Tag Archives: breaching Gray Whale

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Scott and Tree Mercer saw three Gray Whales swimming southward this past weekend, most likely pregnant females headed for the birthing lagoons off Baja. Many thousands to follow over the next two months.

Shari Goforth-Eby put together this visual on the most helpful way to photograph Gray Whales for possible identification. She would appreciate receiving any Gray Whale photos you may take in the weeks and months ahead. She is chronicling the resident Gray Whales.

Here's one of my favorite Gray Whale photos - a magnificent photo taken some years ago by Ron LeValley of a Gray Whale breaching.

Thanks to Shari and Ron for allowing me to share their photos with you here. To sent Shari your sightings, here is her email: go4thegrays@gmail.com To see much more of Ron's nature photography, here is the link to his website: http://www.levalleyphoto.com/home/

It's stormy and cold on the Mendonoma Coast today!

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Gray Whales have been seen the past several days, many are mothers with calves. On Wednesday we watched a pod from our deck in Anchor Bay in the late afternoon. One whale did a complete breach! Here is a photo taken by Ron LeValley that shows you what a Gray Whale breach looks like. When the whale hits the water there is a BIG splash.

Also migrating north are thousands of Aleutian Cackling Geese. Richard Kuehn photographed several large flocks this past week consisting of over two hundred geese in each flock. The flocks look like undulating ribbons in the sky.

Rich took a close-up of them. They used to be called Canada Geese but they are smaller than Canada Geese and have the new name of Aleutian Cackling Geese. And, yes, they are quite noisy as they migrate. It's really fun to hear them approaching, cackling away.

Thanks to Rich and Ron for allowing me to share their photos with you here. To see much more of Ron's nature photography, here is the link to his website: http://www.levalleyphoto.com/home/