The Press Democrat/Clark Mason, 5/23/15. "Dead whale washes up at Portuguese Beach in Sonoma County."
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| Gray whale dinner for scavenger shorebirds |
.... Jones said State Parks did not
plan to remove the whale from the beach, which is about halfway between
Jenner and Bodega Bay. He said the tide could carry it out to sea again.“Generally we leave dead and sick animals where they are and let nature take its course,” he said.
May is the tail end of the gray whale
northern migration from their breeding and birthing lagoons in Mexico
back to their feeding grounds in Alaska. Although thousands of whales
make the approximate 5,000-mile journey, including the newborn calves
and their mothers, some of the cetaceans, especially juveniles, are
believed to stay closer year-round to a more confined area.
There has been a series of dead whales washing up on Northern California beaches over the past five weeks. Read article.
| Gray whale migration destination, Alaska |
Related articles - The Daily Journal/Bay City News Service, 5/26/16. "Another whale washes ashore, one of several in recent months." "A volunteer from the Marine Mammal Center took a tissue sample from the whale on Sunday, according to spokeswoman Yvette Koth. .. .. The dead whale washed ashore at Portuguese Beach in Sonoma County Sunday, a state park ranger said Monday. .... State parks officials do not have plans to remove the whale carcass from the beach, Stinson said. Tech Times/Ted Ranosa, 5/25/15, Dead gray whale found washed up on Portuguese Beach." "Damien Jones, a ranger from the California State Parks, said the
whale carcass does not show any injuries caused by trauma such as being
hit by a ship. A tissue sample was sent to the Marine Mammal Center to
further investigate what could have killed the animal. The Times Gazette/Sumitha Mani, 5/25/15. "Seventh dead whale washes ashore in 2015 on Sonoma County Beach." This one is number seven. The seventh dead whale this year washed ashore
on a beach in the California bay area."
Photograph of the dead whale from KRON4 News/Ana Verayo, l2/26/15. Gray whale jumping by Tom Brakefield/Getty Images, from USA Today/Travel/Seattle.
6 comments:
Kathy's picture above with the scavengers eating the whale carcass is like when Peter Loeb and his goons get a check for there "environmental lawsuit" on Highway 1.
They will all sit around waiting for a piece of the pie.
So many goons, so little pie.
If they had more pie, they would be happy.
724 Give them yours.
I don't have pie!
Typical liberal take away from those who have pie!
1004 Let them eat cake!
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