List of species

with locations of FONT pelagic trips

and tours where found:

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Marine Mammals:
Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) (3 photos) AK,CA,EC,NF,PR,WA  
Fin Whale (Balaenoptera physalus) (1 photo) DE,NJ,NF 
Minke Whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) (1photo) NC,NJ,NF,WA
Northern Right Whale (Eubalaena glacialis) (3 photos) DE
Cuvier's Beaked Whale (Ziphius cavirostris) (3 photos) NC 
Baird's Beaked Whale (Berardius bairdii) (1photo) CA 
(Giant) Sperm Whale (Physeter macrocephalus) (3 photos) LA, NC 
Pygmy Sperm Whale (Kogia breviseps) (1 photo) NJ 
Dwarf Sperm Whale (Kogia simus) (1 photo) LA 
Short-finned Pilot Whale (Globicephala macrorhynchus) (2 photos)  CA, NC 
Long-finned Pilot Whale (Globicephala melas) (1 photo) NJ 
Risso's Dolphin/Gray Grampus (Grampus griseus) (1 photo)  CA,DE,NC,NJ
Dusky Dolphin (Lagenorhynchus obscurus) (1photo) AR,NZ
Fraser's Dolphin (Lagenodelphis hosei)  (1 photo) LA
Clymene  (or Short-snouted Spinner) Dolphin (Stynella clymene)  (4 photos) NC  
(Offshore) Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) (1 photo)  NC  
Common (Saddleback) Dolphin  (Delphinus delphis) (1photo) NJ

Other Marine-Life:
Loggerhead Sea-Turtle (Caretta caretta)  (2 photos) DE LA NJ NC 
Whale Shark PR (1 photo)
Portuguese Man-O'-War NC (1 photo)

Marine Mammals:

Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae)

(top photo: breaching, off North Carolina
Photo courtesy of Charles Gambill)
(middle photo: swimming by boat & 
lower photo: flukes while diving
both, Newfoundland, Canada
Photos courtesy of Wildlands Tours)

Fin Whale (Balaenoptera physalus)

(as seen on FONT pelagic trips & tours off Delaware, New Jersey USA, also Newfoundland, Canada.)
(Photograph by Steve Kerr.)

Minke Whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata)

(as seen on various FONT pelagic trips)
(Photo off New Jersey by Steve Kerr.)

Northern Right Whale (Eubalaena glacialis)   
(off Delaware, USA, February 1998) 
(photos: by Steve Kerr;

Baird's Beaked Whale (Berardius bairdii)

(off the coast of California, USA)
(photo courtesy of Marie Z. Gardner)

Pygmy Sperm Whale (Kogia breviseps) 

(off the coast of New Jersey, USA)
(photo courtesy of Alan Brady)

Dwarf Sperm Whale  (Kogia simus) 
(1 of 2 seen off Dominica, Lesser Antilles, March 2000)
(courtesy of FONT tour participant, Don Roberson of California)

Long-finned Pilot Whale (Globicephala melas)

(off New Jersey) (Photo by Steve Kerr.)

Risso's Dolphin/Gray Grampus (Grampus griseus)

(as seen on various FONT pelagic trips)
(Photo by Steve Kerr.)

Dusky Dolphin (Lagenorhynchus obscurus) 
  
(during FONT's New Zealand Birding Tour, November 2000)
(Photo by tour participant, Stave Gantlett of England)

Fraser's Dolphins  (Lagenodelphis hosei)
(in a group off Dominica, Lesser Antilles, March 2000)
(courtesy of FONT tour participant, Don Roberson of California)
This species scientifically described in 1956, first seen alive in 1970's.

Clymene Dolphin  (Stynella clymene) 

(single individual jumping out of the water)

(pair out of the water)

(4 individuals leaping out of the water)
(3 Photos by FONT pelagic participant,
   Kristen Mazzarella.)

(Offshore) Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus )

(Photo on FONT pelagic trip by Kristen Mazzarella.)

Common Dolphin (Delphinus delphis)

(Photo on FONT pelagic trip by Andy Smith.)

Other Marine Life:

Loggerhead Sea-Turtle

(off Dominica, during FONT tour, March 2000)
(courtesy of FONT tour participant, Don Roberson of California)

(off North Carolina, USA during FONT pelagic trip)
(photo by Alan Brady)

Whale Shark

(off Puerto Rico, during FONT Puerto Rico birding & nature tour, February 1996)
(photo courtesy of tour participant,  Marie Z. Gardner)