Juneau Humpback Whale Catalog

Juneau Humpback Whale Catalog
University of Alaska Fairbanks, Version 2, Last Updated: 2013
Photo by Megan Peterson
Catalog and information compiled by Julia Francis and Suzie Teerlink
Photos are property of NOAA, Auke Bay Laboratories and University of Alaska Fairbanks were taken
under scientific research permit.
Page 01
0183
1410
1480
1538
2220
GGC-20120718-2698
1297
0177
1443
Page 02
GGC-20120719-2731
1434
0455
2353
2175
0276
1435
0329
2070_calf_2009
Page 03
1919
GGC-20120604-0257
0513
1879
1758
2297
KH200904-001
2173
0518
Page 04
1160
1441
1821
0517
0954
1709
1073
1707
NMFS 170 Temp
Page 05
1776
0933
0996
0453
2006
GGC-20110803-0062
0266
0525
1124
Page 06
UASE_ID_7825_Temp
GGC-20110806-0302
GGC-20110804-0023
2171
2144
2258
1082
1167
2071
Page 07
2147
1465
1075_calf_2009
1946
2260
1234
2172
0536
1820
Page 08
1445
1783
0545
0237
1973
GGC-20120813-3239
1907
2354
2256
Page 09
0481
2146
0924
1211
0263
GGC-20120706-1763
0557
1514
1770
Page 10
1817
NMFS 171 Temp
1063
1391
580
0547
0217
GGC-20110606-089
NMFS_190_Temp
Page 11
0572
0154
1968
0225
0569
1671
1247
2070
2118
Page 12
0567
1478
2093
0193
KH20090610-001
2111
2264
2267
1605
Page 13
1306
0224
2119
1703
1475
1336
1044
1447
GGC-20110727-0154
Page 14
0556
JRM20091103-165
LS20090726-6189
GGC-20110606-0080
1429
0219
2259
1075
0204
Page 15
GGC-20120727-3496
1645
2174
0229
1753
1967
1594
1593
0590
Page 16
0441
1628
0898
2355
1533
0252
1818
2148
1052
Page 17
0181
UASE 394 Temp
Juneau Humpback Whale Catalog - Additional Information
Version 2 - Last updated: 2013
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0177
0181
0183
Page
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Date First
Cataloged
2011
June-09
July-09
October-06
0193
0204
0217
12
14
10
January-07
June-05
August-08
0219
14
September-07
0224
0225
13
11
May-04
0229
0237
15
8
August-08
August-04
0252
0263
0266
0276
0329
0441
0453
0455
0481
0513
0517
0518
16
9
5
2
2
16
5
2
9
3
4
3
June-04
April-08
August-07
August-04
October-07
September-07
August-07
April-08
September-06
August-04
April-08
0525
0536
5
7
December-04
June-08
Nickname
Dutchy
Stamp
Darktanion
Dike
Notcho Libre
Viking
Photographer
Notes
Gastineau Guiding Co
Liz Stahl
John Moran
Jan Straley
Often seen in the fall months in the Juneau area.
Regularly seen in Icy Strait. Known female
John Moran
Sightings as late as January in the Juneau area.
John Moran
John Moran
Nicknamed by the Alaska Whale Foundation. Member of
core bubble netting group.
John Moran
Regularly seen at Point Adolphus/Icy Strait. Known
female
Jan Straley
Janet Neilson
Occasionally seen in Glacier Bay National Park. Known
female
John Moran
Janet Neilson
Regularly seen in Glacier Bay National Park. Known
male. Nicknamed by Chuck Jurasz
Heather Riley
Jan Straley
Fletcher Sewell
John Moran
Janet Neilson
John Moran
John Moran
John Moran
Occasionally seen in Icy Strait. Known female
John Moran
Flip Nicklin
Janet Neilson
John Moran
Nicknamed by the Alaska Whale Foundation. Member of
core bubble netting group.
Jim Nahmens
Suzie Teerlink
0545
8
June-04
Friendly Fred
or Rubberlips
Heather Riley
0547
10
August-08
Cimmerian
John Moran
0556
0557
0567
0569
14
9
12
11
June-05
April-08
June-05
Rake
Jay Beedle
Jan Straley
Jan Straley
Jennifer Cedarleaf
0572
0580
0590
11
10
15
2011
2012
September-07
Batman
0898
0924
16
9
October-06
Crater
0933
0954
0996
1044
1052
1063
1073
1075
1082
5
4
5
13
16
10
4
14
6
July-09
September-06
June-09
May-08
June-05
October-08
April-05
April-07
December-07
1124
1160
5
4
July-03
October-06
1167
1211
6
9
2012
July-04
1234
1247
1297
1306
1336
1391
1410
1429
7
11
1
13
13
10
1
14
July-09
July-09
April-07
August-07
September-07
June-05
September-07
June-08
Buzz
First Humpback to ever be tagged in the 1970s.
Nicknamed "Rubberlips" by the Alaska Whale
Foundation. Member of core bubble netting group.
Nicknamed by the Alaska Whale Foundation. Member of
core bubble netting group.
Nicknamed by the Alaska Whale Foundation. Member of
core bubble netting group.
Gastineau Guiding Co
Gastineau Guiding Co
Heather Riley
Nicknamed by the Alaska Whale Foundation. Member of
core bubble netting group.
Jan Straley
John Moran
Known female. Scar at fluke base present for at least 20
years. Sightings as late as March in the Juneau area
Liz Stahl
Flip Nicklin
John Moran
Suzie Teerlink
Known female.
Jennifer Cedarleaf
Jan Straley
Regularly seen in Glacier Bay National Park/Icy Strait
Steve Lewis
JJ Vollenweider
Known female. Had a calf in 2009.
Suzie Teerlink
Sightings as late as December in the Juneau area.
Regularly seen in Glacier Bay National Park
John Moran
John Moran
Known female. Seen with her calf regularly in Auke Bay
in summer 2007.
Gastineau Guiding Co
Steve Lewis
Was frequently seen in the Juneau area until it died July
2007 from trauma and washed ashore.
John Moran
Liz Stahl
JJ Vollenweider
Occasionally seen in Icy Strait
John Moran
Regularly seen in Icy Strait
John Moran
Sightings as late as January in the Juneau area.
Jennifer Cedarleaf
John Moran
Suzie Teerlink
Sightings in Southeast Alaska and Prince William Sound.
1434
2
September-06
1435
1441
1443
1445
1447
1465
1475
1478
1480
1514
1533
1538
1593
2
4
1
8
13
7
13
12
1
9
16
1
15
July-07
August-04
May-08
October-06
November-06
August-04
September-07
September-06
September-07
December-07
October-06
September-07
October-07
1594
1605
1628
1645
1671
1703
1707
1709
1753
1758
1770
1776
1783
1817
15
12
16
15
11
13
4
4
15
3
9
5
8
10
June-04
October-06
June-09
November-09
September-06
September-06
July-09
September-06
November-05
April-08
2012
April-08
November-06
September-07
1818
1820
1821
1879
16
7
4
October-07
April-07
July-09
September-06
1907
8
September-06
1919
1946
1967
3
7
15
2012
June-05
May-07
Spot or
Curious
George
Pinto
Juneauite
Scuff
Smudge
Suzie Teerlink
John Moran
Janet Neilson
Flip Nicklin
John Moran
John Moran
Janet Neilson
John Moran
Gastineau Guiding Co
John Moran
Suzie Teerlink
John Moran
Mandy Lindeberg
Jan Straley
Sightings as late as December in the Juneau area.
Sightings as late as December in the Juneau area.
Known female.
Regularly seen in Icy Strait
Sightings as late as December in the Juneau area.
Occasionally seen in Glacier Bay National Park
Sightings as late as January in the Juneau area.
Sightings as late as December in the Juneau area.
Regularly seen at Point Adolphus/Icy Strait. Known
female
Heather Riley
JJ Vollenweider
Sightings as early as April in the Juneau area.
John Moran
John Moran
Jan Straley
Bullet hole
John Moran
Sightings as late as December in the Juneau area.
Gastineau Guiding Co
Jan Straley
Steve Lewis
Fletcher Sewell
Gastineau Guiding Co
Jan Straley
John Moran
Often seen in the fall months in the Juneau area.
Flip Nicklin
Occasionally seen in Glacier Bay National Park/ Icy
Strait
Roulette
Jan Straley
Nibblet
John Moran
Sightings as early as April in the Juneau area.
John Moran
AK or Alaska
John Moran
The letters "A" and "K" on the left fluke. Known Female.
Whale
Sightings as late as December in Juneau area.
Jan Straley
Sightings as late as December in the Juneau area.
Regularly seen in Icy Strait. Known female
Gastineau Guiding Co
Jennifer Cedarleaf
John Moran
Ruffles
1968
1973
2006
11
8
5
July-08
April-08
September-06
Magma
2070
11
June-07
Barnacles
Flip Nicklin
John Moran
Gastineau Guiding Co Known female. Nickname comes from being seen with
"Crater". Sightings as late as February in the Juneau
area. female. Had a calf in 2009. Sightings as late as
John Moran
Known
December in the Juneau area.
2071
2093
2111
2118
2119
2144
2146
2147
2148
2171
2172
2173
2174
2175
6
12
12
11
13
6
9
7
16
6
7
3
15
2
2011
April-08
September-07
June-05
November-05
April-07
September-07
September-07
December-07
August-07
April-08
September-07
August-07
June-07
2220
2256
2258
2259
2260
2264
2267
2297
2353
2354
2355
1075_Calf_2009
2070_Calf_2009
GGC-20110606-0080
GGC-20110606-089
GGC-20110727-0154
GGC-20110803-0062
GGC-20110804-0023
GGC-20110806-0302
GGC-20120604-0257
1
8
6
14
7
12
12
3
2
8
16
7
2
14
10
13
5
6
6
3
2011
September-07
September-07
May-08
October-08
November-09
June-04
2010
July-08
July-08
May-08
July-09
June-09
2011
2011
2011
2011
2011
2011
2012
Gastineau Guiding Co
Fletcher Sewell
John Moran
Sightings as late as December in the Juneau area.
Jennifer Cedarleaf
Steve Lewis
John Moran
John Moran
Jay Beedle
John Moran
Sightings as late as December in the Juneau area.
Jan Straley
Jan Straley
John Moran
Jay Beedle
Jay Beedle
Regularly seen as a calf with its mother in Auke Bay
during the summer of 2007. Born in winter 2007.
Gastineau Guiding Co
John Moran
John Moran
Carley Lowe
John Moran
John Moran
Heather Riley
Scott Ranger
Flip Nicklin
Also seen in Prince William Sound.
Flip Nicklin
Flip Nicklin
John Moran
Born in winter 2009. Calf of 1075.
Suzie Teerlink
Born in winter 2009. Calf of 2070.
Gastineau Guiding Co
Gastineau Guiding Co
Gastineau Guiding Co
Gastineau Guiding Co
Gastineau Guiding Co
Gastineau Guiding Co
Gastineau Guiding Co
GGC-20120706-1763
GGC-20120718-2698
GGC-20120719-2731
GGC-20120727-3496
GGC-20120813-3239
JRM20091103-165
KH200904-001
KH20090610-001
LS20090726-6189
NMFS ID 170 Temp
NMFS ID 171 Temp
NMFS ID 190 Temp
UASE ID 394 Temp
UASE_ID_7825_Temp
9
1
2
15
8
14
3
12
14
4
10
10
17
6
2012
2012
2012
2012
2012
November-09
April-09
June-09
July-09
April-08
May-08
October-08
June-04
May-09
Gastineau Guiding
Gastineau Guiding
Gastineau Guiding
Gastineau Guiding
Gastineau Guiding
John Moran
Jamie King
Jamie King
Liz Stahl
John Moran
Suzie Teerlink
Jan Straley
Heather Riley
Scott Ranger
Co
Co
Co
Co
Co