If you need another reason to visit Big Sur in California, we have a whale of a reason for you. In late winter and early spring, thousands of gray whales, many with calves in tow, swim by this part of the Pacific coast as they migrate from the warm waters of Baja California to their summer feeding grounds in the Bering Sea. Come winter, they pass by again on the swim south. The entire round-trip route clocks in at about 12,000 miles, making gray whales among the longest migrators of the animal kingdom. Because they travel close to the coastline, it"s also one of the few whale migrations you can see from shore.
Gray days ahead in Monterey
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Guiding ships to safety
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The Old City of Bern
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Great Backyard Bird Count
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Uredd Rest Area, Norway
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A wassailing we go
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High above the reef
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It s Census Day—make it count
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Leaves of Grass
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Let s get lost
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Manhattan
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Reflecting on Black History Month
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Autumnal equinox
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Leap day
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Everyone s watching the Perseids
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First day of summer
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Wildlife crossing, Wierden, Netherlands
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Sparkling ice diamonds on a black sandy beach
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Lake Tekapo, New Zealand
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It’s Endangered Species Day
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A gentle wind fills this sail
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Moai statues on Easter Island, Chile
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Florentine garden brings generations together
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Menton, France
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A ‘Superior’ paddle
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Let the Highland games begin
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Bald cypress trees in Georgia
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A visit to Limerick on Limerick Day
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The Crown Jewel of the North Atlantic
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Invisible no longer
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Green is the new black