When the males leave their rookeries, they migrate northwards to
their feeding grounds along the continental shelf from Washington to the western Aleutians in Alaska.
Some humans may be willing to travel far for fine dining, but that's nothing compared to a sooty shearwater: these birds, which are based in New Zealand, fly roughly 40,000 miles each year to reach their seasonal
feeding grounds along coastal California, Alaska, and Japan — and some even clock 620 miles in a single day.
Not exact matches
Gray whales and humpbacks are migrating
along the coast on their way from Southern California to their
feeding grounds in Alaska, and there have been many reports of new sightings this month.
Each winter and spring, their spectacular migration between northern
feeding grounds and southern nursery areas offers amazing opportunities for whale watchers
along the west coast.