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Gray Whale Census update March 2024
Gray Whale Census morning crew M'Liz Callender, Petrina Long, Joanne Kajiyama, and Caroline DeGraaf, 2024 February 29, Point Vicente Interpretie Center, by Alisa Schulman-Janiger. Southbound gray whale mom and calf, photographed from our Census station at the Point...
Gray Whale Census Summary 2014-2015
Photo by Alisa Schulman-JanigerACS/LA GRAY WHALE CENSUS AND BEHAVIOR PROJECT: 2014-2015 Census Project Director/Coordinator: Alisa Schulman-Janiger Email: janiger@cox.net For daily sighting details, please visit: www.acs-la.org Higher gray whale counts, record...
Gray Whale Census Summary 2017-2018
Photo by Nancy Rhodes ACS/LA GRAY WHALE CENSUS AND BEHAVIOR PROJECT: 2017-2018 Census Project Director/Coordinator: Alisa Schulman-Janiger Email: janiger@cox.net For daily sighting details, please visit: www.acs-la.org Our third highest southbound calf counts...
Gray Whale Census 2022-2023
Photo by James Dorsey ACS-LA GRAY WHALE CENSUS AND BEHAVIOR PROJECT: 2022-2023 Gray Whale Census Project Director/Coordinator: Alisa Schulman-Janiger Email: janiger@cox.net For daily sighting details, please visit: www.acs-la.org High northbound gray whale calf...
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Tonight, Alisa Schulman-Janiger will be giving a short presentation on the Gray Whale Census Project to the Rancho Palos Verdes City Council at their monthly meeting. She will be speaking towards the beginning of the meeting under "Mayor's Announcements".
Tonight's City Council meeting will be at 7pm at Fred Hesse Community Park, McTaggart Hall at 29301 Hawthorne Blvd in Rancho Palos Verdes. Anyone can attend, so join us if you can!
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ACS/LA Gray Whale Census and Behavior Project Update, Pt. Vicente Interpretive Center, 20 Jan 2025: we spotted 2 solo GRAY WHALES this morning! We tracked our first GRAY WHALE for over 40 minutes, as this adult passed about a half mile offshore. Less than 10 minutes later, we spotted our second GRAY WHALE! This smaller whale passed very close to shore; we tracked it for 20 minutes. It had a large white patch on its rostrum (head). Photos revealed an injury at the base of its peduncle and white parallel scars on its body and scars on its flukes, likely from a serious entanglement: very lucky this whale survived! We also watched COMMON DOLPHINS and coastal BOTTLENOSE DOLPHINS. (Summary by Census Director Alisa Schulman-Janiger)
*Video today: our gray whale #2 rolls around very close to shore south of our research site, by offsite independent drone operator Mauricio Tassara @emptydrone.
Gray Whales today:
Southbound: 2
Northbound: 0
Total: 2
Gray Whales to date (since 1 Dec)
Southbound: 45
Northbound 3
Total: 48
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ACS/LA Gray Whale Census and Behavior Project Update, Pt. Vicente Interpretive Center, 19 Jan 2025: we watched COMMON DOLPHINS and coastal BOTTLENOSE DOLPHINS. (Summary by Census Director Alisa Schulman-Janiger).
*Photos today: moon early this morning (by anchor Robin Riggs): Raven visits our research patio (by anchor Cynthia Woo).
Gray Whales today:
Southbound: 0
Northbound: 0
Total: 0
Gray Whales to date (since 1 Dec)
Southbound: 43
Northbound 3
Total: 46
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ACS/LA Gray Whale Census and Behavior Project Update, Pt. Vicente Interpretive Center, 18 Jan 2025: an adult GRAY WHALE passed us within a mile of shore.this healthy-looking whale angled toward shore, fluked, and then did longer dives that lasted from 3-6 minutes. We also watched COMMON DOLPHINS and coastal BOTTLENOSE DOLPHINS. (Summary by Census Director Alisa Schulman-Janiger).
*Photos today: screen shot of gray whale surfacing to blow (by independent offsite drone operator @emptydrone); Census team observers Gina Lumbruno and Cheryl Beshke, and Nancy Arseneault, and Census Sunset (by Census anchor Chad Sprouse).
Gray Whales today:
Southbound: 1
Northbound: 0
Total: 1
Gray Whales to date (since 1 Dec)
Southbound: 43
Northbound 3
Total: 46
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ACS/LA Gray Whale Census and Behavior Project Update, Pt. Vicente Interpretive Center, 17 Jan 2025: air quality pollution levels stayed very low throughout the day. We spotted 2 solo FIN WHALES; one was 1.5 miles offshore, and the other was ~4 miles offshore. We spotted the bushy blows of an unidentified whale 4 miles away; we saw it blow 3 times, but then never saw it again. We watched COMMON DOLPHINS and many groups of coastal BOTTLENOSE DOLPHINS throughout the day. Close to sunset, our team spotted about 50 slow-moving dolphins that were headed east, about a mile offshore. Another group of coastal BOTTLENOSE DOLPHINS was heading west at the same time, close to shore. The first group did not look like BOTTLENOSE DOLPHINS; their heads looked blunt. Photos taken after sunset confirmed that the dolphins in the first group were RISSO'S DOLPHINS - squid specialists that we rarely observe from Point Vicente.
(Summary by Census Director Alisa Schulman-Janiger).
*Photos today: Morning Census team (L to R): Joanne Kajiyama, M'Liz Callender, Cheryl DeMatteis, and Sarah Ford; red-tailed hawk harassing our resident raven pair (by Alisa Schulman-Janiger); Census Sunrise with glowing clouds (by observer Cheryl DeMatteis), and Census Sunset with palm trees (by observer Kim Hoch).
Gray Whales today:
Southbound: 0
Northbound: 0
Total: 0
Gray Whales to date (since 1 Dec)
Southbound: 42
Northbound 3
Total: 45
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SAVE THE DATES!
Our monthly webinar lineup is in place for 2025! Make a note in your calendars so you don't miss them!
We start off the year with our own Alisa Schulman-Janiger presenting next week on Thursday at 7pm. You can register through the link below.
Our monthly webinars are co-sponsored by ACS-LA, ACS-OC and ACS-MB. They are free and open to the public.
Hope to see you there!
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