'Sei Whale' Photograph by Ryan Van Meter

Sei Whale

23 April 2022

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Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA

Sei Whale

Balaenoptera borealis
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
Northern Gannet Dives into the Stellwagen Bank
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA
Northern Gannet in Gloucester Harbor
Gloucester, Massachusetts, USA (October 2023)
Mother Whale Breaching
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA
Common Mola Basking at Surface Ocean Sunfish
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA (August 2022)
Porpoising Atlantic White-Sided Dolphin
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA (July 2024)
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The eruption of species where the water meets land.

24 Observations
10 Identified Species
Mother Humpback Diving into Sunset Atlantic
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA (July 2024)
Humpback Lunge Feeding
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA
Basking Shark
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA (July 2024)
Atlantic White-Sided Dolphin Cruising the Coast of Cape Ann
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA
Porpoising Harbor Seal
Castine, Maine (September 2021)
26 Observations
18 Identified Species
Elk Bull
Baca National Wildlife Refuge, Crestone, Colorado, USA (September 2016)
The Red Fox and the Rabbit
Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, Maryland, USA (July 2023)
Head-On Humpback Breach
Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Massachusetts, USA
Porcupine Displays Its Quills
Pawlet, Vermont, USA (June 2021)
Groundhog
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