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Watch a Baby Gray Whale Play with Kids/Sing-Along to our whale song “Migration”

Hello my friends.

Check out this video by Lindblad Expeditions-National Geographic and you’ll see a baby gray whale interacting with children in Baja, Mexico. Look closely and you’ll see physical characteristics that include baleen in their mouths and the two blowholes on the top of their heads. As alway, when you are finished watching, I invite you to sing along to our gray whale song “MIGRATION“.

I continue to feel tremendous wonder and awe when I learn about these whales. I am especially moved by their friendly nature and the way they seek out contact with humans in the lagoons of Baja California, Mexico. What is especially amazing about their friendliness is that the gray whales were once called “devilfish” by whalers. They were given this name because of the fierce way they defended their calves and themselves from being attacked by humans and other prey. Today these whales are often called the “friendlies” because of the way they initiate close contact with humans in their breeding lagoons in Mexico.

I was fortunate enough to experience friendly contact with gray whales many years ago in a trip to San Ignacio Lagoon in Baja, Mexico; and I hope to return there someday to once again meet the whales up close. Until then, you’ll find me on the beaches of southern California during gray whale migration season, singing “MIGRATION” and scanning the ocean in the hope of spotting a whale swimming to the surface to breathe. It is a beautiful sight to see!

With lots of love and good wishes for my fans and all whales everywhere,

Birdsong