Gray Whale in Mexico
Feb 20, 2019 | Uncategorized
- Gray Whale in Mexico is a short video showing the whale on its breeding grounds in a lagoon during February in Baja California.
- They breed and winter in Mexico and migrate north through coastal waters (passing through Unimak Pass) to its summer feeding grounds in the Gulf of Alaska and Bering, Chukchi, and Beaufort seas.
- Of interest is they are the only benthic-feeding whale. They typically dredge through mud and use baleen to filter out bottom-dwelling amphipods and crustaceans. They often are seen surfacing with mud streaming from their mouth. They rarely feed on their breeding grounds in Mexico.
- For more information on this whale look at “Guide to Marine Mammals of Alaska” by Kate Wynne.