Remember last year when Wart made the news when she was spotted with a newborn calf in Cape Cod Bay in January 2013? The iconic 40-something-year-old whale was seen again in Cape Cod Bay on February 8th by the Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies (PCCS), but this time she was alone. Previously, she and her calf were seen feeding in April 2013, but her calf has since likely weaned itself and is on its own. Wart was the subject of a disentanglement rescue by PCCS in 2010 and frequents Cape Code Bay often.
Volunteers spotted Wart off the coast of Florida on Feb. 9, 2005 and the Marineland Right Whale Project confirmed the sighting. She was also seen by the Florida Fish and Wildlife aerial survey team that year. To view all the sightings of her (starting in 1981), visit the Right Whale Catalog at http://rwcatalog.neaq.org/
Learn more about Wart's biography at http://www.neaq.org/conservation_and_research/projects/endangered_species_habitats/right_whale_research/right_whale_projects/monitoring_individuals_and_family_trees/whale_biographies/wart.php
