Regis Philbin
May 30th, 2007, 07:23 PM
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,276460,00.html
Wayward Humpback Whales May Have Slipped Back Into Pacific
Wednesday, May 30, 2007
SAN FRANCISCO — Two lost humpback whales seen just before sunset Tuesday nearing their ocean home after a two-week sojourn through inland waterways may have slipped back into the Pacific overnight.
Rescuers launched several boats in an effort to find the mother humpback and her calf Wednesday morning, but have not spotted the whales, said Bernadette Fees, deputy director of the California Department of Fish and Game.
"If they have gone out and made their way past the Golden Gate, they have done so quietly," Fees said.
The pair were last seen Tuesday night less than 10 miles from the Golden Gate after they passed under another busy bridge and entered San Francisco Bay.
The whales passed under the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge on Tuesday afternoon, the last bridge along the pair's route before reaching the Golden Gate.
If the humpbacks were able navigate south around Marin County's Tiburon Peninsula and nearby Angel Island, few obstacles would have been left on their route past Alcatraz to the Pacific Ocean.
Wayward Humpback Whales May Have Slipped Back Into Pacific
Wednesday, May 30, 2007
SAN FRANCISCO — Two lost humpback whales seen just before sunset Tuesday nearing their ocean home after a two-week sojourn through inland waterways may have slipped back into the Pacific overnight.
Rescuers launched several boats in an effort to find the mother humpback and her calf Wednesday morning, but have not spotted the whales, said Bernadette Fees, deputy director of the California Department of Fish and Game.
"If they have gone out and made their way past the Golden Gate, they have done so quietly," Fees said.
The pair were last seen Tuesday night less than 10 miles from the Golden Gate after they passed under another busy bridge and entered San Francisco Bay.
The whales passed under the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge on Tuesday afternoon, the last bridge along the pair's route before reaching the Golden Gate.
If the humpbacks were able navigate south around Marin County's Tiburon Peninsula and nearby Angel Island, few obstacles would have been left on their route past Alcatraz to the Pacific Ocean.