A Bow whale was sighted 2 days ago in Provincetown harbor. Bow whales are arctic whales and only sighted here once before in recorded history. Excited by the opportunity to see one, and knowing this is a great time of year to go because all the whales are very close to shore, we head down Cape.
Rounding Race point there are harbor seals getting a little sun.
Then the parade of the Fin whales begins! Here are 2 fin whales rolling onto their sides.
Fin whale blow hole
The treat of the day, seeing the underside of the Fin whale tail fluke is rare!
The front third of a Fin whale
The middle third
Two fin whales surging at a school of fish
A right whale, only 400 left in the world, we saw 3 today! He is trawling for fish, mouth open, a baleen whale.
Fin whales don't normally live in pods. These 2 fished together the whole time we were out in the bay. You can see both of their blow holes in this picture.
Headed inside...
....to draw in her art journal.
We saw 11 different Fin whales, 3 Minke whales, 3 right whales, 15 harbor seals and 1 harbor porpoise.
