Fin whale:

Date/time (local)OccurrenceLatitudeLongitudeNotes
09/28/15 00:01:08Detected43.9383-62.7179
09/28/15 01:46:08Detected43.9514-62.7054
09/28/15 12:01:08Possibly detected43.9807-62.7856Fin: extremely loud pattern with consistent IPI that persists throughout the pitch track but only 2 are classified fin (and that call may have only been classified because the pitch track was broken). Not aware of noise processes that do this. Looks like classic fin but why aren't more classified? Going with possible. Check spectrogram.
09/28/15 13:16:08Detected43.9933-62.7838
09/28/15 14:01:08Possibly detected43.9914-62.7917Fin: same problem as before, with very loud, consistent, fin-looking pattern of LF pulses but only 1 is classified. There is a subsequent faint pattern that emerges in p5-6 with 2 classified calls. Only enough for possible according to protocol, and I'll stick with that to stay conservative. Check spectrogram.
09/28/15 14:46:08Possibly detected43.9895-62.7995Fin: 3 classified calls in pattern with consistent IPIs. There's 1 call missing from the pattern that would connect a group of 2 and 3 pulses, but I'm going with possible according to protocol.


Right whale:

Date/time (local)OccurrenceLatitudeLongitudeNotes
09/28/15 04:31:08Possibly detected43.9587-62.7349Right: really nice classified upcall in p4. Loud, isolated, shapely as well. But it's the only one so I have to stick with possible.
09/28/15 07:46:08Possibly detected43.9791-62.7390Right: Nice, classified, isolated, loud, shapely upcall. Another unshapely candidate classified as humpback, and a third unclassified, unshapely amid other noise. Not confident enough for detected, but good enough for possible
09/28/15 08:16:08Detected43.9792-62.7451Right: 3 shapely, loud, isolated upcalls. 2 are classified right and the 3rd is classified humpback. Confident enough for detected.
09/28/15 08:46:08Detected43.9795-62.7496Right: many upcalls, great example
09/28/15 09:46:08Detected43.9798-62.7607Right: more great upcall examples
09/28/15 10:01:08Possibly detected43.9799-62.7642Right: 2 isolated, classified, loud upcalls in p7. First example is quite shapely, second is quite steep. No other candidate calls. Borderline so going with possible to be conservative.
09/28/15 10:46:08Possibly detected43.9802-62.7721Right: single classified, loud, shapely, isolated upcall. No other convincing candidates, enough for possible. Fin: series of 4 faint classified calls but no pattern evident. Not enough for possible.
09/28/15 11:46:08Detected43.9806-62.7834Right: more great upcalls
09/28/15 13:46:08Detected43.9919-62.7895Right: 5 possible upcalls. 1 in p4 is unconvincing because of ugly shape and other noise. 2 is shapely and isolated, but classified as humpback with strange amplitude distribution. 3 (in p10) is shapely, isolated, and classified but very faint. Probably the best one. 4 is classified and loud but with very ugly shape. 5 is unclassified but nice otherwise. Even if the first is disregarded this meets the protocol for detected, and I'm confident enough to agree. Also a very interesting looking downsweep in p12 (moan?). Check spectrogram.
09/28/15 16:46:08Detected43.9844-62.8202Right: more nice upcalls, several are classified as humpback call type 18.




Notes:

Date/time (local)LatitudeLongitudeNotes
09/28/15 04:31:0843.9587-62.7349Right: really nice classified upcall in p4. Loud, isolated, shapely as well. But it's the only one so I have to stick with possible.
09/28/15 05:01:0843.9601-62.7408Right: nice, unclassified upcall in p14 that's loud, shapely and isolated. Not enough for possible without classification.
09/28/15 07:46:0843.9791-62.7390Right: Nice, classified, isolated, loud, shapely upcall. Another unshapely candidate classified as humpback, and a third unclassified, unshapely amid other noise. Not confident enough for detected, but good enough for possible
09/28/15 08:16:0843.9792-62.7451Right: 3 shapely, loud, isolated upcalls. 2 are classified right and the 3rd is classified humpback. Confident enough for detected.
09/28/15 08:46:0843.9795-62.7496Right: many upcalls, great example
09/28/15 09:01:0843.9796-62.7529Right: several possible calls, but the only classified one is not convincing - it's amid noise with a very ugly shape. Two other possibilities are fragmented (cut in half, maybe due to algorithm's removal of narrow band noise). Tempting (especially due to previous records) but not enough evidence here for possible.
09/28/15 09:46:0843.9798-62.7607Right: more great upcall examples
09/28/15 10:01:0843.9799-62.7642Right: 2 isolated, classified, loud upcalls in p7. First example is quite shapely, second is quite steep. No other candidate calls. Borderline so going with possible to be conservative.
09/28/15 10:46:0843.9802-62.7721Right: single classified, loud, shapely, isolated upcall. No other convincing candidates, enough for possible. Fin: series of 4 faint classified calls but no pattern evident. Not enough for possible.
09/28/15 11:01:0843.9802-62.7746Loud unknown swoops in 400-600 Hz range. Check spectrogram.
09/28/15 11:46:0843.9806-62.7834Right: more great upcalls
09/28/15 12:01:0843.9807-62.7856Fin: extremely loud pattern with consistent IPI that persists throughout the pitch track but only 2 are classified fin (and that call may have only been classified because the pitch track was broken). Not aware of noise processes that do this. Looks like classic fin but why aren't more classified? Going with possible. Check spectrogram.
09/28/15 13:46:0843.9919-62.7895Right: 5 possible upcalls. 1 in p4 is unconvincing because of ugly shape and other noise. 2 is shapely and isolated, but classified as humpback with strange amplitude distribution. 3 (in p10) is shapely, isolated, and classified but very faint. Probably the best one. 4 is classified and loud but with very ugly shape. 5 is unclassified but nice otherwise. Even if the first is disregarded this meets the protocol for detected, and I'm confident enough to agree. Also a very interesting looking downsweep in p12 (moan?). Check spectrogram.
09/28/15 14:01:0843.9914-62.7917Fin: same problem as before, with very loud, consistent, fin-looking pattern of LF pulses but only 1 is classified. There is a subsequent faint pattern that emerges in p5-6 with 2 classified calls. Only enough for possible according to protocol, and I'll stick with that to stay conservative. Check spectrogram.
09/28/15 14:46:0843.9895-62.7995Fin: 3 classified calls in pattern with consistent IPIs. There's 1 call missing from the pattern that would connect a group of 2 and 3 pulses, but I'm going with possible according to protocol.
09/28/15 15:46:0843.9869-62.8101Fin: again there's evidence of some long LF pulses that are patterned not classified. Not enough for possible. Check spectrogram.
09/28/15 16:46:0843.9844-62.8202Right: more nice upcalls, several are classified as humpback call type 18.


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