At just before noon on Sunday, 20 December, Barbara Kuhns called in a sighting from Hammock Dunes. Team leader Sharon Ralston relayed the information, including to the Florida Fish & Wildlife Team. Their plane was on site shortly thereafter They reported mother Right Whale #4040, Chiminea, with calf.
The next day, Monday the 21st, at 07:47, Becky Bush called in a sighting from south of Hammock Dunes. We lost track of it until 11:05, when Julie Albert from the Marine Resources Council reported it from the Painter’s Hill area. Joy and Terry, with the drone, went to the Beverly Beach Town Hall platform and launched the drone. Images again showed Right Whale #4040, Chiminea, and calf. She is 13 years old, and this is her first known calf.
Drone photo from Beverly Beach, 21 December 2020, by Terry Clark. Taken under NOAA Fisheries Permit #20626.
