Gray Whales of San Ignacio Lagoon
Guide Report
March 13-17
By: Hayley Carmody
This week at Campo
Cortez we had another group of amazing and inspiring people. Everyone was able
to appreciate the whales in their wild environment as the whales came up to the
boats to be touched. We have seen this behavior many times during the season,
but it always amazing when a mother brings a new born whale to a boat of
screaming yelling people. We have no idea why the whales like to be around
people; maybe the splashing entices them or possibly they come to this lagoon
for the people watching. We may never know the reason, but that is part of the
magic.
On the last day with this
group of people we heard from the ranches that the North winds were coming. We
rushed out to the observation area before the wind picked up and met one
friendly whale. Possibly the whale could sense that the winds were picking up
and the boats would leave because the baby went to visit most of the boats in
the lagoon. After about 20 minutes in the observation area the sheriff official
closed the lagoon when the wind picked up. We went back to the camp where we
engaged in other activities. We watched a movie about different migrating
animals, went on a nature walk to mangroves and explored during low tide. 
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