Dolphins Spotted at Solomon's Island

A pod of less than 10 Atlantic bottlenose dolphins were spotted swimming near Solomon’s Island last week.

A Bay Net reader sent us the photo below, taken with a mobile phone.

While a dolphin sighting may seem rare, experts say the ocean mammals are not uncommon for the region. They migrate up the northern Atlantic Ocean as far as New York and there even has been a sighting reported in the Potomac River near DC.

The Atlantic bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus, is a small-toothed whale that ranges from Cape Cod to the Gulf of Mexico. These mammals primarily occur in the saltier waters of the lower Chesapeake Bay in summer. … More Information from the Chesapeake Bay Program.