Our friend and gray whale expert is busy in the field in Laguna San Ignacio. He and his team are taking a weekly census of the gray whales, among accomplishing many other projects.
They report counting 98 single whales and 13 mother-calf pairs, for a total of 124 whales. He makes some comments about weather below:
Water and air continue to remain in the 16 degrees C range, a bit chilly for Baja this time of year. If the mother-calf pairs went further south for warmer water, we expect to see more of them in the next few weeks as they begin their northern migrations.
A team member working with Steven also reports that they have photo-IDs for about 200 single whales, and about 24 mothers with calves for the season so far.
