Grey Whale
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Gray Whales in San Francisco Bay – 5/5/25
Gray whales in 2025 were facing a severe surge in mortality in San Francisco Bay, and to examine for causes of death, teams of pathologists, necropsy technicians and volunteers conduct necropsies- or animal autopsies. This is a highly resource intensive, collaborative effort with The Marine Mammal Center and the California Academy of Sciences. To perform…
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A Familiar Face
We obviously know our Grey Whales that we see off of Newport very well. We see them all the time. There’s probably 10 to 20 that we could recognize on site without the photo, without doing any matching. You can just look at it by the naked eye and say, oh, I know who you…
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A Magnificent Day with a Fin Whale and the T419’s – 14/3/26
Today started with me opening my front door to gray skies, drippy, wet snow and biting cold, but yesterday ended with whales heading our way, and there were shorelines to scout. After stopping for hot coffee, I followed a route from the west side of Whidbey to the east side, then down island. Two hours…
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Sunny Day with Bigg’s – 28/2/26
The last day of February was warm and sunny, the perfect conditions to be out on the water, so on the water I was! I had some data to work on, and as strange as it sounds, I work best when on a traveling boat. We had encounters with two lovely gray whales. One was…
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Jane the Whale – 13/2/26
You never know who you will see at the Tofino waterfront! Today a gray whale, known as Jane, made a visit and spyhopped several times for delighted onlookers before travelling around the corner to the Tonquin sandbar to roll and waver her flippers. I was lucky to see her from land from both spots before…