2007 WHALE SIGHTINGS
WEEKEND OF October 17-18, 2007
Trip Report:
Saturday's trip was greeted by a large group of harbor porpoises under the Golden Gate Bridge. During the trip we encountered over 200 Pacific whitesided dolphins and at least 6 Risso's dolphins, also called Grampus. We also saw California sea lions, Steller sea lions, northern elephant seals, and harbor seals. Bird sightings included loons, grebes, shearwaters, petrels, pelicans, cormorants, scoters, gulls terns, murres and pigeon guillemots
Encourage someone else to experience the joy of watching and connecting with these amazing animals.
The annual gray whale migration, one of the world's most magnificent and accessible wildlife spectacles, is underway. Each year approximately 15,000 of an estimated total population of 17,500 gray whales swim south from Arctic feeding grounds, en route to their Baja California breeding and calving grounds.
