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On February 19, a senior officer of a cargo ship passing through the St. Lawrence Estuary photographed blue whales<\/a> off Matane. An interesting observation in the middle of winter, since few observers are on the water this time of year and even fewer are able to photograph the whales that are there. However, it is known that a certain number of whales visit or remain in the St. Lawrence in winter. If you read the observations of the week<\/a>, you know it!<\/p>\n

Photos were taken from a considerable distance, but one of them was good enough to make an ID. Mr. Roy Brugman then forwarded his photos to the \u201cWhale Watchers in the North Atlantic\u201d Facebook group and I was alerted to the photos by a friend of mine. I then contacted Mr. Brugman to obtain high-resolution photos in an attempt to match this blue whale. After glancing too quickly through my photo bank and not recognizing the individual, I forwarded the photos to Richard Sears, blue whale expert and founder of the Mingan Island Cetacean Study<\/a>. It didn\u2019t take him long to identify it! \u201cThis is our dear B392<\/a>,\u201d he writes back. Indeed, this female, also known as Iris, is a regular visitor to the St. Lawrence Estuary.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On February 19, a senior officer of a cargo ship passing through the St. Lawrence Estuary photographed blue whales off Matane. An interesting observation in the middle of winter, since few observers are on the water this time of year and even fewer are able to photograph the whales that are there. However, it is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":53359,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[401],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-field-notes"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nExciting Observation that Sparks Bad Memories - Baleines en direct<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"On February 19, a senior officer of a cargo ship passing through the St. Lawrence Estuary photographed blue whales off Matane. 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