But she saw a whale again on Saturday — and in the same spot again on Sunday — and news reports confirmed her hunch: The Hudson River has a resident humpback. Inside the gulps, Mr. Sieswerda said, are likely sizable amounts of menhaden, a small forager fish that fishermen call bunker — a veritable fish buffet. A whale appearing in the Hudson is very rare, Mr. Sieswerda said, which is why he thinks this one is a solo traveler. “It’s in a very busy area of high-vessel activity, and it’s going up and down the Hudson, inside the harbor where big ships are,” Mr. Sieswerda said. “The good thing was 30 years ago you’d see maybe one whale off of Long Island a season,” Mr.

Source: New York Times November 22, 2016 21:23 UTC