Much like some of their smaller counterparts in the animal kingdom, blue whales migrate seasonally in search of food and possibly calving and nursing areas.

Jan 17, 2024 · You can see the end of the gray whale migration and the arrival of humpback and blue whales, particularly around San Francisco Bay. Why is May significant in the California whale-watching calendar? May is when the blue whale season kicks off.

Jan 7, 2024 · While blue whales normally travel alone, they can occasionally be seen in small groups. In the winter, they migrate toward the equator to breed. After birth, calves stay with their mothers for six to seven months. Historic Overhunting: Once nearly driven to extinction by commercial whaling.

Jun 6, 2019 · June through October: Blue whales and humpback whales can be seen along the Big Sur coast, and around the Channel Islands. April to early November: Humpback whales along the central California coast. July through October: Minke whales, mostly in southern California

Oct 26, 2022 · Blue whales migrate seasonally for food and to find places for calving and nursing [2] . Summer is when the production of zooplankton (krill included) is at its highest, so they would travel to the poles in the spring to make it for peak production and leave for …

Jun 24, 2024 · This map from John Nelson at Esri examines the migrations of one such animal: the northern Pacific blue whale. It relies on thousands of time-based observations from Movebank to track their seasonal migrations.

Jan 5, 2024 · Below is a map documenting blue whales in the Pacific Ocean using GPS data over a three month period. The migration patterns above represent how blue whales are migrating today and help researchers, scientists, and conservationists travel, where sites of accidents occur, as well as helping to protect the species from harm.

Our results demonstrate a plastic response of blue whales to interannual variability and the importance of krill as a driving force behind migration timing. A decadal-scale increase in temperature due to climate change has led to blue whales extending their overall time …

May 7, 2020 · Our results demonstrate a plastic response of blue whales to interannual variability and the importance of krill as a driving force behind migration timing. A decadal-scale increase in...

Jan 1, 2018 · Blue Whales. A final whale of Alaska is the Blue Whale, the largest mammal ever known to have lived on Earth. (100 feet long and 200 tons!) They can be seen in open waters of the northern and eastern portions of the Gulf of Alaska in July and August before wintering in Mexico, Central America, and the western and central Pacific.