'It's true — dolphins were spotted in the Bronx River this week,' the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation tweeted Thursday along with a video of at least two dolphins swimming in the water.
Two dolphins were also spotted in the Whale Creek Tributary last week next to Greenpoint, Brooklyn's Newtown Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant. The parks department said the dolphins may have"naturally found" their way back to the waterway in the search of fish. In 2018, the department released 400 adult alewife, a type of herring, into the river as part of its efforts to help improve the water ecology.
Though not often seen in the Bronx River, marine mammals are frequent visitors to the waters around the Big Apple. From spring to autumn every year, As marine animals make their presence known in the area, the state'srecently warned that people should avoid coming into close contact. The Marine Mammal Protect Act requires that people avoid touching, feeding, disturbing or harassing marine mammals, and says that those who do so are subject to fines and jail time.
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