[NatureNS] bowhead whale

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We're still awaiting confirmation, although it seems pretty certain.  I =
will put the photos Chris took up on the Nature NS facebook page.  As I =
mentioned in my earlier post, the whale was not co-operating, and the =
Captain of the Pirates Cove boat, who initially identified the whale, =
was not going to chase it...that's a violation of their rules.
Andy
  ----- Original Message -----=20
  From: Christopher Majka=20
  To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20
  Sent: Saturday, August 25, 2012 10:54 PM
  Subject: Re: [NatureNS] bowhead whale


  Hi Andy,


  Someone will doubtless correct me, but I'm not aware of any records =
from Nova Scotia, and certainly not from the Bay of Fundy. There was a =
skull excavated Ste Anne des Monts in the Gaspe Peninsula in 1949, but =
I'm not aware of any records further south than this. A record from the =
Bay of Fundy would be an extraordinary find. Have you mounted any of the =
photographs anywhere to the web?


  Cheers,


  Chris


  On 25-Aug-12, at 9:33 PM, Andy Moir/Christine Callaghan wrote:


    Can anyone tell me where to find records of bowhead whale sightings =
around Nova Scotia, and in particular the Bay of Fundy.  We are just =
awaiting confirmation of a bowhead whale off Moore's Ledge, Long Island, =
Digby County, in the Bay of Fundy this past week.  Apparently it was =
also reported earlier by one of the boats operating out of New =
Brunswick.
    Chris got a series of photos...although the whale was not =
particularly co-operative.
    We'd appreciate any information anyone has of these Arctic whales =
making their way this far south.
    Thanks,
    Andy





  Christopher Majka
  Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 2G5
  c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca

  To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like =
administering medicine to the dead. - Thomas Paine






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  <DIV><BR></DIV>Hi Andy,
  <DIV><BR></DIV>
  <DIV>Someone will doubtless correct me, but I'm not aware of any =
records from=20
  Nova Scotia, and certainly not from the Bay of Fundy. There was a =
skull=20
  excavated Ste Anne des Monts in the Gaspe Peninsula in 1949, but I'm =
not aware=20
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would=20
  be an extraordinary find. Have you mounted any of the photographs =
anywhere to=20
  the web?</DIV>
  <DIV><BR></DIV>
  <DIV>Cheers,</DIV>
  <DIV><BR></DIV>
  <DIV>Chris</DIV>
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  <DIV>On 25-Aug-12, at 9:33 PM, Andy Moir/Christine Callaghan =
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