What wildlife have you seen from a cruise ship? ?

[soonernstlouis]

On 1/23/2020 at 4:43 AM, Canuker said:

In the Caribbean you can expect to see quite a few species of birds both up in the sky, scooting around at wave level and following the ship as she leaves port

I wish I had taken a picture at the time but we noticed a small bird follow our ship last year sailing away from St Kitts for over 30 minutes; not your typical white sea bird but a very small dark colored land bird. We guessed it was keeping up with the ship looking for food scraps but never saw it land.  Was just surprised how fast it was flying to keep up & we were a little worried the little guy would run out of energy & get disoriented over the water.  Hopefully he made it to land. 

[Canuker]

It may have had a mate and/or a nest aboard the ship.
I recall an artificial green hedge, on the open deck outside the buffet, of a ship that was home to a bevy of house sparrows, stowing away (or returning?) from North America to Europe. Plenty of scraps to feed on. They made it across.

[lenquixote66]

On my last cruise,last month a bird that looked like a sparrow was flying alongside the ship in the Caribbean on its way north.It actually sat The the outside of the ship and was there for quite some time.

[evandbob]

We have seen plenty of human wildlife on board the majority of our cruises.

[lenquixote66]

7 minutes ago, evandbob said:

We have seen plenty of human wildlife on board the majority of our cruises.

You do not have to go on cruises to see the human species.

[MicCanberra]

But you do get to see some from other countries and experience their accents.

[lenquixote66]

3 hours ago, MicCanberra said:

But you do get to see some from other countries and experience their accents.

One of my daughters lived in the UK for a while and when she came back to the US used a GPS with a British accent. 

[MicCanberra]

16 minutes ago, lenquixote66 said:

One of my daughters lived in the UK for a while and when she came back to the US used a GPS with a British accent. 

LOL.😛

[Mike981]

I don't think we've seen anything out of the norm, but last week we had two large pods of dolphins follow the ship for quite some time. It was at the beginning of the cruise so it was neat way to start our trip.

[evandbob]

23 hours ago, lenquixote66 said:

You do not have to go on cruises to see the human species.

 

 

But the human WILD life is much more prevalent on a cruise than in everyday life.  Some people cruise just to go WILD. ☺️

[lenquixote66]

2 minutes ago, evandbob said:

 

 

But the human WILD life is much more prevalent on a cruise than in everyday life.  Some people cruise just to go WILD. ☺️

Yes, the human species on cruise ships often are in the company of prehistoric creatures.

[MicCanberra]

2 hours ago, evandbob said:

 

 

But the human WILD life is much more prevalent on a cruise than in everyday life.  Some people cruise just to go WILD. ☺️

Some cruise lines more than others. Some cruises (short ones) it doesn't matter what line it is.

[Pennyscandy]

A whale and her calf. 

[Aplmac]

On 1/22/2020 at 12:07 PM, c-boy said:

I have seen budgie's on board

 

And other birds.

A Swallow/Swift taking a break in the lee over the main midship pool area

behind the forward superstructure.

 

Also sea-going birds that really do belong out there.

And flying fish, one time.

All on the Southern Caribbean route, P.Rico to Barbados

 

* A float plane climbs out of St. Thomas USVI. U know the one.

* DOZENS of gulls on the pier at Sint Maarten

* Fregata magnificens soaring above the ship.

* Misc. gulls escort us out of St. Thomas: throwing chips helps, it seems

* Another hi-altitude soarer, possibly F. magnificens again?

* Raft of Sargassum floating by (and all the micro-life that bipotope sustains)

* Finally, a large frog -spotted in the bathroom of a suite on Destiny!