PCFG gray whale foraging behavior montage

Through analysis of 7 years of drone footage of gray whales feeding off the Oregon coast (USA) we have documented many unique feeding behaviors, some of which are shown in this video montage. You can read more about this work at this website or the scientific papers linked below.
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Drone footage copyright to the GEMM Lab/MMI/Oregon State University, and collected under research permits NMFS/NOAA #16111 and 21678
Published papers:
Bird CN, Pirotta E, New L, Bierlich KC, Donnelly M, Hildebrand L, Fernandez Ajó A, Torres LG (2024) Growing into it: evidence of an ontogenetic shift in grey whale use of foraging tactics. Anim Behav 214:121-135 doi.org/10.101.... www.sciencedir...
Bird CN, Pirotta E, New L, Bierlich K, Hildebrand L, Fernandez Ajó A, Torres LG (2024) Bubble blasts! An adaptation for buoyancy regulation in shallow foraging gray whales. Ecology and Evolution 14:e70093 doi.org/10.100.... doi.org/10.100...