Martin Del Vecchio's video: 1 of 400: The Bass Rocks Right Whale

1 of 400: The Bass Rocks Right Whale On November 29, 2015, a rare North Atlantic right whale visited Bass Rocks, along the coast of Gloucester, MA. It spent about an hour and a half swimming very close to the shore, spy-hopping, rolling in the waves, and generally appearing to enjoy itself. North Atlantic right whales are extremely rare and are critically endangered, with approximately 400 animals remaining. The New England Aquarium catalogs all known whales and sightings at http://rwcatalog.neaq.org/, and in an email said: "The folks at the Aquarium concur that this is a young whale. They believe it might be one of the calves that was born in the winter of 2014, so about 2 years old. Hopefully they'll be able to confirm that once they get all available images/footage. If that's the case, then that makes this an even more valuable sighting. Survival rate for calves and juveniles during the first couple of years is somewhat low, so when we can confirm that a calf has survived we all get pretty psyched. " I will update this description with any new information that comes in. You can read more about North Atlantic right whales here: http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/species/mammals/whales/north-atlantic-right-whale.html Filmed with a DJI Inspire 1 Pro drone, a Zenmuse X5 camera, and the Olympus M.Zuiko 12mm lens. Video is copyright © 2015 by Martin Del Vecchio marty@backshore.com Note: this was filmed a couple of blocks away from where I had previously filmed a pair of basking sharks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LVl7kGCPG0