'Basking Shark' Photograph by Ryan Van Meter

Basking Shark

20 July 2024

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Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA

Basking Shark

Cetorhinus maximus

iNaturalist Observation

MARKED RESEARCH GRADE

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Surveys of marine life and pelagic birds taken aboard New England whale watch boats (2021 to 2024)

22 Observations

9 Identified Species

Porpoising Dolphin Reenters Water

Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA (August 2024)

Atlantic White-Sided Dolphin Cruising the Coast of Cape Ann

Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA

The Humpback & The Gull

Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA (April 2022)

North Atlantic Humpback Whale Breaching

Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA

Seal Side-Eye

Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA (April 2022)

Humpback Calf Breaches Repeatedly with Mother for Over Forty Minutes

Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA (August 2022)

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The eruption of species where the water meets land.

24 Observations

10 Identified Species

Common Mola Basking at Surface Ocean Sunfish

Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA (August 2022)

Humpback Calf Breaches Repeatedly with Mother for Over Forty Minutes

Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA (August 2022)

Sei Whale

Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA (April 2022)

Humpback Exhales While Breaching

Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA (August 2022)

Atlantic White-Sided Dolphin Cruising the Coast of Cape Ann

Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA

Humpback Spray & Gulls

Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA (April 2022)

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