Wednesday, May 30, 2007

Lost Whales Find Way Home

I'm not sure if this has been a big news story in the rest of the country, but for the past three weeks we here in California, okay so maybe not everyone but at least I was checking on the progress of a Mother Humpback Whale and her Calf who decided to visit the Port of Sacramento. They were first seen on May 13th swimming circles in the Port of Sacramento each with a gash that marine biologist believed to have been from a boats propellar or keel.
They toured the Port of Sacramento for about a week before they decided Sac town wasn't the place to be and headed back toward the ocean. They travelled about 45 miles before stalling out at the Rio Vista Bridge. The decided to stay and delight the residents of Rio Vista for about another week and half before they decided to move on again.
News reports today indicate that they may have found their way back to the ocean as there have been no reported sightings in San Francisco Bay, and their last known location was 5 miles from the open ocean.
While in Sacramento they were named "Delta" and "Dawn." Here's hoping that they have made it back to the ocean and on their way to the Humpbacks summer feeding grounds in Alaska.

Just Keep Swimming!

2 comments:

Heather said...

I don't know what the big deal is, they were obviously out for a little whale styles "road trip."

Greg said...

They probably just wanted to meet the Govenator and when he didn't show they decided he wasn't all that cool after all and probably a prick.