It\u2019s starting to feel like spring on the banks of the St. Lawrence: The Saguenay is flushing out its ice, the snow is melting, and the days are getting longer. These are fantastic conditions for hurrying to the coast and gawking at cetaceans and pinnipeds from afar! Blue whales continue to dazzle observers on the North Shore, though they seem to have calmed down a bit the past few days around Les Escoumins. Harbour seals have been lazing on the rocks near Les Bergeronnes, a repose that the pestered pups in the Magdalen Islands have not been able to enjoy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
It\u2019s starting to feel like spring on the banks of the St. Lawrence: The Saguenay is flushing out its ice, the snow is melting, and the days are getting longer. These are fantastic conditions for hurrying to the coast and gawking at cetaceans and pinnipeds from afar! Blue whales continue to dazzle observers on the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12839,"featured_media":70542,"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-70548","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-observation-of-the-week"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n