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 Philadelphia Daily News | New Strategies in Works to Entice Stranded Humpback Whales KOLO, NV - Marine scientists made contingency plans Friday for luring a pair of injured humpback whales that wandered up a river back to the Pacific Ocean. ... Scientists Use Humpback Recordings in Attempt to Lure Whales New strategies in works to entice stranded humpback whales Whales! aren 9;t responding to call |
| Use of sound recordings fails to entice stranded humpback whales San Diego Daily Transcript (subscription), CA - (AP) -- Marine scientists will try again to help a pair of injured humpback whales return to the Pacific Ocean, following a failed attempt to lure them out ... |
| Whales named 'Delta,' 'Dawn' by Garamendi Contra Costa Times, CA - Media outlets across the region have been clamoring for the public's input in naming two humpback whales stranded in the Port of Sacramento in an effort to ... Name the whales: It's time to vote |
| Whales briefly swim southward, but stay by port Contra Costa Times, CA - WEST SACRAMENTO -- The humpback whales swimming by the Port of Sacramento ventured briefly into the port's deep water channel early today, officials said at ... |
| 'Save the Whale' Campaign Takes Flight Over America With 12-Year ... PR Newswire (press release), NY - "The attention of Californians and people around the world has been captured by the two injured humpback whales trapped in the Sacramento River. ... AUSTRALIA's humpback migration season officially begins this ... Labor: Navy to protect whales Navy to protect whales: Rudd |
| Whales ignore siren songs Youngstown Vindicator, OH - Biologists tried Thursday to use recorded siren songs of humpback whales to lure them from a shipping channel and back toward the Pacific Ocean 90 miles ... |
| Recordings fail to entice wayward whales Auburn Journal, CA - WEST SACRAMENTO - Marine scientists on Thursday used the recorded siren songs of humpback whales in a failed attempt to lure an injured female and her calf ... |
| Threats Facing Humpback Whales abc7news.com, CA - May 16 - KGO - No one knows for sure, but researchers think there may be between 10000 and 20000 humpback whales in our oceans today. ... |
 News10.net | Wrong-way whales play hide-and-seek in Delta Alameda Times-Star, CA - RIO VISTA — Marine mammal experts plan to assess the health of two humpback whales that were spotted in the Sacramento River near Rio Vista over the weekend ... Errant whales now near the Port of Sacramento Whale watching in Rio Vista Whales in West Sac: Experts look to lure pair back to sea |
 Boston Globe | Scientists: Vessel hit, killed humpback whale Mineral Wells Index, TX - Whether it's pollution, disease or boat collisions, humpback whales — which are an endangered species — have been dying at a faster rate in the past few ... Humpback to be buried near beach Young endangered whale washes ashore in Rockport |
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Save the Whales Plane Tour: The Launch
IFAW, the International Fund for Animal Welfare, has launched a plane tour from Hyannis to Anchorage to bring the message to the IWC meeting that Whaling Must Stop Now! Patrick Ramage, IFAW's Global Whale Program Manager and his son Henry Ramage, are traveling across the country in the Cape Air IFAW Whale Plane, a Cessna 402 painted with amazing images of humpback whales. The plane will travel across the country May 10th to 20th making stops and carrying 50 children's drawings of humpback whales to present to government officials from around the world at the annual meeting of the International Whaling Commission later this month in Anchorage, Alaska.
Author: mojokitkat
Keywords: whales whaling IFAW "International fund for animal welfare" US IWC
Added: May 12, 2007
Humpback whale breaching and underwater
Humpback whales filmed by myself and my wife off the coast of Transkei (South Africa) in June 2005. More info and pictures at : www.sharkuterie.com
Author: faurep
Keywords: Humpback whale breaching Transkei Baleine à bosse saut diving underwater plongée
Added: May 13, 2007
WOW! Land based Whale Watching in Iceland
In Steingrímsfjörður, NW-Iceland, (see map on the video) a Whale-Watching program from the seashore has been in developement for some time. It is an ideal activity for all nature lovers. Powerful telescopes will be located on special spots around the fjord to watch the whales swimming in and out. A special bonus is rich bird-life and seals.
Author: sigatlas
Keywords: Holmavik Strandir Whale Watching WOW Telescopes Humpback Westfjords
Added: May 14, 2007
Whales in the delta
May 14, 2-4 Humpback Whales spoted in the the Sacramento River. I spent about three hours watching these beautiful animals in the river neer my home. the video is bad but it was very windy and I was sitting on top of my car. I finally gave up trying to get videos and just watched.
Author: werthekings24
Keywords: whale sacramento river delta rio vista CA pod
Added: May 14, 2007
Humpbacks Feeding in the Stellwagen Bank Sanctuary
Humpback whales feeding in the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary (Courtesy of NOAA/SBNMS).
Author: SBNMS
Keywords: stellwagen sanctuary marine whale humpback feeding
Added: May 15, 2007
Injured Whales in Sacramento River
Injured Whales in Sacramento River
Author: MisterClip
Keywords: Injured Whales in Sacramento River port deep water channel humpback whales
Added: May 16, 2007
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Biologists on Friday are once again relying on whale sounds in an attempt to lure two injured humpback whales out of the deep water shipping channel in West Sacramento and back to the ocean. The whales entered the canal leading out of ...
Defending Whales: Using humpback whales to catch the wind
A Canadian Company as designed a new type of wind-turbine blade that mimics the aerodynamic performance of a humpback whale's flipper, allowing a turbine to capture more of the wind's energy at much lower speeds. ...
Defending Whales: Humpback whales seen in downtown Anchorage!
50 million years after their ancestors forsake the land, it looks like whales have crawled back onto land, just time for this month's International Whaling Commission meeting in Anchorage, Alaska. This one seems puzzled by the scary owl ...
Hurt Whales Off California Coast Really Milking It
Two humpback whales, a mother and her calf, both injured, were found in the Port of Sacramento this week. Originally, scientists tried to lure them back out with sonar, but now they say it may take weeks to get these two sad-sack ...
Scientists try again to lure whales into ocean
May 18: Scientists explain how they will attempt to return humpback whales back to the Pacific Ocean after a failed attempt on Thursday.
Mother, Baby Humpback Whale Sidetracked, Injured by Propellers
Marine biologists are attempting to use taped whale songs as a lure to rescue two humpback whales who stranded themselves 90 miles from the Pacific Ocean.
ETC: Other headlines of interest
AP - Samantha Young: Scientists fail to lure whales to ocean ; SJ Mercury News - Julia Produs Sulek: Stranded humpback whales ignore sound lure ; SF Chronicle - Glen Martin: Whale charmers try to coax humpbacks ; Reuters - Adam Tanner: ...
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We Got Wayward Whales Visiting Here in Sacramento!
Biologists were counting on an underwater recording of humpback whale songs today to lure two injured whales back down the Sacramento River and toward the ocean. While thousands make the exodus the see this upstream mother and child ...
10-year-old Kids Track Humpback Whales for NOAA on Handheld Linux ...
Students from Kealakehe Elementary in Kona, Hawaii (The Big Island) head out into the field with famous ocean explorer Jacques Cousteau's grandchildren Philippe and Alexandra to record data on the behavior of Humpback whales. ...
US budget cuts endanger North Pacific humpback whales
A popular program that sends more than a thousand volunteers out to count whales and another that sends help to whales entangled in deadly fishing lines are in danger of getting cut back as the Hawaiian Island Humpback Whale National ...
Songs To Lure Wayward Whales Toward Home
The recorded siren songs of humpback whales played from a Coast Guard cutter Thursday as biologists tried to lure an injured whale and her calf out of a shipping channel and back toward the Pacific Ocean, 90 miles away.
Humpback whales in Sacramento
Two humpback whales, a mother and her calf, have found themselves about 90 miles from the Pacific Ocean. They swam through the Golden Gate and then upstream through the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, where they are now apparently hanging ...
Defending Whales: Humpback Whales at the White House
"A uniformed Secret Service officer, back to camera, talks with Greenpeace activists, two dressed as humpback whales, at at the northwest gate of the White House". These humpbacks obviously are't too happy at the prospect of getting ...
Call of the humpback
Scientists hope to lure stranded whales back to the ocean using the sounds of the humpback whale.
