{"id":2085,"date":"2022-05-01T10:20:22","date_gmt":"2022-05-01T17:20:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teahousehome.com\/booksandcoffee\/?p=2085"},"modified":"2022-05-01T10:20:22","modified_gmt":"2022-05-01T17:20:22","slug":"life-humpback-whale-sighting-thursday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teahousehome.com\/booksandcoffee\/2022\/05\/01\/life-humpback-whale-sighting-thursday\/","title":{"rendered":"Life: Humpback Whale Sighting (Thursday)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

My commute across the (beloved to me) San Francisco Bay has been full of photographic inspiration, but I didn’t expect it also to be full of impressive marine mammals!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sure, I’ve seen a seal near the Ferry Building, and was charmed. But… a whale? IN THE BAY? I know they swim there, but I wasn’t expecting to SEE one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But I had a sharp-eyed colleague with me, and he spotted a spout, so I DID see a whale. A humpback, from the fin.<\/p>\n\n\n

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My sharp-eyed colleague also insisted that I report the sighting to the Marine Mammal Center’s page for whale and dolphin sightings, (marinemammalcenter.org)<\/a>, so I did that, and got a very nice reply from a scientist later on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Any day that starts with a whale turning up alive and well during your morning commute is going to be a good day!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My commute across the (beloved to me) San Francisco Bay has been full of photographic inspiration, but I didn’t expect it also to be full of impressive marine mammals! Sure, I’ve seen a seal near the Ferry Building, and was charmed. But… a whale? IN THE BAY? I know they swim there, but I wasn’t … <\/p>\n

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