Bahia Magdalena
Morning dawned clear with a light breeze. We once again took to the water in our Zodiacs before the rays of the sun had broken the horizon. We did not have to look far to find gray whale cow and calf pairs. They were within sight of the ship. Soon after the sun returned to the sky, so did the fog that we remembered from yesterday.
The beauty of the morning was found in many ways: the morning sunrise, the peacefulness of being on the water so early, the drifting fog, the passing lines of pelicans, and the one-of-a-kind experiences we have had with these whales. After our morning outings it was time for us to head on to the rest of our trip. We leave Magdalena Bay and our new gray whale friends with new understandings and new questions. Photos and memories of the day will be the source of our stories for years to come.
As we headed south through the Hull Canal, Sharon Grainger shared stories of the plants that inhabit Baja, their adaptations, and the ways people have used them through time. Later in the afternoon we had time to stop for a visit to a mangrove lagoon. We gently drifted by Zodiac while bird watching and learning about the productive and important mangrove ecosystem. Birding highlights included an osprey catching a fish, yellow-crowned night-herons, reddish egrets, eared grebes and snowy egrets.
Tonight we will be lulled to sleep by the gentle roll of the Pacific Ocean as we ride it south to Cabo.
Morning dawned clear with a light breeze. We once again took to the water in our Zodiacs before the rays of the sun had broken the horizon. We did not have to look far to find gray whale cow and calf pairs. They were within sight of the ship. Soon after the sun returned to the sky, so did the fog that we remembered from yesterday.
The beauty of the morning was found in many ways: the morning sunrise, the peacefulness of being on the water so early, the drifting fog, the passing lines of pelicans, and the one-of-a-kind experiences we have had with these whales. After our morning outings it was time for us to head on to the rest of our trip. We leave Magdalena Bay and our new gray whale friends with new understandings and new questions. Photos and memories of the day will be the source of our stories for years to come.
As we headed south through the Hull Canal, Sharon Grainger shared stories of the plants that inhabit Baja, their adaptations, and the ways people have used them through time. Later in the afternoon we had time to stop for a visit to a mangrove lagoon. We gently drifted by Zodiac while bird watching and learning about the productive and important mangrove ecosystem. Birding highlights included an osprey catching a fish, yellow-crowned night-herons, reddish egrets, eared grebes and snowy egrets.
Tonight we will be lulled to sleep by the gentle roll of the Pacific Ocean as we ride it south to Cabo.
