We have two very unusual reports this morning. First, a right whale was reported heading west in the Strait of Juan de Fuca, at milepost 8, which is 8 miles east of the Makah reservation at Neah Bay. Jerry George, nature writer for the San Francisco Chronicle, saw the right whale from his window at 5 pm yesterday, 10/5, about 1/4 mile from shore by a kelp bed. It had a 3 gash along its upper left side about midway between the blow hole and peduncle. He saw the white collosities on the rostrum and there was no dorsal fin. He was not able to take any photos. According to Wikipedia: The Northeast Pacific subpopulation, which summers in the southeastern Bering Sea and Gulf of Alaska, may have no more than 50 animals... According to the Center for Biological Diversity, the North Pacific right whale is the most endangered whale on Earth. The second report was of two sea otters in Puget Sound. Katie Bunnell: While returning from south sound October 5th, passing through Carr Inlet, 6 of us, in 3 different sailboats, saw 2 sea otters floating by! According to the marine biologist with us, sea otters have not been seen in this area for 150 years. Such a delightful discovery! Katie Bunnell
Posted on: Mon, 06 Oct 2014 18:02:26 +0000
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