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Annual Migration of Gray Whales - Oregon Coast Travel Patterns
Gray Whales are considered to be the most commonly seen large whale found along the shore of the North America Coastline due to their annual migrations in between their winter breeding grounds in Mexico and their summer feeding grounds in the Bering, Chukchi and Beaufort Seas in the Gulf of Alaska. The migration route traversed by the gray whales is considered to be the longest journey traveled by any mammal species equating to a round trip length of almost 12,000 miles. Along the Oregon Coast, the population of gray whales can be observed during two main time periods, the first occurring when they are traveling to their winter breeding grounds in Mexico from a time frame of December to February. During this time period, the pregnant females are the first to head south followed by mature adults and juveniles. Usually, the peak of the population found traveling in Oregon occurs around the end of December and the first week in January. In the lagoons of Mexico, the pregnant females give birth to a single calf, while at the same time the mature adults court each other and mate in the warm tropical waters. The second migration occurs starting around the March time frame with the juveniles, male adults and females without calves heading north to their feeding grounds in Alaska. The recently born calves and nursing mothers will stay in the lagoons until May before heading northward. The first population group can be found moving northward during the months of March and April, and then the nursing mothers and calves pass by in the months of May and June. While the majority heads to Alaska, a small group stays along the Oregon Coast for the summer.
Photo of a gray whale popping its head above the ocean near the City of Depoe Bay, the most common large whale seen from the shore along the North America Coastline and the mammal species known for taking the longest migration route between its summer feeding and winter breeding grounds estimated at a total round trip journey of 12,000 miles.
Photo of a whale fluke rising out of the ocean from a gray whale traveling along the coastline during the annual whale migrations which happen twice a year, the first occurring when the gray whale population heads southward to their winter breeding grounds in Mexico and the second when the whale population moves northward to their summer feeding grounds located in the Bering, Chukchi and Beaufort Seas in the Gulf of Alaska.
Photo of a gray whale taking a feeding dive in the ocean waters of Depoe Bay, part of a small population of Gray Whales estimated at several hundred residing along the Central Oregon Coast for almost ten months of the year feeding during the summer months before migrating south in the winter to their breeding grounds in the tropical lagoons of Mexico.


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