[CINC] Varvera's perignations. Actually two separate populations? Update to Feb. 5

[Marty Flam]

http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2012/jan/23/rare-gray-whale-mixes-crowd-sd/ 


 One idea is that some grays near Russia are actually eastern grays that have sought out new territory because there are so many whales along the United States and Canada. Another possibility is that some western Pacific whales routinely cross the ocean but they haven't been discovered until now. 


http://mmi.oregonstate.edu/Sakhalin2011 


During this last week [ending Feb 5] Varvara started out north of Bahia Magdalena and traveled south to a latitude halfway between La Paz and Cabo San Lucas. There she turned back northwest to the most westerly point of land north of the mouth of Magdalena Bay.  
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