Tag Archives: mother/calf pairs

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It's an exciting time of year when we see the first mother/calf pairs of Gray Whales. On Monday, several pairs were seen quite close in at Black Point Beach off The Sea Ranch. A friend called Craig Tooley and he got this great photo of a calf.

You can tell this a calf born earlier this year because of his or her stubby nose/mouth area and there are no barnacles yet! Of course the size compared to his/her mom is another clue.

Karen Wilkinson is the friend who called Craig and she got some incredible photos too. I hope to post some of hers soon.

Thanks to Craig for allowing me to share his photo with you here. To see much more of Craig's nature photography, here is the link to his website: http://www.ruffimage.com

oh, today is such a lovely day. Warm - low 70's - and no wind.

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The Gray Whale migration of mother/calf pairs is pretty much over. But a few weeks ago, Paul and Jacquie Brewer saw two sets of Gray Whale pairs swim past their Gualala home.

It's comforting to know the whales are swimming northward to their feeding grounds. We should be seeing other species of whales soon. We'll be looking for Humpbacks, Fin Whales and the largest of them all, Blue Whales in the days ahead. I did receive a sighting of several Orcas yesterday, Saturday. No photos, though.

Thanks to Paul for allowing me to share his photos with you here. To see much more of Paul's nature photography, here is his website: http://www.capturingnatureswonders.com/

Early this morning the sound of raindrops woke me up - surprise! Not much, but a nice surprise. Then the clouds swept away, revealing a beautiful, warm spring day.

Spring doesn't know...

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It's always fun to see whale spouts on the ocean. John Crowell saw three spouts from the bluffs at The Sea Ranch, most likely Gray Whales.

The first mother/calf pairs of Gray Whales are slowly passing by our coast, swimming about three miles per hour. Many, many more to come in the weeks ahead, as there are a lot of calves still in the lagoons of Baja California.

Thanks to John for allowing me to share his photo with you here. We are having a warm, breezy day here on the Mendonoma coast today. Blue skies abound!

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Before the wind picked up yesterday there were quite a few sightings of Gray Whales, mostly mothers with their calves. Richard Kuehn photographed a calf apparently lunge feeding.

Gray Whale calf lunge feeding by Richard Kuehn

And the young Gray Whale also breached several times.

Gray Whale calf breaching by Richard Kuehn

This is a fun time to be on the Mendonoma Coast! Thanks to Rich for allowing me to share his photos with you here.