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Sun 1 Aug, 2004 10:10 am
This week, we took a short , 2 day ride from the Passamaquoddy Bay into Fundy , around Grand Manaan island and about 50 miles down the Gulf of Maine. We did some island hopping, saw some neat herds of puffins and, finally, after 7 years of looking, we spotted, what we think was a pod of Orcas due East out from Grand Manaan. When we came back, some fisherman said that they could have been "false Orcas" . Anybody know the differences? We were impressed. My guess is that they are being drawn this far south by the overabundance of harbor seals that, due to all the fish farms, are exploding in population.
The weathers been really shitty out at sea , lots of fog and rain so the visibility wasnt the best. We did see the white spots on the sides of the "Orcas" , and the dorsal fins were nice and tall
False Killer Whale's are usually a solid color with curved fins. So if you saw white spots, or straight dorsal's, then you probably saw real Orca's.
A good site for species comparison can be found
here.
Hot damn. Its a first for an East Coast sighting for us.
We didnt get close enough to get good pictures and , anyway, we only had a digital camera with no great telephoto. Next time Im takin the Minolta gear. wISH I had a steady cam gizmo.
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