The AirCam made its first flight of the season yesterday, 13 January, departing Hastings at 12:30 pm. No sooner had the plane crossed Matanzas Inlet and begun its north track line than the crew spotted a mother and calf right whale. They were about 2 miles north of the Matanzas Inlet and about a mile offshore. What a great way to start the aerial season!
The mother has tentatively been identified as #3157. She is nine years old and this is her first calf. A photo of the two is attached. This sighting is the first of her as a new mother.
Also yesterday, Julie Albert of Marine Resources Council photographed two whales off Melbourne Beach. It’s shaping up to be an active season!
The mother has tentatively been identified as #3157. She is nine years old and this is her first calf. A photo of the two is attached. This sighting is the first of her as a new mother.
Also yesterday, Julie Albert of Marine Resources Council photographed two whales off Melbourne Beach. It’s shaping up to be an active season!
