Whales have been scattered, and have not been terribly active. Any feeding we have seen has generally been subsurface, and we have seen mainly juveniles. Whales seen include Abrasion, Echo, Coral, Sparta, Voltage, Falcon, Conflux, Dross, Churn, Nile, and Ganesh, among others. This means more days on the water have been lost to high winds, so our coverage is not as complete as other times during the year. In general, though, things have been somewhat consistent.
Whales are still most densely concentrated on the southern half of the bank.
Young whales have been moving up and down the Bank, and yesterday a few adults were seen on the northern end as well. We also have reports that whales are starting to show up in some numbers on Jeffreys Ledge. This is somewhat typical for the fall, as herring spawning takes place on the Ledge. The concentrations of prey generated by this activity often brings humpbacks in to the Ledge. There may be some herring along with the more typical sand eels on Stellwagen as well.