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Humphrey the Whale is a humpback whale that twice deviated from his Mexico to Alaska migration by entering San Francisco Bay. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] This behavior is unusual for a humpback whale, and Humphrey attracted wide media attention when entering the bay in both 1985 and 1990.
Delta and Dawn, also known as the Delta whales, are two humpback whales, a mother and her calf, who entered San Francisco Bay in early May 2007. They swam up the Sacramento River approximately 90 nautical miles (170 km) upstream from the Golden Gate , [ 1 ] [ 2 ] about 20 miles (32 km) further inland than Humphrey the Whale had gone two decades ...
Humphrey the Whale a Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) that entered the bay Harbour porpoise ( Phocoena phocoena ) Salt marsh harvest mouse ( Reithrodontomys raviventris ), is an endangered species endemic to the wetlands of the San Francisco Bay with a high salt tolerance.
Humphrey the Whale is arguably the most widely publicized humpback whale in history, [7] [8] having errantly entered San Francisco Bay twice, departing from his Mexico to Alaska migration. Each excursion resulted in dramatic estuarine rescues in 1985 and 1990 by the center, assisted by the United States Coast Guard and hundreds of volunteers.
In 1989, north of Sierra Point Humphrey the whale was beached on a mudflat after an anomalous journey into the San Francisco Bay. [25] His rescue was filmed for national TV and witnessed by hundreds of onlookers from the upper floors of the Dakin Building. The rescue was carried out by staff of The Marine Mammal Center and United States Coast ...
San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge Complex is a National Wildlife Refuge complex in the state of California, ...
The large humpback whale was washed on to the beach at Blyth, Northumberland. Skip to main content. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 ...
Fog over the Bay Area. The Advanced Land Imager (ALI) on NASA’s Earth Observing-1 (EO-1) satellite acquired this view of fog encroaching on the city on August 16, 2012. The fog is part of the marine layer, a mass of cool, dense air from the sea that was sandwiched beneath a layer of warmer air as part of a temperature inversion.