April 13,2023 Thursday: Partly cloudy, partly sunny, mostly overcast with calm seas and cool crisp 54 degrees in the morning warming up to 58 degrees in the afternoon. Four sightings today included three underweight gray whale cows (mothers) with actively nursing and bottom filter feeding calves. Two of the more underweight Cows (mothers) had visible … Continue reading Four Cow/Calf Gray Whale Pairs and One Tagged Sea Lion #1734
Month: April 2023
Eleven Gray Whales including FOUR Gray Whale Calves!!! Light Rain and Fog
11 North Bound 4 Calves 0 South Bound 9.5 hrs April 12th, 2023 Wednesday Cloudy, overcast with FOG and mid morning light rain. First sighting was a cow/calf pair with an escort 1800 yards out. The solo escort whale was an underweight adult. The calf alternated sides with each surfacing and stopped to spyhop several … Continue reading Eleven Gray Whales including FOUR Gray Whale Calves!!! Light Rain and Fog
Gray Skies and One Gray Whale Cow/Calf Pair
April 11,2023 Tuesday Heavy FOG continues: 55 degrees early morning, wind 0-1mph visibility less than 1 mile out. Mid morning fog lifting to over 2 mile visibly and cleared up by noon despite gray skies. House finches are feasting on coreopsis seeds and mourning doves coo and preen on the observation deck. Sea lions are … Continue reading Gray Skies and One Gray Whale Cow/Calf Pair
Another Foggy Day: 6 Gray Whales 3 Cow/Calf Pairs
April 10th, 2023 Tuesday 6 North Bound 3 Calf 0 South Bound 2.5 hrs 2 REW Heavy marine layer all day with poor visibility. Less than 100 yards at times. At 5:25 pm the 3rd cow/calf pair of the season popped up under the fog rolling and splashing. One of the whales were back floating. … Continue reading Another Foggy Day: 6 Gray Whales 3 Cow/Calf Pairs
Second Cow/Calf Gray Whale Pair Observed in Heavy Marine Layer
Sunday April 9th, 2023 Easter Sunday Heavy fog, marine layer with decreased visibility; less than 250 yds at times. Two sightings despite near white out conditions on most of this Easter Sunday. One solo whale was tracked by footprints. One cow/calf pair spotted; the second pair of the season! The mother (cow) is underweight with … Continue reading Second Cow/Calf Gray Whale Pair Observed in Heavy Marine Layer
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