Today's Report Includes:
- Whale Watching: News from Observation Posts
- Explore: What Are the Rules?
- Journal: Think Like a Whale
- Migration Order: Who's Next?
- Tracking the Migration: Does Data Tell a Story?
- Conservation: More Good News for San Ignacio!
Mystery Photo
Photo: Caroline Armon
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Welcome to Alaska, whales! Everyone in Kodiak is excited to see the first arrivals, who were spotted April 1 in Kodiak waters (#12 on map). More whales are coming; a whale-watch boat captain in Newport, Oregon (#9) said "It's an Interstate out here!" Oregon’s Whale Watching Center is seeing a steady stream of whales headed north to the Arctic. On March 29 they counted 56 whales!
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the other end of the migration trail, babies and moms are still
entertaining lucky whale watchers. Don't miss Carolina's
heartwarming stories from Laguna San Ignacio (#2 on map). Whale
traffic has slowed at both official counting stations
(#5 and #6) on the California coast. Still, they're seeing fun
things like bubble
blasts. Michael at Gray Whales Count (#6) saw a mom paddling
on her back with junior bobbing and spyhopping alongside! Click yellow arrows to read the news! >> |
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Wouldn't
you just love to touch a friendly gray whale? What
kind of rules must whale watchers obey in the lagoons? Think about
rules
YOU might
make. Then have a look at an actual sign in Laguna Ojo de Liebre.
Read the rules and see if you can figure out why each rule is important.
- Rules! Rules! Rules! >>
Gray whales were once nearly wiped out by whale hunters. They went to the lagoons where they found grays in huge numbers. Whale guide Carolina at San Ignacio Lagoon says, "Here’s one of my random thoughts: what if the whales' perception of us is that we are sea monsters (consider whaling), and they are taming us?"
- What are the whales' possible intentions in approaching human visitors to the lagoons?
Write your answer in your Gray Whale Journal. >>
Photo Caroline Armon
To help you with this week's data questions, review the order in which gray whales migrate north. What do you notice? Who is first? Who travels with whom? Why do you think some travel alone? Together? Why do whales travel in a certain order?
Think about the order in which gray whales migrate. Then let's check the daily whale counts at our two California counting stations to see if there's a story in the data.
- Which
whales are Californians seeing?
- Do
the latest numbers show any pulses (surges in
numbers), or any lulls (slow-down
in numbers)?
- Graphing gray whale data through the whole season? Add the latest data. >>
The Next Gray Whale Migration Update Will Be Posted on April 18, 2007.
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