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
Today in History
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World Laughter Day—it s a hoot
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Taking the scenic route to Sturgis
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Memorial Day
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National Park Week begins
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Martin Luther King Jr. Day
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Road to Hana, Maui, Hawaii
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Papa was a flightless bird
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Castle ruins on the island of Halki, Greece
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Ringing in the new year at Teotihuacan
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Frost on autumn leaves
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Jaguar in the Pantanal wetlands
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On this shore, history was made
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A day to celebrate the sun
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World Laughter Day
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This grizzly has Napping Day down
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Milford Sound/Piopiotahi rainforest in New Zealand
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Henningsvær Stadion, Norway
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Mooncake time
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Fin whales: A success story
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Holey moley–it’s National Doughnut Day!
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International Sloth Day
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A wild and scenic scene
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Bellissima!
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Corn maze in Saylorsburg, Pennsylvania
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Necropolis of Dargavs
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A dramatic view of Sicily
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World Book Day
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Don’t look down
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America s Playground by Derrick Adams
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Hallstatt, Austria