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- May
Dense
fog is common during May and June in Channel Islands National
Marine Sanctuary.
Gray
whales (Eschrichtius robustus) migrate north through
Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary from calving grounds
in Baja California, Mexico to Alaskan feeding grounds (Mid-February
through May).
Blue
whales (Balaenoptera musculus), fin whales (Balaenoptera
physalus), and sei whales (Balaenoptera borealis) arrive in
the Channel Islands National Marine to feed on krill from
the nutrient rich, upwelled water (late-May through September).
 Humpback
Whales (Megaptera novaengliae) feed in rich, upwelled
waters of Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary (May through
August).
Pacific harbor seal
(Phoca vitulina) pupping season on San Miguel Island (February
through May).
Brant geese
(Branta bernicla) stop to rest and feed in the Channel Islands
region on their annual migration between Mexico and Alaska
(March through May).
Endangered Least Terns
(Sterna antillarum browni) can be seen in the Channel
Islands Region (May through August).
Pink-Footed Shearwaters
(Puffinus creatopus) and Sooty Shearwaters (Puffinus griseus)
visit the Santa Barbara Channel from the southern hemisphere
(May through October).
Ashy Storm-Petrels
(Oceanodroma homochroa) and Black Storm-Petrels (Oceanodroma
melania) visit the Santa Barbara Channel (mid-May to mid-October).
 Red-Necked
Phalaropes (Phalaropus lobatus) can be seen in the
Santa Barbara Channel in the spring (April and May) and fall
(August through October).
California sea lion (Zalophus californianus)
pupping and breeding season (May through July).
 Xantus's
murrelets (Synthiboramphus hypoleucus) breed and
nest on the Channel Islands (March through July).
Peak spawning season for Grunion
(Leuresthes tenuis) on southern California beaches.
Grunion leave the water at night to spawn on the beach in
the spring and summer months two to six nights after the full
and new moons. Spawning begins after high tide and continues
for several hours (late March through early June).
Female loggerhead sea turtles begin coming
ashore on Georgia's barrier islands to dig nests and lay approximately
120 eggs per nest. The turtles spend time at Gray's Reef foraging
on crabs and sponges and jellyfish. They also rest under the
sandstone ledges.
Surface swarms of krill attract feeding salmon,
and seabirds within the Cordell Bank Marine
Sanctuary
Peak upwelling period continues into June
in Cordell Bank Marine Sanctuary
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