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Gaspar\u2019s name was on the tip of everyone\u2019s tongue last Monday when this female humpback appeared near the shores of Les Escoumins. Other rorqual species also made observers\u2019 eyes light up: fin whales and feeding minke whales, not to mention well-known blue whales! Belugas have been increasingly congregating in the estuary area, while seals and harbour porpoises are also being added to the list of species chalked up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Gaspar\u2019s name was on the tip of everyone\u2019s tongue last Monday when this female humpback appeared near the shores of Les Escoumins. Other rorqual species also made observers\u2019 eyes light up: fin whales and feeding minke whales, not to mention well-known blue whales! Belugas have been increasingly congregating in the estuary area, while seals and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12842,"featured_media":75882,"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-75918","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-observation-of-the-week"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nGaspar\u2019s Journey - Baleines en direct<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Gaspar\u2019s name was on the tip of everyone\u2019s tongue last Monday when this female humpback appeared near the shores of Les Escoumins. 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