Good News for Calving Season
On Monday, 3 February, the SE US aerial survey teams sighted three new right whale calves, bringing the total for the season to nine! Catalog #2642, Echo, and #3290, Arrow, were sighted off Florida (to the north of us), and #2223, Calvin, was sighted off Georgia. We now have surpassed the calf production for any of the three previous years. Great news indeed!
Halo is on the Move
On Monday, 27 January, we had #3546, Halo, in Flagler Beach. On Friday, 31 January, Halo and her calf were south of Cape Canaveral and off Cocoa Beach. Next, the pair appeared off South Daytona Beach on Tuesday, 4 February. Early on 5 February, the phone rang at 7:02. “Whales in North Flagler, moving north.” We deployed a response team. The first drone launch for the day was at 07:57 from Flagler-by-the-Sea Campground. It was Halo. Does her vigorous northward travel mean she has begun her migration to Cape Cod, Maine, and Canada? We don’t know. More to come.
