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There’s<\/span> been plenty of action in the St. Lawrence in these first few days of March! Several belugas were seen near Les <\/span>Escoumins<\/span>. A few harbour seals have also been reported in the area, but this week’s sightings are particularly dominated by harp seals. Several large blasts were also reported from the north shore. The third month of the year is <\/span>definitely off<\/span> to a good start!<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There’s been plenty of action in the St. Lawrence in these first few days of March! Several belugas were seen near Les Escoumins. A few harbour seals have also been reported in the area, but this week’s sightings are particularly dominated by harp seals. Several large blasts were also reported from the north shore. The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12856,"featured_media":65676,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-65736","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-observation-of-the-week"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nWhales, Belugas and Seals: A Busy Week on the North Shore - Baleines en direct<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"There's been plenty of action in the St. Lawrence in these first few days of March! 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