Gray Whale Seduction: Gray Whale Breeding Lagoon

While on a recent scout for National Geographic for an upcoming Gray Whale segment for their new series entitled "Wild Americas" Mike and i were out near Mag Bay checking on the whale conditions. It turned out to be a very good day. As we head back to camp, we are followed by a large female Gray Whale.

Video Shot on RED ONE MX and downsampled to H.264
By Johnny Friday
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Gray Whales at Breeding Lagoon in Baja

From a Gray Whale breeding lagoon near the southern end of Mag Bay is another exceptional place to see Gray Whales. What makes this area unique is the narrow passage the whales must migrate through and during times of high surf and big swells, the whales appear to be surging into the lagoon much as you see Dolphins do in waves.

This was an exceptional day to see whales.....There is no place to stay overnight, so you must be completely self sufficient here and camp in a fishing village. As luck has it, i've known a family here for over twenty years and have a nice place to camp out when i head up there.

Photos are frame grabs from RED one HD video camera

By Johnny Friday

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Baja Birthing

Not only are the Gray Whales experiencing a big year, but many mammals along the entire coast are having a harvest year of birthing. Here are a few pictures from more video i took this year along the coastline of Baja Ca. Sur. Mexico.

Photos by Johnny Friday

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Schooling Sunfish Off Coast of Baja

So here is a group of sunfish I came across while out filming for a documentary recently this year. Again, this has much to do with the cooling water trend this year--the "La Nina". I have NEVER seen this before. These are groups of newborn or juvenile Sunfish or Mola Mola's. I shot this on a high definition camera underwater video camera and grabbed these still pictures off of it.

Photos and Report by:  Johnny Friday
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