{"id":674982,"date":"2026-07-05T12:14:27","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T12:14:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/674982\/"},"modified":"2026-07-05T12:14:27","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T12:14:27","slug":"video-endangered-fin-whale-seen-feeding-off-coast-of-long-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/674982\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: Endangered fin whale seen feeding off coast of Long Island"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A massive fin whale was caught on drone video feeding off the coast of Long Island. Fin whales are the second-largest species of whale and are endangered. Drone operator Virginia Fitzgerald said this is the first fin whale she’s ever encountered.\u00a0<\/p>\n

HAMPTON BAYS, N.Y.\u2013 A massive, endangered fin whale was caught on drone video swimming and feeding off the coast of Long Island, New York<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Fin whales are the second-largest whale species on Earth, and they’re fast swimmers, making it difficult to catch a glimpse of them.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Video from Wednesday off Hampton Bays<\/a>, shows a large fin whale, with its long sleek body, V-shaped head and trademark hooked dorsal fin on its back.<\/p>\n

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The fin whale is endangered after commercial whaling in the mid-1900s.\u00a0<\/p>\n

(\u00a0Virginia Fitzgerald\/@visualsbyvirginia via Storyful \/ FOX Weather)<\/p>\n

In the video, the drone kept up with the whale as it swam, diving in and out of water in search of food.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Drone operator Virginia Fitzgerald said she discovered the whale while watching a humpback whale feed.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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A pod of dolphins and seagulls joined the fin whale on its hunt.<\/p>\n

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Dolphins and seagulls joined the whale for its fish hunt.\u00a0<\/p>\n

(\u00a0Virginia Fitzgerald\/@visualsbyvirginia via Storyful \/ FOX Weather)<\/p>\n

In one clip, the whale opens its massive jaws, scooping in water and some source of food, most likely krill, small schooling fish or squid, according to NOAA Fisheries<\/a>. \u00a0<\/p>\n

Fin whales are endangered after decades of whaling significantly reduced their populations in the mid-1900s.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Fin whale opening its mouth to feed off the coast of Long Island on July 1, 2026.\u00a0<\/p>\n

(\u00a0Virginia Fitzgerald\/@visualsbyvirginia via Storyful \/ FOX Weather)<\/p>\n

They’re protected under the Marine Mammal Protection Act.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Today, the primary threat to fin whales is vessel strikes.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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“Fin whales are probably the most vulnerable species to ship strikes after North Atlantic Right Whales,” NOAA<\/a> FIsheries said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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The fin whale hunts for food.\u00a0<\/p>\n

(\u00a0Virginia Fitzgerald\/@visualsbyvirginia via Storyful \/ FOX Weather)<\/p>\n

In mid-June, a cruise ship in Alaska<\/a> was seen carrying the body of a pregnant, dead fin whale across its bow.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Early estimations believe the whale was hit by the cruise ship.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The most recent stock assessments of fin whale populations completed in 2016 estimated there were roughly 6,800 fin whales along the Atlantic coast of the U.S.<\/a> and Canada<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A massive fin whale was caught on drone video feeding off the coast of Long Island. Fin whales…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":674983,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[2851,10700,548,394,3541,5340,90,56,54,55,741,4407],"class_list":["post-674982","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-animals","tag-beaches","tag-nature","tag-new-york","tag-noaa","tag-ocean","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-us","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/674982","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=674982"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/674982\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/674983"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=674982"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=674982"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=674982"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}