March is upon us and while winter is still making itself known with a recent series of storms, spring is right around the corner. How could you miss it? The days are getting longer and – surest sign of all – the gray whales are visiting our shores again.
These schoolbus-size leviathans honor our neighborhood twice each year as they circuit through on their annual 12,000 mile migration – the longest in the mammalian kingdom – between their feeding grounds off Alaska and their breeding and birthing grounds in Mexico. Right now the grays are heading north, many with new calves in tow, and in Mendocino County that means it’s time for the Whale Festival!
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