Humpback Whale In New York Harbor

[Soundbounder]

Humpback whale in NY harbor

I just read this in todays NYT

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/10/nyregion...mp;ref=nyregion

I will see if I can find any more pictures.

[Trollnheel]

That's pretty cool! I remember seeing some out of Rudee Inlet, VA a few years back.

[Soundbounder]

That's pretty cool! I remember seeing some out of Rudee Inlet, VA a few years back.

yeah, there was the one that hung around San Diego for several weeks recently also.

[Soundbounder]

This is on YouTube:

[Garett]

It's to bad that whale has to be swimming around in that polluted water.

[leelindsay]

This is on YouTube:

That is Very COOL!

[Soundbounder]

It's to bad that whale has to be swimming around in that polluted water.

That is pretty much a dated stereotype from 30-40 years ago.

Sure there is still wok to be done, but the harbor is significantly cleaner than it was when I was a kid.

In the past 20 years or so, a lot of marine life has returned to the rivers and harbor.

[LittleMrs]

The YouTube post was incredible. I'm originally from NY and we could go whale watching off Montauk in Long Island. It was fantastic, but we never saw a humpback. When I first saw this post I was concerned that the whale was lost or injured - I'm happy to read that that doesn't seem to be the case.

I can tell you one thing - if I were still in NY I would have been absent from work a couple of days so I could go whalewatching !

[Soundbounder]

I found this picture of the whale swimming pretty close

to some barges and tugs.

http://bowsprite.wordpress.com/

[rchanner]

When I saw the title of this thread I was half expecting video of Rosie O'Donnel swimming in NY Harbor....I'm glad I was wrong!