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Momma mia! Whales everywhere
More Humpback Whales than Cape Codders can recall are following food to Cape Cod
Huge number of Humpback Whales delight visitors
The Boston Herald reported today that the Cape's whale watch business is having a banner year.
One local professional photographer reported as many as 40 humpback whales around the boat she was on and 150 or more have been spotted north of the Cape this season. The story states:
Momma mia! Whales everywhere
Move over, Moby Dick!
Bay State whale watchers are reporting a bumper crop of the giant ocean-dwelling mammals cavorting just off the coast this year.
“A lot of whales are hanging around,” said Jooke Robbins, director of the Humpback Whales Studies Program at the Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies. “They are drawn by the prey and we benefit from that. The public is getting the opportunity to see them. It’s been a good year”...
But sheer numbers don’t account for the plethora of sightings in the Bay State. Instead, these massive mammals are sticking around longer this summer for the snacks. Sand lances - also known as sand eels - are burrowing into the gritty ocean bottom of the Stellwagen, driving hungry whales to the area in droves, Robbins said...
Read the rest of the Herald story here, and comment below.
Read about last week's rescue of humpbacks (photo below) by the Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies here.
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