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<\/a><\/p>\nHow I would love to see the 70 ton bodies below these flukes. One dives next to another. Pure joy!<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Right whales are equipped with fine filters of baleen that suspend from their upper jaw allowing them to skim the surface of phytoplankton.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Gannets seem to enjoy fishing alongside the right whales.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n There was a stunning promenade all afternoon.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Could this be a calf with its mother? Callosities on the heads help identify different whales. Calving takes place further south in warmer waters from December to early March.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Myself, dear friend and others, along the shore, are not the only ones watching. I am not certain but the boat may belong to the Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies. I greatly appreciate their work.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Here they are getting a closer look. How exciting to be that close!<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Even seals were whale watching!<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Right whales are still killed but no longer by hunting. 1949 was the year that marked the end of hunting these endangered whales. I have read they were considered easy targets due to their surface feeding habits and thus called the ‘right’ whale for hunting. (It is not certain that this is how the name came about.) Each year some die from impacts with ships and from entanglement in fishing lines and nets.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Five of these gentle giants were killed in 2010. Many more are saved each year from entanglement.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n There were many birds adding to the day’s drama too.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Cormorants<\/p>\n<\/p>\n