Barnstable – The Center for Coastal Studies has determined that more than half the entire population of North Atlantic right whales have already visited Cape Cod Bay this season.
Researchers have identified 219 individual whales out of the estimated population of 411, and more than a third of the 411 whales was spotted in a single day on April 7.
That same day the first calf of the season was discovered.
The calf and its mother are one of only seven known mother/calf pairings of the season.