In eastern Quebec, the weather is getting milder, migrating birds are beginning to arrive, and icebreakers are freeing the waters of the last chunks of their frozen stranglehold. The whale season is right around the corner! And the handful of large spouts off the coast are just a sneak preview of things to come.<\/p>\n
On March 9, a captain posted at the docks in Les Escoumins<\/strong> is delighted to see a fin whale pass about 200 metres from shore. Despite the efforts of many residents, it was not to be seen again. Thanks to tagging studies of fin whales, it is known that an individual can stay under water for 8 to 12 minutes, and that the exact duration will vary depending on the nature of their activities. At these intervals, a whale can quickly disappear from an area without a trace!<\/p>\n Far offshore, on March 14, large spouts erupt opposite the Marine Communications and Traffic Services facilities in Les Escoumins. Is this the return of the fin whale? It\u2019s impossible to know. That same day, a solitary beluga crosses the horizon. The previous day, there were three of them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In eastern Quebec, the weather is getting milder, migrating birds are beginning to arrive, and icebreakers are freeing the waters of the last chunks of their frozen stranglehold. The whale season is right around the corner! And the handful of large spouts off the coast are just a sneak preview of things to come. On […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":40170,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-observation-of-the-week"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n