The recent cooler temperatures are inspiring us to get ready for the whales! Season #14 will arrive soon and we have our schedule in place. See below.
The summer was an unusual one for Northern right whales.
They were largely absent from their normal summer feeding grounds in the Bay of Fundy. To learn more, see the New England
Aquarium’s research blog at http://rightwhales.neaq.org/. Joy
spent August and half of September with the NEAq team in Lubec,
ME, surveying for right whales in the Bay of Fundy, and wrote one of the blog entries.
In December, we will offer Introductory Talks in Ormond Beach, Palm
Coast, Flagler
Beach, and St. Augustine Beach.
The Training Class is scheduled the day before surveys begin and will focus on
the training of surveyors. If you plan to join the dedicated surveys, please do
your best to attend to have the latest information on data collection and our
plans for the season.
IMPORTANT
DATES FOR THE 2013-14 SEASON
Right Whale Introductory Talks for new volunteers,
surveyors and spotters alike, and anyone wanting to know how to spot right
whales. If you are a returning volunteer and would like a refresher, by all
means join us. (Encourage friends and neighbors to attend!):
Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2013
1:00 PM to 2:30 PM
Flagler County Public Library
2500
Palm Coast Parkway, NW
Palm Coast
Saturday, Dec. 7, 2013
10:00 AM to 11:30 AM
Ormond
Beach Public Library
30 S.
Beach St.
Ormond
Beach
Saturday, Dec. 7, 2013
3:00 PM to 4:30 PM
Anastasia Island Branch
St. Johns
County Public Library
124 Sea Grove Main St.,
St.
Augustine Beach
Thursday, Dec. 12, 2013
6:00 PM to 7:30 PM
Ocean Books & Art
200 S.
Oceanshore Blvd.
Flagler Beach
«« Survey Training Class
for ALL SURVEY volunteers, new and returning, who are planning to participate
in the dedicated survey effort:
Saturday, Jan. 4, 2014
2:00 PM to 4:30 PM
Center for Marine Studies, Whitney Laboratory for Marine
Bioscience
9505
Ocean Shore Blvd., Marineland
Surveys Start:
Sunday, Jan. 5, 2014
Surveys End:
Saturday, March 15, 2014
celebrating
the return of Right Whales to our waters
The 5th Annual Right Whale Festival will be
held on Saturday, 23 November, 2013 from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm at the Sea Walk
Pavilion in Jacksonville Beach,
Florida. The festival includes a
beach clean-up, live music, kids’ activities, arts & crafts, exhibits, including
Marine Resources Council and Marineland Right Whale Project, a
silent auction and a beach run. Please visit www.rightwhalefestival.org for
more information.
