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Large Rorquals Adrift…

6 July 2015 In the Gaspé "It was so big...even from miles away, I thought it was an island!" These are the words of René Roy, a Mingan Island Cetacean Study (MICS) collaborator…

A Puff of Air that Betrays its Presence, but not its Species

6 October 2015 A large column rises high into the air. "Fin whale or blue whale?" asks our Franquelin-based collaborator on the morning of October 1. Impossible to identify the species, as the…

Another Behemoth Stranded in the Magdalen Islands

22 September 2015 [caption id="attachment_13837" align="alignright" width="250"] © Léonard Chevarie[/caption] The North Atlantic right whale that washed up on the western dunes in early August will not soon be forgotten; this carcass was…

Ending the Season with a Bang

16 October 2016 It's getting colder offshore; the season is drawing to a close. Nevertheless, Thanksgiving weekend was wonderful, with regard to both the weather and marine mammal observations! Many cruise companies have…

Diversity and Amazement in the St. Lawrence

11 August 2016 The past few days have been emotionally rich for observers along the St. Lawrence. First, the presence of a narwhal in the Estuary, seen near Trois-Pistoles on July 29 and…

Beyond Cap de Bon-Désir, fin whale Bp929…

9 December 2015 [caption id="attachment_16956" align="alignright" width="150"] Rorqual commun non reconnu[/caption] On December 5, through my binoculars, I spot five fin whales, two pair and one solitary individual, as well as a humpback…

Samuel Turgeon

11 March 2021 As a kid, Samuel Turgeon spent a lot of time hiking and camping in national parks. Today, it seems only fitting that he contributes to the conservation of natural spaces.…

Studying Fin Whale Distribution to Understand Their Decline

14 August 2019 The team at the Mingan Island Cetacean Study (MICS) has been observing fewer and fewer fin whales in the northern parts of the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Is this decline…

Tic Tac Toe, Snowball et Leprechaun

20 June 2019 Le 16 juin en après-midi, la mer est lisse et silencieuse devant les Grandes-Bergeronnes. Soudain, deux larges dos noirs apparaissent. Les baleines nagent côte à côte, remontent à la surface…

Return of a Star?

27 May 2019 The hastily composed email betrays the excitement of its sender. The observer just photographed a fin whale with a particularly curved dorsal fin off Sept-Îles on May 19. Its shape is…