[CINC] Blues, Humpbacks, Grays - VC Star Articles, Photos & Migration Animation.

[Marty Flam]

Authors Gregory & Johnson;

quotes Calambokidis, Curto, Hastings, Lombardi,  Schulman-Janiger; 

photos Lombardi, Perry, Robertson, Angle, Wassell; 

Animation Barlow & Saint

http://www.vcstar.com/news/2012/may/25/whales-return-in-force-to-channel-islands-beware/?partner=popular 


http://www.vcstar.com/news/2011/jun/11/blue-humpback-whales-hit-local-waters/ 



"The whales are back in force, so please, drive carefully.
That message to boat and ship skippers comes from the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary in hopes of avoiding injury or death to a whale or severe damage to a boat or ship.
Pods of endangered blue and humpback whales began showing up this month to feed in the Santa Barbara Channel, so boat and ship skippers are asked to keep at least 300 feet away — the length of a football field....