Beaked Whales
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A Marine Life Bonanza! – 12/8/19
I went on a pelagic trip out of New Jersey with the Buffalo Ornithological Society in search of pelagic birds. However, as a cetacean lover, I knew I was going to keep an eye out for whales and dolphins too. We set out at 10pm on 8/11 to enter deep waters and started birding at…
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A Rare Baird’s Beaked Whale Sighting! – 18/9/16
Whale Watching had always been at the top of our to do list in Monterey-it had been too long since I had been out on a boat! We were hoping to see Blue Whales or something else that’s rare up in BC so we signed up for the 8 hour trip with Monterey Bay Whale…
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A Cuvier’s Beaked Whale – 17/5/15
Known as the deepest diving mammal on earth, Cuvier’s Beaked Whales are unique cetaceans found in waters over 3000 ft deep and around the globe, but particularly in the Eastern Tropics. Imagine my surprise to find one on a remote west coast beach on Flores Island in Clayoquot Sound! Initially, the report came to me…