Grey Whale
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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…
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Active Grey Whales – 29/5/25
I had thought Grey Whales are often solitary animals. Even though they’re feeding together in the same area, its as if they are eating at different tables at the same restaurant. However there are exceptions to every rule and on rare exhilarating occasions we see whale engaging in social behaviors with each other, rolling around,…
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Socializing Grey Whales – 24/4/25
Grey whales are typically pretty solitary animals but we are beginning to understand more about their socialization. They are known to meet up with the same whale, year after year, in the same feeding areas. As naturalists we have started to track the individuals showing these patterns of association, which are characterized by synchronized behaviors…