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Viking Fleet/CRESLI Montauk Whale Watch Information
201 2
Viking/CRESLI Montauk Whale
Watch
BEST OF THE 2012 WHALE WATCH PHOTOS
Date
click on links below for detailed reports for each
day
Cetaceans
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Pelagic birds
&
other biota
07/01/2012
None
10 Wilson's Storm Petrels
2-3 bluefin tuna
07/04/2012
12 Bottlenose dolphins
(Coastal Migratory Stock)
Photos
10 Greater Shearwaters 1 Cory's
Shearwater 10 Wilsons Storm Petrels 1 Blue
Shark
07/08/2012
150 bottlenose dolphins
(Offshore
stock)
Photos
1 Loggerhead Sea Turtle 10 Wilson's
Storm Petrels 10 Greater Shearwaters 1
Cory's Shearwater 1 Sooty Shearwater 1
Manx Shearwater
07/15/2012
1 Humpback Whale
Photos
8 Wilson's
Storm Petrels 1 Greater Shearwaters 3
Cory's Shearwater
07/18/2012
None
3 Loggerhead Turtles 1 Kemp's Ridley
Turtle 7 Wilson's Storm Petrels 2 Greater
Shearwaters 1 Cory's Shearwaters
07/22/2012
20
Bottlenose dolphins
(Coastal Migratory Stock)
Photos
Interactive map with photos
2 Loggerhead Turtles 1 blue shark
30 Wilson's Storm Petrels 3 Greater
Shearwaters
07/25/2012
None
2 Basking Sharks 1 Dusky Shark 1
Ocean Sunfish 2 Greater Shearwaters 1
Cory's Shearwater 1 Sooty Shearwater 16
Wilson's Storm Petrels
Video of a basking shark breach
07/29/2012
40 Bottlenose Dolphins
(coastal
migratory stock)
Photos
Video
40 Wilson's Storm Petrels 5 Cory's
Shearwaters 3 Greater Shearwaters
08/01/12
60 COMMON DOLPHINS
Photos
Video
1 Kemp's Ridley Turtle 85 Wilson's
Storm Petrels 25 Greater Shearwaters 12
Cory's Shearwaters 1 Parasitic Jaeger 1 basking shark
08/05/2012
40 common dolphins
Photos
Interactive map
Video
1 Great Hammer Head Shark 20 Wilson's
Storm Petrels 15 Cory's Shearwaters 4
Great Shearwaters 1 Sooty Shearwaters
8/08/2012
60 Bottlenose Dolphins
(Coastal Migratory
Stock)
20 Common Dolphin
Photos
Interactive map with photos
Video
1 Leatherback Turtle 1 Unknown Turtle
35 Wilson's Storm Petrels 6 Cory's
Shearwaters 1 Northern Gannet
8/12-8/14/2012
17 Humpbacks
4 Fin Whales
1 Minke Whale
600 Common Dolphins
Photos
Interactive map with photos
Wilson’s Storm Petrels
Great Shearwaters Cory’s Shearwaters Sooty
Shearwaters Manx Shearwaters Pomarine Jaegers
Parasitic Jaegers
8/15/2012
60-80
Common dolphins
Photos
3 Common Eider 30 Cory's
Shearwater 8 Great Shearwaters 1 Manx
Shearwater 25 Wilson's Storm-Petrel 20
Double-crested Cormorant 3 Semipalmated Sandpiper
6 Laughing Gull 60 Herring Gull (American) 1
Lesser Black-backed Gull 30 Great Black-backed
Gull 2 Black Tern 30 Common Tern 2
Forster's Tern
8/19/2012
200
bottlenose Dolphins
(Coastal Migratory
Stock)
Photos
Interactive Map with Photos
Video
145 Cory's Shearwaters 40 Wilson's
Storm Petrels
8/22/2012
1 Minke Whale
Photos
Interactive map with photos
1 Leatherback Sea Turtle 1 Kemps
Ridley Sea Turtle 120 Coreys Shearwater 35
Wilson's Storm Petrels 3 Greater Shearwater
1 Northern Gannet
8/26/2012
None
1 parasitic jaeger 5 great
shearwaters 10 Cory's shearwaters 5
Sanderlings 5 Wilson Storm Petrels
8/29/2012
1 minke whale
15
bottlenose dolphins
40 common
dolphins
2 shearwaters
9/02/2012
100 common dolphins
Photos
Interactive map with photos
1 Leatherback Turtle 20 Great
Shearwaters 1 Sooty Shearwate 5 Cory's
Shearwaters 10 Wilson's Storm Petrels
2011 Viking/CRESLI Montauk Whale Watch
Date
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day
Cetaceans
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Pelagic birds
&
other biota
07/03/2011
25 0 common dolphins
1 Leatherback Sea Turtle
1 Triggerfish 1
Sunfish 400 Greater Shearwaters 1
Northern Gannet 1 Sooty Shearwater 10
Cory's Shearwater 40 Wilson's Storm Petrels
07/10/2011
360 common dolphins
July 10, 2011 photos
2
Leatherback Sea Turtles
1
Loggerhead Sea Turtle
1 Basking Shark 1
White Marlin 140 Greater Shearwaters 75
Wilson's Storm Petrels 50 Cory's Shearwaters
Some Flying fish and some Mahi Mahi
07/17/2011
1 juvenile humpback whale
July 17, 2011 photos
1 Leatherback Sea
Turtle 28 Cory's Shearwaters 50 Greater
Shearwaters 10 Wilson's Storm Petrels
07/24/2011
20 common dolphins
(briefly seen, no photos taken)
1 Basking Shark
1 Blue Shark 75 Cory's Shearwaters 20
Greater Shearwaters 135 Wilson's Storm
Petrels
07/31/2011
280 common dolphins
2 bottlenose dolphins
July 31, 2011 photos
Video by Rich Slattery
CRESLI video by Bri Lind
interactive map and photos
1 basking
shark 1 great white shark 20
Cory's Shearwaters
20
Greater Shearwaters 135
Wilson's Storm Petrels
08/14/2011
16 0 common dolphins
August 14, 2011 photos
1 Basking Shark 5 Greater Shearwaters
10 Cory's Shearwaters 240 Wilson's Storm
Petrels
08/21/2011
none
2 Cory's Shearwaters 40 Wilson's Storm
Petrels 6 Red-necked phalaropes
09/04/2011
none
Ocean Sunfish 20 Wilson's Storm Petrels
20-30 Corey's Shearwaters 1 Greater
Shearwater 2 Brown Pelicans!
2010 Viking/CRESLI Montauk Whale
Watch
Date
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day
Cetaceans
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Pelagic birds
&
other biota
09/01/20100
90
common dolphinsssss
No data availablee
08/29/2010
40 common dolphins
1 Leatherback Sea Turtle 5 Greater
Shearwaters 2 Cory's Shearwaters 1
Immature Northern Gannet
08/28/2010
45 common dolphins
1 Basking shark pelagic birds - no data at
present
08/27/2010
350 common dolphins
3 Leatherback sea turtles 2 Least terns 10
Cory's shearwaters 35 Greater shearwaters 6 Northern gannets
08/26/2010
none
1 Leatherback sea turtle 1 Kemp's Ridley sea
turtle 18 Cory's Shearwaters 10 Greater
Shearwaters 12 Sanderlings 1 Northern
Gannet
08/21/2010
30-40 common dolphins
August 21, 2010 photos
8 Greater Shearwaters 22 Wilson's Storm Petrels 2 Northern Gannets 15 Cory's Shearwaters 1 Parasitic Jaeger 1
Ocean sunfish
08/20/2010
none
3 Hammerhead Sharks 1 Basking Shark 5
Greater Shearwaters 25 Cory' s
Shearwaters 10 Wilson' s
Storm Petrels 25 Sanderlings 2
Semi-palmated Sandpipers 6 Least Sandpipers
08/19/2010
1 0
common dolphins
2 Loggerhead turtles 1 Green turtle 1
Basking shark 1 Hammerhead shark 30
Wilson's Storm petrels 12 Greater shearwaters 1 Cory's shearwater 15 Wilson's Phalaropes
08/18/2010
none
7 Leatherback sea turtles Cory's Shearwaters Wilson's Storm petrels Northern Gannet
08/15-17/ 2010
20
humpbacks
15 fin whales
20 common dolphins
2010 Great South Channel photos
1 basking shark 2000 Wilson’s Storm Petrels 1500 Greater Shearwaters 55 Cory’s
Shearwaters 10 Northern Gannets 1
Parasitic Jaeger
08/08/2010
none
2
Leatherback Sea Turtles 1 Loggerhead Sea
Turtle 1 Basking Shark 35 Wilson' s
Storm Petrels 12 Greater Shearwaters 1
Cory' s Shearwater 1
Wilson's Phalarope
08/07/2010
125 Common Dolphins
August 07, 2010 photos
1 Hammerhead Shark 50 Wilson's Storm Petrels 100 Greater Shearwaters 10 Cory's Shearwaters
08/04/2010
1 fin whale
photos soon
1 Kemp's Ridley sea turtle 1 Great hammerhead shark 1 Blue shark 100+ Cory's Shearwaters 200+ Greater
Shearwaters 200+ Wilson's Storm Petrels 1
Pomarine Jaeger
08/01/2010
2 Fin Whales (cow and calf)
August 01, 2010 photos
5 Greater Shearwaters 5 Cory's Shearwaters 50 Wilsons Storm Petrels
07/31/2010
7 Fin Whales
July 31, 2010 photos
2 Greater Shearwaters 40 Wilson's Storm
Petrels
07/30/2010
6 Fin Whales 35 Common
Dolphins
July 30, 2010 photos
1 Hammerhead Shark 2 Ocean Sunfish 10
Greater Shearwater 50 Wilson's Storm Petrels 5 Double Crested Cormorants 12 Wilson's
Phalarope
07/28/2010
2 Fin
whales
4 Common dolphin
1 Basking Shark 1 Sea Turtle 1 Ocean
Sunfish 10 Greater Shearwaters 150 Storm
Petrels
07/25/2010
460 Common Dolphins
July 25, 2010 photos
1 Leatherback Sea Turtle 1 Loggerhead Sea
Turtle 1 Blue Shark 1 Ocean Sunfish 50
Wilson's Storm Petrels 3 Greater Shearwaters 10 Cory's Shearwaters
07/24/2010
2 fin whales (cow/calf)
120 common dolphins
July 24, 2010 photos
1 Leatherback Sea Turtle 100 Wilson's Storm
Petrels 20 Cory's Shearwaters
07/23/2010
1 Mako shark 1 Blue Shark 1 Ocean Sunfish 1 Cory's Shearwater 20
Greater Shearwaters 30 Common terns 325
Wilsons Storm Petrels 2 Northern Gannets 1
Dowitcher 12 Wilson' s
Phalaropes 6 Sanderlings 1 Loggerhead Sea
Turtle
07/22/2010
none
~40 Greater Shearwaters ~60 Cory's
Shearwaters 1 Sooty Shearwater ~70
Wilson's Storm Petrels
07/18/2010
2 Fin Whales
1 Minke Whale
no photos were taken
1 Blue shark 1 Sea turtle (unidentified) 75 Bluefin Tuna 6-10 Red-necked phalaropes 1 Northern gannet 5-10 Greater shearwaters 5 Cory's shearwaters 1500-2000 Wilson's storm
Petrels
07/17/2010
5 Fin Whales
1 Minke Whale
1 Humpback Whale
July 17, 2010 photos
1 Hammerhead Shark 400+ Wilsons Storm Petrels 70 Greater Shearwaters 15 Cory's Shearwaters 5 Red-necked phalaropes
07/16/2010
1 brief view of fin whale
3 Blue Sharks 55 Greater Shearwaters 10
Cory's Shearwaters 150 Wilson's Storm Petrels 1 Manx Shearwater- preening
photos soon
07/11/2010
13 Fin Whales
8 Minke Whales
July 11, 2010 photos
65 Greater Shearwaters 5 Corey’s Shearwaters 200 Wilson's Storm Petrels
07/10/2010
12 Fin Whales
1 Minke Whale
July 10, 2010 photos
500 Greater Shearwater 200 Wilson's Storm
Petrels 50 Cory's Shearwaters 4 Sooty Shearwaters 1 Hammerhead Shark 2
Blue Sharks
07/09/2010
9 Fin Whales
6 Minke Whales
July 09, 2010 photos
1 Ocean Sunfish 1 Blue
Shark 300 Wilson's Storm Petrels 150
Greater Shearwaters 7 Sooty Shearwaters 7
Cory's Shearwaters 2 Manx Shearwaters 75
Common Tern 5 Lease Tern 10 Crested
Cormorants 1 Common Loon
07/08/2010
16 Fin Whales
10-12 Minke Whales
July 08, 2010 photos
1 Ocean Sunfish 50
Greater Shearwater 300 Cory's Shearwaters 10 Sooty Shearwaters 400 Wilson's Storm
Petrels 1 Royal Blue Shark
07/07/2010
9-10 Fin Whales
10-12 Minke Whales
July 07, 2010 photos
1 Ocean Sunfish 1
Leatherback Sea Turtle 1 Blue Shark 500+
Bluefin Tuna 100 Greater Shearwaters 200
Cory's Shearwater 200 Wilson's Storm Petrels
07/04/2010
12 Minke Whales
July 04, 2010 photos
Greater Shearwaters Cory's
Shearwaters Wilson's Storm petrels Black-legged Kittiwakes Northern Gannets Least Terns Common Terns Blue Shark Skip-jack Tuna
07/03/2010
none
15 Greater Shearwaters 20
Cory's Shearwaters 75 Wilson's Storm Petrels
07/02/2010
30
Common Dolphins
60 Bottlenose Dolphins
12 Minke Whales
3 Finback Whales
1 Humpback Whale
July 02, 2010 photos
Cory's Shearwaters Greater Shearwaters
Sooty Shearwaters Wilson's Storm Petrels
Common Terns Red-throated Loons Double-Crested Cormorants
07/01/2010
1
unknown whale (blow only)
1 Ocean Sunfish 5 Manx
Shearwaters 10 Greater Shearwaters 20
Cory's Shearwaters 50 Wilson's Storm Petrels
2009 Viking/CRESLI Montauk Whale
Watch
click
here for a photo-gallery for all trips
Date
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links below for detailed reports for each day
Cetaceans
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photo-galleries
Pelagic birds
&
other biota
07/05/2009
29 Humpback whales
300 Cory's Shearwaters 200
greater Shearwaters 75 Wilson's Storm Petrels
07/06/2009
5 humpback whales
60 Atlantic white-sided dolphins
200 Cory's
Shearwaters 100 Greater Shearwaters 20 Sooty
shearwaters 25 Wilson's Storm Petrels
07/07/2009
None
100 Cory’s Shearwaters 100
Greater Shearwaters 5 Sooty Shearwaters
200 Wilson’s Storm-Petrels 2 Northern Gannets
(immature) 2 Pomarine Jaegers
07/12/2009
None
200 Wilson’s Storm petrels
~150 Cory’s Shearwaters ~100 Greater Shearwaters
5 Sooty Shearwaters 2 Northern Gannets
Click here for pelagic bird photos from
today's trip
07/13 /2009
2 fin whales
400 Cory's Shearwaters 200
Greater Shearwaters 150 Wilson's Storm Petrels
07 /14/2009
19 Fin whales (including 5 cow/calf pairs)
150 Wilson’s Storm petrels
100 Cory’s Shearwaters 50 Greater Shearwaters
2 Sooty Shearwaters 5 Manx Shearwaters
07/19/2009
2 humpback whales
7 fin whales
Cory's Shearwater - 113 Great Shearwater - 270
Sooty Shearwater - 13
Manx Shearwater - 1 Wilson's Storm-Petrel -
410 Northern Gannet - 4 (bird counts by
Angus Wilson)
07/20/2009
25 Fin whales
200 Cory's Shearwaters 200
Greater Shearwaters 5 Sooty Shearwaters 100
Wilson's Storm Petrels
07/26/2009
3 Fin Whales
200 Wilson's Storm Petrels 50 Greater Shearwaters
100 Cory's Shearwaters
1 Immature Northern Gannet
07/27/2009
3 F in whales (no
photos)
200 Cory's Shearwaters 200
Greater Shearwaters 500 Wilson's Storm Petrels
1 Sooty Shearwater 1 Manx Shearwater 1
Mature Northern Gannet 1 Parasitic Jaeger
07/28/2009
40 Common
dolphins
5 00
Wilson's Storm Petrels 20 0 Greater Shearwaters
2 00 Cory's Shearwaters
1 Manx Shearwater
2 Immature Northern
Gannet
08/02/2009
6 fin whales
100+ bottlenose dolphins
(inshore morphotype)
250
Wilson's Storm Petrels, 250 Greater Shearwaters, 300
Cory's Shearwaters, 1 Sooty Shearwater, 1 Immature
Gannet.
08/03/2009
1 Fin Whale 1 Minke Whale 30 Common Dolphins
300
Wilson's Storm Petrels
500 Greater Shearwaters 300 Cory's Shearwaters 1 Immature Northern Gannet
Yellowfin tuna (hundreds) Herring (thousands)
08/04/2009
30 Common Dolphins
96 Greater
Shearwaters 67 Cory’s Shearwaters 2 Sooty
Shearwaters 169 Wilson’s Storm Petrels 2 Black
Terns 2 Parasitic Jaegers (bird counts
courtesy of Shaibal Mitra).
Yellowfin tuna Herring
08/09/2009
1 fin whale
1 Pomarine
Jaeger, 150 Wilsons Storm Petrels 50 Cory's
Shearwaters 15 Greater Shearwaters
08/10/2009
No cetaceans
1 Blue shark 1 Kemp’s Ridley
Sea Turtle 200 Wilson’s Storm Petrels 50
Cory’s Shearwaters 50 Greater Shearwaters 1
Manx Shearwater 3 Northern Gannets
08/11/2009
60 Common dolphins 2
Humpback whales
1 B asking
Shark 150 Wilsons Storm Petrels 25 Cory’s
Shearwaters 10 Greater Shearwaters 1 Manx Shearwater
2 Northern Gannets
08/16/2009
9 fin whales, 8 Minke Whales, 100 Common
dolphins
1 Basking
shark 200 Wilson’s Storm Petrels 200 Greater
Shearwaters 60 Cory’s Shearwaters
8/25/2009
15 fin whales 4 minke whales
75 Cory's
Shearwaters 3 Greater Shearwaters 1 Manx
Shearwater 5 Red Phalaropes 200 Wilson's Storm
Petrels 2 Blue Sharks
8/30/2009
none
1 blue
shark 20 Cory's Shearwaters 20 Greater
Shearwaters 70 Wilson's storm petrels
8/31/2009
none
1 Basking
Shark 12 Cory's Shearwaters 1 Greater Shearwater
60 Wilson's Storm Petrels
9/01/2009
2 fin
whales 1 minke whale 80-100 bottlenose dolphin
no photos
no counts
were taken
Summer 2008
Great South
Channel 8/ 10-12,
2008
Cetaceans
Birds
DAY 1 (11 Aug 2008)
#0802 WC
unknown A
unknown B
unknown C
Compass' 06 calf
Thalassa's 05 calf
unknown E
unknown F
unknown G
unknown H
Hancock's 07 calf
Scrape and her calf
Garden
Polkadot
Raccoon
Howler
#0803 WC
Rotary and her calf
unknown I
unknown J
unknown K
Madari
Klondike
DAY 2
(12 Aug 2008)
unknown H
Thalassa's 05 calf
Trim and her calf
unknown G
Rattan
Jenga
Rotary and her calf
photos
DAY 1 (11 Aug 2008)
Cory's
Shearwater - 35
Great
Shearwater - 5,119
Sooty
Shearwater - 65
Manx
Shearwater - 5
Wilson
Storm-Petrel - 1,240
LEACH'S
STORM-PETREL - 6
Northern
Gannet - 6
Semipalmated Sandpiper - 3
Red-necked Phalarope - 1
large
shorebird sp. - 10+
Herring
Gull - 5
Great
Black-backed Gull - 45
Black-legged Kittiwake - 1
Common
Tern - 1,450
SOUTH
POLAR SKUA - 1
Pomarine
Jaeger - 12 (incl 3 ads)
Parasitic Jaeger - 2
Northern
Waterthrush - 1
Prairie
Warbler - 1 )
DAY 2 (12
Aug 2008)
Common
Loon - 9 (Nantucket Sound)
Cory's
Shearwater - 39
Great
Shearwater - 2,159
Sooty
Shearwater - 19
Manx
Shearwater - 1
Wilson
Storm-Petrel - 357
LEACH'S
STORM-PETREL - 9
Northern
Gannet - 5
Herring
Gull - 18
Great
Black-backed Gull - 67
Laughing
Gull - 30
Black-legged Kittiwake - 1 (harassed by Parasitic Jaeger) Common Tern - 980
Black
Tern - 1
Pomarine
Jaeger - 3 (including 1 adult with large tail spoons)
Parasitic Jaeger - 4
Northern
Waterthrush - 1 (from previous day
American
Redstart - 1
Purple
Martin - 1
Summer 2007
Great South
Channel 8/ 14-16 ,
2007
Cetaceans
Birds
Fin whale: 1 Minke whale:1 Humpback Whales:
30
photos
Common Loon - 30
Cory's Shearwater - 3
Great Shearwater - 5,816
Sooty Shearwater - 780
Manx Shearwater - 36
Manx/Audubon's Shearwater - 5
Wilson's Storm-Petrel - 630
SOUTH POLAR SKUA - 2 (incl. 1 banded)
Pomarine Jaeger - 6
Parasitic Jaeger - 2
LONG-TAILED JAEGER - 1
Black-legged Kittiwake - 4
Great Black-backed Gull - 282
Herring Gull - 400
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL - 1
Common Tern - 1050
BLACK TERN - 4
Atlantic Gannet - 19
shorebird sp. - 3
White-winged Scoter - 1
Summer 2006
Great South
Channel August 13-15 ,
2006
Cetaceans
Birds
Humpback Whales: ~60
detailed list
photographs Fin whales: 20 Minke whales: 20
Common dolphins: 200
Pilot whales: 30
Greater Shearwaters Cory's Shearwaters
Sooty Shearwaters Wilson's Storm Petrels Leach's Storm Petrels Black Legged Kittiwake Red-necked Phalaropes South Polar Skua
Summer 2005
Great South
Channel
August 14-16,2005
Cetaceans
Birds
Humpback Whales: 30
detailed list
photographs Minke whales: 5 Atlantic White sided dolphins: 40
Greater Shearwaters Cory's Shearwaters
Manx Shearwaters Sooty Shearwaters Wilson's Storm Petrels Leach's Storm Petrels Common Terns
Summer 2004
Great
South Channel
August 8-10, 2004
Cetaceans
Birds
Others
Humpback Whales: 25+
detailed list
photos Fin whales: 2 Minke whales: 12 Sei
Whale: 22 N. Atlantic Right Whales: 8 Atlantic White sided dolphins: 75 Long-finned pilot whales: 20 Common dolphins: 70
Greater Shearwaters Cory's Shearwaters
Manx Shearwaters Sooty Shearwaters Wilson's Storm Petrels Leach's Storm Petrels Common Terns
1 harbor seal
Summer 2003
Great
South Channel
July 20-22, 2003
Cetaceans
Birds
Others
Humpback Whales: 70+
detailed list
photos Fin whales: 2 Minke whales: 2 Sei Whale: 1 Atlantic White
sided dolphins: 40-60
Greater Shearwaters Sooty Shearwaters Cory's Shearwaters Wilson's
Storm Petrels Leach's Storm Petrels Common
Terns
11 Basking Sharks
Canyons Trip
August 3-4, 2003 (The trip was
shortened due to rough seas and we returned in the
early morning of 8/4.)
1 humpback 7 fin
whales
1 Minke whale 1 sperm whale 100+
bottlenose dolphins 200+ common dolphins 100+
Risso's dolphins
Greater Shearwaters Cory's Shearwaters
Manx Shearwaters Audubon's Shearwater Cory's Shearwaters White faced Storm Petrel Wilson's Storm Petrels Leach's Storm Petrels
2 Ocean sunfish
Great
South Channel
August 17-19, 2003
Humpback Whales: 120
detailed list
photos Fin whales: 5 Minke whales: 10 Atlantic White sided dolphins:
50-70
Greater Shearwaters Sooty
Shearwaters Cory's Shearwaters Manx Shearwater Wilson's Storm Petrels Leach's Storm Petrels Pomarine Jaegers Northern Gannets
1 basking shark
Summer 2002
Date
Sightings
July 20 (Montauk)
5 fin whales (2 mother and calf pairs; one
singleton); 1 minke whale;
55 Wilson's storm petrels, 40 Greater
Shearwaters, 47 Cory's Shearwaters; 5 Sooty shearwaters; 25
unidentified large shearwaters (Greater or Cory's); 1 Northern
Gannet. Bird count
courtesy of Douglas Futuyma
August 1 (Montauk)
1 Humpback whale; 60 Atlantic white-sided
dolphins; 100 Common dolphins;
40 Wilson's Storm Petrels; 1 Cory's Shearwater;
1 Ocean sunfish.
August 11-13
(in the Great South Channel)
Click here for photos and videos
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
Bird count courtesy of
Oakes Spalding
Summer 2001 (Montauk)
Date
click on
links below for detailed reports for each day
Cetaceans
Pelagic birds
&
other biota
August
30
1-2 bottlenose dolphins
1 hammerhead
shark
August
16
1 minke whale
200 Wilson's storm petrels
1 Great Shearwater
August
4
2 fin whales (mother and calf) 1
minke whale
50 Wilson's storm petrels
August
2
1 minke whal e
10 bottlenose
dolphins
30 Wilson's storm petrel
Manx Shearwater Cory's Shearwater
July
28
1 whale (sighted briefly)
Summer 2000 (Montauk)
Here is a table summarizing all of our trips in 20
Date
Sightings
September 2, 2000
2 fin whales; 1
humpback whale; hundreds of Cory's shearwaters; several dozen
greater shearwaters
September 1, 2000
12 fin whales; 2
minke whales; 1 humpback whale (the same calf seen in late July
through the middle of August ); 2 mako sharks; hundreds of Cory's
shearwaters; several dozen greater shearwaters; several Wilson's
storm petrels; 2 immature gannets
August 31, 2000
1 Atlantic white
sided dolphin; scores of Wilson's storm petrels; hundreds of
greater, Cory's, and sooty and shearwaters; 1 Pomarine Jaeger
August 25, 2000
1 minke whale;
several Wilson's storm petrels; several greater, Cory's, and sooty
shearwaters; 5 red phalaropes
August 24, 2000
1 leatherback sea
turtle; several Greater, Cory's, Sooty and Manx Shearwaters;
Wilson's storm petrels; Pomarine Jaeger
August 19, 2000
12 fin whales;
several Wilson's storm petrels; several greater, Cory's, sooty and
Manx shearwaters; 5-7 red phalaropes
August 18, 2000
5 fin whales
(including 1 cow calf pair); 2 minke whales; 1 humpback whale;
several dozen Wilson's storm petrels; several greater, Cory's, sooty
and Manx shearwaters; 10-12 red phalaropes
August 17, 2000
3 fin whales
(including 1 cow/calf pair); several dozen Wilson's storm petrels;
several greater and Cory's shearwaters; 2 adult and 1 immature
northern gannets; 1 ocean sunfish
August 11, 2000
2 fin whales; 2
minke whales; 3 humpback whale; hundreds of Wilson's storm petrels;
several sooty, Cory's and greater shearwaters
August 10, 2000
2 fin whales; 2
minke whales; 3 humpback whale; hundreds of Wilson's storm petrels;
several sooty, Cory's and greater shearwaters
August 5, 2000
30 fin whales, 3
humpback whales; 5 mike whales; scores of Wilson's storm petrels;
scores of sooty shearwaters; Cory's shearwaters; greater
shearwaters; several Manx shearwaters; several northern gannets
August 4, 2000
25 fin whales, 3
humpback whales; 5 mike whales; scores of Wilson's storm petrels;
scores of sooty shearwaters; Cory's shearwaters; greater
shearwaters; several Manx shearwaters
August 3, 2000
12 fin whales, 3
humpback whales; scores of Wilson's storm petrels; scores of sooty
shearwaters; Cory's shearwaters; greater shearwaters
July 29, 2000
21 fin whales; 5
minke whales; 3 humpback whales; 2500 Wilson's storm petrels; also
12 Manx, 17 sooty, 90 greater; and 125 Cory's shearwaters
July 28, 2000
24 fin whales; 3
minke whales; 2 humpback whales; multiple rafts of hundreds of
Wilson's storm petrels; also scores of sooty, greater and Cory's
shearwaters
July 22, 2000
4 fin whales (two
cow/calf pairs); scores of Wilson's storm petrels; scores of sooty
shearwaters; Cory's shearwaters; greater shearwaters;
July 21, 2000
2 fin whales; 1
minke whale; hundreds of Wilson's storm petrels; scores of sooty
shearwaters; Cory's shearwaters; greater shearwaters; immature and
adult northern gannets
July 20, 2000
3 fin whales;
hundreds of Wilson's storm petrels; scores of sooty shearwaters;
Cory's shearwaters; greater shearwaters;
July 08, 2000
5 fin whales
(including another mother calf pair); Wilson's storm petrels
July 07, 2000
2 fin whales
(mother and calf pair); Wilson's storm petrels
July 06, 2000
2 fin whales
(mother and calf pair); Wilson's storm petrels; mako shark
July 01, 2000
3 minke whales; 1
loggerhead sea turtle; Wilson's storm petrels; Parasitic Jaeger;
immature northern gannet; sooty shearwaters; Cory's shearwaters;
greater shearwaters