Mother and calf gray whale, aerial photo, embryonic folds visible on the very young calf
A neonate gray whale calf, born just hours before, still exhbiting embryonic folds in the skin along its side. This baby gray whale was born in the cold waters of Big Sur, far to the north of the Mexican lagoons of Baja California where most gray whale births take place. Monterey, California, Eschrichtius robustus.
Gray whale, courtship competition
Aerial photo of gray whale calf and mother. This baby gray whale was born during the southern migration, far to the north of the Mexican lagoons of Baja California where most gray whale births take place.
Gray whales at sunset, Laguna San Ignacio.
Gray whale baleen.
Aerial photo of gray whale calf and mother. This baby gray whale was born during the southern migration, far to the north of the Mexican lagoons of Baja California where most gray whale births take place.
Gray whale blowing at the ocean surface, exhaling and breathing as it prepares to dive underwater.
Gray whale, blow.
Aerial photo of gray whale calf and mother. This baby gray whale was born during the southern migration, far to the north of the Mexican lagoons of Baja California where most gray whale births take place.
Gray whale, blow.
Gray whale.
Gray whale raising its fluke before a dive. Monterey, California. Eschrichtius robustus.
Courting gray whales, Laguna San Ignacio.
Gray whale, Laguna San Ignacio.
Courting gray whales, Laguna San Ignacio.
Gray whale blowing at the ocean surface, exhaling and breathing as it prepares to dive underwater.
Gray whales traveling south to Mexico during their winter migration. The annual migration of the California gray whale is the longest known migration of any mammal, 10,000 to 12,000 miles from the Bering Sea to Baja California.
Gray whale, raising fluke to dive.
Aerial photo of gray whale, swimming southbound on its annual migration to the calving lagoons in Mexico
Gray whale diving below the ocean surface, leaving a footprint in its wake. Aerial photo.
Gray whale, raising its fluke (tail) before diving to the ocean floor to forage for crustaceans, , Cow Bay, Flores Island, near Tofino, Clayoquot Sound, west coast of Vancouver Island.
Gray whale dorsal ridge (back) at the surface in front of a boat full of whale watchers, Cow Bay, Flores Island, near Tofino, Clayoquot Sound, west coast of Vancouver Island.
Gray whale, neonate calf and cow.
Gray whale, spine knuckle detail and characteristic skin mottling.