We on the American Princess with Gotham Whale and have been seeing these two new whales many times since Sept 28th (to 10/18/14) off Western Nassau and Rockaway Beach. These two Humpback Whales tend to stay together or don't go too far from each other, like a mile or two. When you see one, look around and off in the distance you will see the other's blow.

We can't confirm that these two whales are Mother and Calf, but I and others do think it is. It's very hard to tell the difference of a Female and Male whale unless it breaches or shows its underside.

Today the American Princess with Gotham Whale encountered these two whales and they were very close together (like 10 feet) and stayed that close for the time we were with them. They both gave us a show of synchronized Flippering and Flipper Slapping (Pectoral slapping) for over an hour. They were near the shore, among the Menhaden AKA Bunker, mossbunker, and pogy (http://chesapeakebay.noaa.gov/fish-facts/menhaden) but no feeding was observed today.