A blue whale venturing near the coast, seals resting on blocks of ice, a solitary beluga that shows its tail when it dives, and a mysterious mirage that kindles curiosity… There was action in the St. Lawrence this week!<\/p>\n
It was in the Bay of Sept-\u00celes<\/strong> that the blue whale came to surprise local inhabitants.\u00a0\u201cIt was a small individual,\u201d explains Jacques G\u00e9lineaux, navigator and marine mammal observer. \u201cIt\u2019s not uncommon to see blue whales here in winter, but they don\u2019t normally visit this sector.\u201d\u00a0 No seals were seen however, as there is no ice.<\/p>\n Blue whale migrations are poorly understood. While some individuals seem to spend the winter in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, others are believed to travel to warmer latitudes along the east coast of the United States and even as far as Bermuda. These whales are fast: The Mingan Island Cetacean Study (MICS) has already recorded an individual that completed a 400\u00a0km journey in just two weeks!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A blue whale venturing near the coast, seals resting on blocks of ice, a solitary beluga that shows its tail when it dives, and a mysterious mirage that kindles curiosity… There was action in the St. Lawrence this week! It was in the Bay of Sept-\u00celes that the blue whale came to surprise local inhabitants.\u00a0\u201cIt […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12839,"featured_media":60692,"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-60711","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-observation-of-the-week"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n