1 December 2016 November 25, 2016, Cap de Bon-Désir: moderate winds from the northeast and a few flurries begin to fall this morning. All is calm. I observe two gray seals and a…
21 July 2016 Four to six fin whales have set up camp in recent days in the area between Tadoussac and Les Escoumins. Their powerful spouts are often visible from quite far away.…
1 May 2023 “You’ll see, tomorrow morning there will be humpbacks in Les Bergeronnes,” claims Renaud Pintiaux, a long-time observer forWhales Online. Gut feeling, given that a dozen or so individuals had been…
28 July 2022 After the pioneering belugas that ventured into Baie des Ha! Ha! last week, this week it is the humpbacks’ turn to make headlines for their adventures. After visiting the mouth of the…
30 June 2022 A certain enchantment can sometimes develop between whales and the naturalists who observe them. For naturalist and wildlife photographer Renaud Pintiaux, it was his encounter with Tic Tac Toe that…
21 April 2022 On Saturday, while scanning the Estuary through her binoculars, one local resident saw a funny-looking white spot from the rental condos in Essipit. It’s a beluga, and it has a…
14 April 2022 Armed with his camera, wildlife photographer Renaud Pintiaux sets up on the shore of Cap de Bon-Désir this past Monday. Braving the cold, he scans the horizon... and he’s not…
24 March 2022 We know where H858, also known as Queen, and H879 spent their holidays! No, these two humpbacks did not send us postcards, but the unique colour patterns of their tails…
17 February 2022 When the north winds quiet down, the surface of the St. Lawrence ends up looking like a mirror, frozen solid by the polar cold and glistening in the sunlight. Between…
10 February 2022 So many pinnipeds in this chilly week of February! That’s what several observers from the Côte-Nord region have been telling us, including mariner Jacques Gélineau. Jacques saw a group of…
