mtgoat666 - 5-6-2021 at 08:51 PM
Summary of 2021 whale research at San Ignacio lagoon:
https://www.sanignaciograywhales.org/es/annual-gray-whale-re...
In the 2021 Annual Research Report they describe:
* The abundance of gray whales throughout the 3 month 2021 winter breeding season, especially the third consecutive year of very few female-calf
pairs.
* The increased proportion of “skinny” whales and evaluation of gray whale body condition during the Unusual Mortality Event (UME)
* The unusually high number of stranded dead adult whales in all of the gray whale winter breeding and aggregation areas.
* UAV-Drone photogrammetry documents the “poor” body condition of some gray whales, and their attempts to find food in Laguna San Ignacio.
* The successful rescue and disentanglement of the 7th gray whale calf in Laguna San Ignacio.
* The photographic capture documenting three Western North Pacific gray whales that migrated with the Eastern North Pacific population to Baja
California during the winter breeding season.
* More new cetacean species that are frequenting Laguna San Ignacio and Bahía Magdalena during the winter months.
https://www.sanignaciograywhales.org/wp-content/uploads/2021...