North Atlantic right whales are returning to Cape Cod Bay in mass.
It was just last week that the Center for Coastal Studies in P-town spotted the season's first mom and calf by air about five miles west of Great Island.
Now, researchers have captured images of no fewer than 80 of the critically endangered whales in the bay.
Estimates point to only about 370 North Atlantic right whales left on the planet and many like to migrate to Cape Cod Bay for its annual springtime phytoplankton bloom.
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Photo: JOSEPH PREZIOSO / AFP / Getty Images