In addition to North Atlantic right whales, we were lucky to see several other species of marine mammals, fish and birds during our trip to Roseway Basin. Following is a short list of some of the different species of animals seen:

Fin whale, Sei whale, Humpback whale, Minke whale, Pilot whale, Killer whale, Common dolphin, White-sided dolphin, Harbour porpoise, Mola-mola (Sunfish), Basking shark, Blue shark, Tuna, Northern Gannet, Greater shearwater, Wilson storm petrel, Leech's storm petrel, Northern fulmar, Pomerine jaeger, Parasitic jaeger, Black backed gull, Herring gull, Atlantic puffin, Phalaropes.

From left: mola mola (sunfish) and common dolphin

Here's a slideshow of more images:

Labels: #20: Other Species Seen on Roseway Basin, 2009 Season, Right Whale, Roseway Basin, Yan

North Atlantic right whales were a feature story on the CBC this week. The story features some great footage of whales in Surface Active Groups and diving. There are also some interview clips of our Canadian team members, Moira and Yan.







Click here to watch the news story.






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Labels: #19: The Right Whale Team on CBC News, 2009 Season, Moira, TV, Yan

Recently the Right Whale Research Team photographed a very unusual cloud during one of the surveys in the Bay of Fundy. Here's a photo:



We sent the photo to an expert and here's what we found out about our amazing sighting.

Labels: #17: Cool cloud sighting, 2009 Season, Clouds, Marilyn, Right Whale, Yan