. The Canadian field-naturalist. Natural history; Sciences naturelles. Figure 1. Map showing location of study site at the confluence of the Saguenay and St. Lawrence Rivers, Quebec. whales. Sightings of these individuals outside the study area were infrequent and occurred mostly near the study area boundary. In 11 of 43 ( %) focal follows, small fish (ap- proximately 10-15 cm) were observed either (a) being displaced into the air by a feeding strike; (b) on the body surface of the whale during a feeding strike; (c) jumping at the surface of the water just prior to a feed- ing strike; or (
. The Canadian field-naturalist. Natural history; Sciences naturelles. Figure 1. Map showing location of study site at the confluence of the Saguenay and St. Lawrence Rivers, Quebec. whales. Sightings of these individuals outside the study area were infrequent and occurred mostly near the study area boundary. In 11 of 43 ( %) focal follows, small fish (ap- proximately 10-15 cm) were observed either (a) being displaced into the air by a feeding strike; (b) on the body surface of the whale during a feeding strike; (c) jumping at the surface of the water just prior to a feed- ing strike; or (d) being picked up by birds at the feeding site prior to or just after a strike. Due to extremely poor visibility in the Saguenay we were unable to identify the species. When conditions allowed us to approach the site of a recent feeding strike, the water was searched for scales or dead fish but these efforts proved unsuc- cessful. Prey were small shoaling fish but we can only speculate that they were most likely juvenile Capelin. Figure 2. Identification photographs of the five individual Minke Whales: a) Ml (lacks dorsal fin markings but has distinct bent left fluke tip visible during lateral surface manoeuvres); b) M2; c) M3; d) M4; and e) Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club. Ottawa, Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club
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