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Index
Cover
Title Page
Contents
Introduction
WHALE WATCHING AND CARING FOR WHALES
How to Watch Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises
The Challenges of Identification
How to Recognize Whale Behavior… and what it all means
Caring for Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises
NORTH AMERICA’S WHALES, DOLPHINS AND PORPOISES
Comparison of species
Bowhead Whale
North Atlantic Right Whale
North Pacific Right Whale
Gray Whale
Minke Whale
Sei Whale
Bryde’s Whale
Fin Whale
Blue Whale
Humpback Whale
Sperm Whale
Pygmy Sperm Whale
Dwarf Sperm Whale
Narwhal
Beluga
Baird’s Beaked Whale
Unnamed Beaked Whale
Cuvier’s Beaked Whale
Northern Bottlenose Whale
Sowerby’s Beaked Whale
Blainville’s Beaked Whale
Ginkgo-toothed Beaked Whale
Perrin’s Beaked Whale
Hubbs’ Beaked Whale
Pygmy Beaked Whale
Gervais’ Beaked Whale
True’s Beaked Whale
Stejneger’s Beaked Whale
Longman’s Beaked Whale
Killer Whale
Short-finned Pilot Whale
Long-finned Pilot Whale
Pygmy Killer Whale
Melon-headed Whale
False Killer Whale
Rough-toothed Dolphin
Short-beaked Common Dolphin
Long-beaked Common Dolphin
Atlantic Spotted Dolphin
Pantropical Spotted Dolphin
Spinner Dolphin
Clymene Dolphin
Striped Dolphin
Common Bottlenose Dolphin
Risso’s Dolphin
White-beaked Dolphin
Atlantic White-sided Dolphin
Pacific White-sided Dolphin
Fraser’s Dolphin
Northern Right Whale Dolphin
Dall’s Porpoise
Vaquita
Harbor Porpoise
WHERE TO GO WHALE AND DOLPHIN WATCHING IN NORTH AMERICA
Map of Whale Watching Countries in North America
UNITED STATES
UNITED STATES: WEST COAST
Hawai’i
Alaska
Southeast Alaska
Northwestern Gulf of Alaska
Cook Inlet
Aleutian Islands & Pribilof Islands
Barrow
Washington
San Juan Islands & Puget Sound
Westport & the Olympic Coast
Oregon
California
Monterey Bay
UNITED STATES: EAST COAST
New England
Eastern Seaboard: New York to Georgia
Florida & the Gulf States
CANADA
CANADA: WEST COAST
British Columbia
Vancouver Island (Johnstone Strait)
Vancouver Island (Salish Sea)
Vancouver Island (West Coast)
CANADA: EAST COAST
Bay of Fundy
The Gully
Newfoundland
St Lawrence River & Gulf of St Lawrence
CANADA: ARCTIC AND SUB-ARCTIC
Nunavut
Churchill
Inuvik
MÉXICO
MÉXICO: WEST COAST
Baja California
Gray Whale breeding lagoons
Pacific Coast
Los Cabos & Gorda Banks
Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez)
Revillagigedo Archipelago
Banderas Bay
Bahia de Petatlán
MÉXICO: EAST COAST
Yucatán Peninsula
Glossary
Further reading
Acknowledgments
Image credits
eCopyright
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