7 humpbacks, 2 Minke whales, Lots of Red-necked Phalaropes, Red Phalaropes, Puffins, Sooty and Greater Shearwaters, i noticed that the sooty shearwaters are outnumbering the greater shearwaters this year. Lots of Harbor Porpoises.
August 13, 2009 - Quoddy Link Marine: Hello all, what an absolutely gorgeous day on the water! We had another full day and the water was so calm today you forgot you were on the open Bay of Fundy! We had great finback and minke whale sightings on all 3 departures today
August 14, 2009 - Quoddy Link Marine: Hello all, what an absolutely gorgeous day on the water! We had another full day and the water was so calm today you forgot you were on the open Bay of Fundy! We had great finback and minke whale sightings on all 3 departures today.
August 14, 2009 - Brier Island Nature Blog: We sighted Squiggle and calf with Flame hanging out. Then we travelled toward western light and sighted Foggy and Peajack playing in the rockweed. You could say it was their day at the spa, a seaweed wrap. Peajack was upside down when he brought his tail out as you can see if the pictures! We also sighted alot of Harbor Porpoise today and some grey seals popping their heads up and sunning themselves.
August 15, 2009 - Grand Manan Whale Camp. Today we went out on the Day's Catch for the last time this season and were treated to the best show yet! Loads of harbour porpoise everywhere, then fin whales, then humpbacks, who were breaching, tail lobbing and fin slapping... and then the RIGHT WHALE!!!! The distinctive V-shaped blow was obvious, and we were treated to views of its tail.
August 16, 2009- Quoddy Link Marine: Hello everyone, we had another great day on the water today. Our morning trip was a charter with Grand Circle Tours, an American motor coach company where we take them from St. Andrews to Campobello and visit with some Bay of Fundy nature and sites along the way and we did see 3 minke whales in Head Harbour Passage. Our afternoon trip was very special, we had an incredible view of a minke whale feeding right beside the boat!
Photo by Jolinne, Quoddy Link Marine
August 16, 2009 - Brier Island Nature Blog: Hi Everyone Yesterday i went out whale watching in the afternoon. It was foggy and we had a hard time trying to lcate the whales but perserverance paid off. Whale watching in the fog takes alot of patience and we were rewarded big time. We found a whale called Lacuna just off the buoys. All whales have different personalities, Lacuna is the class clown! Close approaches rolling upside down and going underneath the boat, having a good look at us , flipper slapping what a fun trip! After Lacuna had enough of us he swam away in the fog and i am told joined up with 6 other humpacks down off the rip. We then went near western light and came across Photon with her calf.
August 17, 2009, Quoddy Link Marine: Hey everyone, I have some great news to report, we had our first humpback whale sighting of the 2009 season on our 2:00 pm departure today! The young whale was first reported by Fundy Tide Runners and we were very surprised to hear how close to home the humpback was sighted. We had heard that the humpback was not fluking (raising it's tail) much but to our surprise and the absolute delight of our passengers the young whale started tail breaching and lobtailing very close to the boat!
August 18, 2009, Grand Manan Whales and Seabird Research Station: 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 different whales including seven calves since the beginning of August. The whales are close to Grand Manan on the western side of the Grand Manan Basin.
August 19, 2009, Quoddy Link Marine: Hello everyone, I just wanted to give you a quick update on our sightings for the past few days. We have had some great sightings of finbacks, last night we had 5 individuals! The whales have been very consistent which helps with some of the weather. This afternoon we had a minke whale lunge feed many times, with so much power...it was fantastic!
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