Type of whale Number of Sightings*
Humpback 6-10 in the area
(Megaptera Novaeangliae)
Finback 2 in the area
(Balaenoptera Physalus)
Minke
(Balaenoptera Acutorostrata) 2-4
2 in the area
Atlantic White-Sided Dolphin 0
(Lagenorhynchus Acutus)
RISSO'S DOLPHIN
Grampus griseus
Porpoise 0
Right Whale 0
Sei Whale 0
Pilot Whales 0
Blue Whale 0
Bird Sightings--
Sooty Shearwater
(Puffinus griseus) 20-40
Greater Shearwater
(Puffinus gravis) 20-40
Manx Shearwater
(Puffinus puffinus) 0
Wilson's Storm Petrel
(Oceanites oceanicus) 10-20
Northern Gannet
(Sula bassanus) 25-30
Common Tern
(Sterna paradisaea) 50-10
Loon
(Gavia immer) 1
Bonaparte`s Gull
(Larus philadelphia) 5-10
Other Sightings
Lots of Gulls
* While every effort is made to differentiate between individual whales,
it is
possible that a whale may be sighted more than once in any one week.
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St. Gloucester, MA.