'North Atlantic Humpback Whale Breaching' Photograph by Ryan Van Meter

North Atlantic Humpback Whale Breaching

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Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA

North Atlantic Humpback Whale

Megaptera novaeangliae ssp. novaeangliae

More Observations from Expedition Gloucester

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

22 Observations
9 Identified Species
Northern Gannet Dives into the Stellwagen Bank
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA
Seal Side-Eye
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA (April 2022)
Cooperative Lunge Feeding Group of Humpback Whales Create Bubble Nets to Corral Prey
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA
Porpoising Atlantic White-Sided Dolphin
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA (July 2024)
Common Mola Basking at Surface Ocean Sunfish
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
24 Observations
19 Identified Species
Rabid Bat in Vermont
Pawlet, Vermont, USA (October 2019)
Sei Whale
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA (April 2022)
American Black Bear
Pawlet, Vermont, USA (May 2024)
Newborn Deer Calf
Seguin, Texas, USA (May 2014)
Groundhog
Pawlet, Vermont, USA (May 2025)
24 Observations
11 Identified Species
Porpoising Atlantic White-Sided Dolphin
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA (July 2024)
Common Mola Basking at Surface Ocean Sunfish
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA (August 2022)
The Humpback & The Gull
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA (April 2022)
Humpback Spray & Gulls
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA (April 2022)
Atlantic White-Sided Dolphin Cruising the Coast of Cape Ann
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA
Northern Gannet in Gloucester Harbor
Gloucester, Massachusetts, USA

More Observations of North Atlantic Humpback Whale

10 Other Observations
Humpback Spray & Gulls
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA (April 2022)
Humpback Lunge Feeding
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA
Humpback Lunge Feeding Showing Baleen-Lined Mouth
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA
Humpback Exhales While Breaching
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)
Mother Whale Breaching
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA
Cooperative Lunge Feeding Group of Humpback Whales Create Bubble Nets to Corral Prey
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA
Mother Humpback Diving into Sunset Atlantic
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA (July 2024)
Head-On Humpback Breach
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA
The Humpback & The Gull
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA (April 2022)
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