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MONTEREY BAY WHALE WATCH MARINE MAMMAL SIGHTINGS LIST JANUARY 2016

MARINE MAMMAL SIGHTINGS IN THE MONTEREY BAY REGION

Monterey Bay Whale Watch
List of Marine Mammal Sightings
in the Monterey Bay Region

January 1-31, 2016
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Note — In addition to sightings on Monterey Bay Whale Watch trips, this list includes all reported marine mammal sightings for this region. Unusual sightings of other marine animals such as Leatherback Sea Turtles and Basking Sharks are also listed. California Sea Lions, Harbor Seals, and Southern Sea Otters, which are seen on all whale watching trips, are not included in the list.

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Date # Type of Animal(s)

1/29 p.m. 11 Gray Whales
2 Humpback Whales
3000 Long-beaked Common Dolphins
350 Short-beaked Common Dolphins

1/29 a.m. 13 Gray Whales
350 Short-beaked Common Dolphins
20 Risso’s Dolphins

1/27 a.m. 20 Gray Whales
15 Risso’s Dolphins

1/26 a.m. 20 Gray Whales (1 newborn calf)
1 Humpback Whale
150 Long-beaked Common Dolphins

1/25 p.m. 16 Gray Whales
1 Humpback Whale
800 Common Dolphins

1/25 a.m. 28 Gray Whales
1 Humpback Whale
500 Long-beaked Common Dolphins

1/24 p.m. 26 Gray Whales

1/24 a.m. 17 Gray Whales
1 Humpback Whale

1/23 a.m. 12 Gray Whales
1500 Long-beaked Common Dolphins

1/21 p.m. 1 Humpback Whale
1 Blue Whales
1000 Long-beaked Common Dolphins
15 Risso’s Dolphins

1/21 a.m. 12 Gray Whales
1 Humpback Whale
1000 Long-beaked Common Dolphins
400 Short-beaked Common Dolphins
7 Bottlenose Dolphins

1/20 p.m. 13 Gray Whales
500 Long-beaked Common Dolphins

1/20 a.m. 8 Gray Whales
500 Long-beaked Common Dolphins

1/18 p.m. 14 Gray Whales
850 Long-beaked Common Dolphins
1 Black-footed Albatross

1/18 a.m. 9 Gray Whales
800 Long-beaked Common Dolphins

1/17 p.m. 7 Gray Whales
1200 Long-beaked Common Dolphins

1/17 a.m. 12 Gray Whales
1200 Long-beaked Common Dolphins

1/16 p.m. 5 Gray Whales
4 Humpback Whales
1000 Long-beaked Common Dolphins

1/16 a.m. 7 Gray Whales
3 Humpback Whales
7 Killer Whales
1300 Long-beaked Common Dolphins

1/15 p.m. 17 Gray Whales
1000 Long-beaked Common Dolphins

1/15 a.m. 10 Gray Whales
1 Humpback Whale
1 Fin Whale
300 Long-beaked Common Dolphins

1/14 p.m. 12 Gray Whales
5 Risso’s Dolphins

1/14 a.m. 17 Gray Whales
1000 Long-beaked Common Dolphins

1/12 p.m. 15 Gray Whales
4 Humpback Whales
150 Long-beaked Common Dolphins

1/12 a.m. 9 Gray Whales
2 Humpback Whales
400 Long-beaked Common Dolphins

1/11 p.m. 11 Gray Whales
3 Humpback Whales
100 Long-beaked Common Dolphins
50 Short-beaked Common Dolphins
15 Risso’s Dolphins

1/11 a.m. 14 Gray Whales
600 Long-beaked Common Dolphins
6 Harbor Porpoise
1 Black-footed Albatross

1/10 1:30 p.m. 3 Gray Whales
1200 Long-beaked Common Dolphins
5 Harbor Porpoise

1/10 noon 15 Gray Whales
2 Humpback Whales

1/10 10 a.m. 19 Gray Whales + 1 calf
500 Long-beaked Common Dolphins

1/10 8:30 a.m. 22 Gray Whales
1500 Long-beaked Common Dolphins

1/9 p.m. 32 Gray Whales
1 Humpback Whale
400 Long-beaked Common Dolphins

1/9 a.m. 22 Gray Whales
1200 Long-beaked Common Dolphins

1/8 p.m. 12 Gray Whales
100 Long-beaked Common Dolphins

1/8 a.m. 22 Gray Whales
2 Humpback Whales
500 Long-beaked Common Dolphins

1/7 a.m. 15 Gray Whales
300 Long-beaked Common Dolphins
5 Pacific White-sided Dolphins

1/4 a.m. 8 Gray Whales
7 Humpback Whales
1800 Long-beaked Common Dolphins
15 Risso’s Dolphins

1/3 noon 3 Gray Whales
1200 Long-beaked Common Dolphins

1/3 10 a.m. 10 Gray Whales
5 Humpback Whales
600 Long-beaked Common Dolphins
400 Short-beaked Common Dolphins
8 Bottlenose Dolphins

1/3 8:30 a.m. 22 Gray Whales
800 Common Dolphins

1/2 1:30 p.m. 11 Gray Whales
600 Long-beaked Common Dolphins
80 Risso’s Dolphins

1/2 noon 22 Gray Whales
1500 Long-beaked Common Dolphins
60 Risso’s Dolphins

1/2 10 a.m. 16 Gray Whales
500 Long-beaked Common Dolphins
80 Risso’s Dolphins
1 Northern Fur Seal

1/2 8:30 a.m. 28 Gray Whales
800 Long-beaked Common Dolphins

1/1 1:30 p.m. 14 Gray Whales
5 Killer Whales
1 Humpback Whale
100 Common Dolphins

1/1 noon 9 Gray Whales
5 Killer Whales
2 Humpback Whales
50 Long-beaked Common Dolphins

1/1 10 a.m. 20 Gray Whales
200 Long-beaked Common Dolphins
30 Risso’s Dolphins

1/1 8:30 a.m. 14 Gray Whales
2500 Short-beaked Common Dolphins

Gray Whale tail with rake marks, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Gray Whale tail with rake marks (Jan. 25, 2016)Gray Whale breaching off Pacific Grove, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Gray Whale breaching off Pacific Grove
(Jan. 25, 2016)

Egret, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Egret (Jan. 24, 2016)

High jumping Long-beaked Common Dolphin, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
High jumping Long-beaked Common Dolphin
(Jan. 23, 2016)

Gray Whale spyhopping and Long-beaked Common Dolphin, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Gray Whale spyhopping and Long-beaked
Common Dolphin (Jan. 18, 2016)

Partial Albinistic Black-vented Shearwater, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Partial Albinistic Black-vented Shearwater
(Jan. 17, 2016)

Female Killer Whales, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Female Killer Whales (Jan. 16, 2016)

Mother and calf Long-beaked Common Dolphins, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Mother and calf Long-beaked Common Dolphins
(Jan. 16, 2016)

Risso's Dolphins, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Risso’s Dolphins (Jan. 15, 2016)

Southern Sea Otter in kelp, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Southern Sea Otter in kelp (Jan. 8, 2016)

Long-beaked Common Dolphins, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Long-beaked Common Dolphins (Jan. 8, 2016)

Marbeled Godwits, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Marbeled Godwits (Jan. 4, 2016)

Gray Whale tail, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Gray Whale tail (Jan. 3, 2016)

Southern Sea Otter with Brandt's Cormorants, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Southern Sea Otter with Brandt’s Cormorants
(Jan. 3, 2016)

Black Turnstone, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Black Turnstone (Jan.2, 2016)

Long-beaked Common Dolphins, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Long-beaked Common Dolphins (Jan. 2, 2016)

Gray Whales and Risso's Dolphin, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Gray Whales and Risso’s Dolphin (Jan. 1, 2016)

Mother and calf Killer Whales, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Mother and calf Killer Whales (Jan. 1, 2016) 

Mother and calf Killer Whales, photo by Daniel Bianchetta
Mother and calf Killer Whales (Jan. 1, 2016)All photos © 2016 Daniel Bianchetta

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