The replica of the Mayflower that's permanently docked in Plymouth Harbor

For the most part the weather was excellent, with blue skies and a few high clouds

A flying Northern Gannet. The coloring indicates this is a sub-adult bird, probably in its third year.

Two Laughing Gulls dance along the surface of the chum-slick

Three Laughing Gulls skitter along the chum slick, plucking food from the water's surface.

A humpback whale churns the water with its flukes, trying to stun baitfish so it can eat them

Another hungry humpback surfaces with an enormous mouthfull of water and fish

Seconds later, a daring gull flies past the humpback as he slowly closes his mouth, straining the water through his huge baleen plates.

A closer look at the humpback's mouth and baleen, as a couple of lucky sandlance fish fall free and back into the water

Gulls circle as a humpback whale surfaces and blows

A humpback whale shows its barnacle-covered flukes as it dives to feed