Whale Rescued in Cape Cod Bay a Decade Ago Spotted with Calf

 Posted by Wayne G. Barber 

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Endangered North Atlantic right whales

PROVINCETOWN – A right whale rescued in Cape Cod Bay a decade ago was recently spotted with a newborn calf in the waters off of North Carolina and Florida, a good sign for the critically-endangered marine animal. 

The Center for Coastal Studies said that the calf was one of the first two right whales of the 2021 season, and the mother is right whale #4040, Chiminea. 

Chiminea was found entangled in Cape Cod Bay by the Center’s aerial survey team in April 2011, in the waters west of Truro. 

The Marine Animal Entanglement Response team cut the entangled then-juvenile whale free of a long line caught in the mouth, after which she swam away free. 

Ten years later, the mother and her newborn calf are two of about 400 North Atlantic right whales; a species with fewer than 100 breeding females left, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries. 

CCS said that it remains ready to respond at a moment’s notice to protect the health and well-being of whales and other marine life. Source; Cape Cod Times  Grady Culhane 

Maine, 59th Annual Schoodic Lake Ice Fishing Derby, Feb. 13th and 14th, 2021

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P.S. Bring your drill extenters !      Freddy is going to drill my holes for me. ( Old Man) 

Maine, 16th Annual Long Lakes St. Agatha's Ice Fishing Derby Jan. 30th & 31st, 2021

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Just a little history to get your blood pumping. Go Fish !!!!!!!

 

Winter begins with your Snow Shoes

 Posted by Wayne G. Barber & Photo Wayne G. Barber Library

 

For some of us in New England, winter is a time to bundle up, stay inside by the fire or head for warmer climates. But it’s really a wonderful time to get outdoors for daytime adventures like Ice Fishing, looking for fresh tracks, cross country sking or snow shoeing and nighttime stargazing.
Winter actually starts 5:02 a.m. Eastern Standard Time on Monday. Welcome to the Winter Solstice when throughout the Northern Hemisphere we experience the shortest amount of sunlight and the longest darkness of the year. In the Southern Hemisphere, it is the Summer Solstice and the longest day.

The word solstice comes from the Latin words for “sun” and “to stand still.” Winter Solstice is when the Earth’s axial tilt is farthest away from the sun and the sun’s daily position in the sky is the lowest. From here on out the days will get longer and the sun higher in the sky. The slow countdown to spring has begun.

This solstice is extraordinarily special. For the first time in 400 years it coincides with what astronomers call the Great Conjunction, when Jupiter and Saturn get as close as possible in our night sky. The Great Conjunction happens every 20 years, but Monday’s Great Conjunction is even greater than most. Not only is it on the solstice — a special event in its own right — but these two planets have not been this close in almost 400 years. Even in 1623, the year these giant planets last got this close, most people could not see the conjunction. It was actually last visible in 1226. Here’s hoping for a clear night. You’ll want to turn off Christmas lights and revel in our wonderful night sky for at least a few minutes – you will not see a Great Conjunction this close again until 2080, and that one won’t be on the Winter Solstice.  Be safe out there in the New England playground. Source; Bill Reid The Bulletin