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August 12, 2002 at the Great South Channel


Sighting summary

Cetaceans

Birds

Humpback Whales: 150+
Fin whales: ~ 15
Minke whales: ~7
~100 Atlantic White sided dolphins
~100 Atlantic White beaked dolphins
~ 50 Common dolphins
Greater Shearwaters: ~3100
Sooty Shearwaters: ~220
Cory's Shearwaters: 7
Manx Shearwaters: 4
Wilson's Storm Petrels: ~ 860
Leach's Storm Petrels: 4
Common Terns: 38
Northern Gannet 1
Pomarine Jaeger 1

 


Photos

Wizard, 1990 calf of Petrel, female

Tornado, 1988 calf of Fringe, female

Parens, 1987 calf of Sod, male

Alphorn, 1983 calf of Molson, male

Rattan, first seen in 2000, sex unknown

Tornado, 1988 calf of Fringe, female

Canopy, 1998 calf of Valley, sex unknown

Fragment, 1995 calf of Compass, sex unknown

Reflection, first seen 1992, female

match still in progress

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