After back-to-back snowstorms and long hours of shovelling, those who took advantage of a well-deserved break with walks to the river banks were rewarded with superb observations of marine mammals or winter landscapes. One enthusiast relishes her first whales of the year with a sighting of belugas in Les Escoumins, while residents of Franquelin are surprised by the presence of the largest animal on the planet: a blue whale. Whether it was a lucky coincidence or a little nod from Mother Nature, these observations took place during the same week as World Whale Day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
After back-to-back snowstorms and long hours of shovelling, those who took advantage of a well-deserved break with walks to the river banks were rewarded with superb observations of marine mammals or winter landscapes. One enthusiast relishes her first whales of the year with a sighting of belugas in Les Escoumins, while residents of Franquelin are […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12839,"featured_media":70335,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70367","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-observation-of-the-week"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n