1. Eschrictus Robustus

Gray Whales/Whale

Gray Whales are a medium sized whale that live in the Pacific Ocean, the Bering Sea and the Chuchki Sea is where they feed on the nutrient rich waters off Alaskas. They make a migration from the Bering Sea to the lagoons in Baja to mate and calf and then back up to Alaska annually. They have a grayish skin from the barnacles that attach to the whales skin, and the yellowing are actually whale lice. Grays are bottom feeders, they feed on crab-like creatures known as amphipods. They are a baleen whale as well. They have many obstacles on their journey, Orcas wait along the coast, waiting for the moms to bring their calfs back up the coast, they try to feed on these babies. As well as passing by numerous harbors on the journey back up where there is a lot of boat traffic. There are gray whale census' all along the coastlines as they migrate back to Alaska, where they keep track of the number of whales each year.
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Gray Whale tail fluking on its deeper dive.
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Gray Whale tail fluking on its deeper dive.

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  • Gray Whale tail fluking on its deeper dive.
  • A gray whale part of a mating pod spouts as another rolls on the surface close by.
  • Gray whale on the surface, note all the white barnacles on the whales skin.
  • A large mating pod of gray whales cruise down the face of Santa Cruz Island on their southbound migration towards the lagoons of Baja, Mexico.
  • A large mating pod of gray whales cruise down the face of Santa Cruz Island on their southbound migration towards the lagoons of Baja, Mexico.
  • Gray whale spouting on the surface, taking in lots of air before diving below the surface.
  • Tail fluking gray whale on its deeper dive.
  • "Gray Falls"<br />
Water pours off the tail flukes of this gray whale.
  • "Gray Whale Migration, Santa Cruz Island, Santa Barbara Channel,CA."
  • Gray whale surfacing.
  • Gray whale along the coast of Santa Barbara,CA coming out of the water for a look around.
  • Gray whale along the coast of Santa Barbara,CA coming out of the water for a look around.
  • Gray whale cow and calf try for a diversion to escape a pod of Orcas.
  • "Diversion"<br />
Mom and her baby gray whale.
  • Gray whale breaching off the central coast of California.
  • Gray Whale breaching off of Mussel Shoals, CA.
  • Gray Whale breaching off of Mussel Shoals, CA.
  • Gray whale breach, these whales only have around three to four throat pleats under there lower jaw where as humpback can have up to 40.
  • Gray whale breaching along the coast with the mountains of Ojai in the background.
  • Gray whale breaching with the mountains of Ojai in the background.
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