There’s exciting news about northbound gray whale cow/calf numbers, as counted by the researchers stationed  on California’s central coast. It’s interesting to note that some of the numbers have been recorded by drones this year.

“This could be the fifth springtime in a row that scientists will estimate that more than 1,000 pairs of gray whales will have swum past Point Piedras Blancas on their way to Alaska, according to marine biologist Wayne Perryman.”

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Gray whale mother and calf in Laguna San Ignacio. Photo by Rob Nawojchik
Read about gray whales here, in an edition of Rob-servations, written by Rob Nawojchik, Searcher naturalist.