Breathtaking drone footage captures endangered southern right whales off NSW coast

NSW has launched a new volunteer-based drone program that will monitor, track and identify southern right whales along the state's coast. The Right Whale ID project will track the endangered species that are known to use bays and estuaries to breed and raise their calves. There are believed to be less than 300 of the species in south-eastern Australia, with fewer than 30 expected to give birth this year. Each whale, including calves, have white skin patches called callosities that are used to individually identify them.

[TocTocTrax]

Thank you for sharing this beautiful footage and music with us!

[joannemurdock]

BEAUTIFUL scenes 🥰💕💜💙the mother whale and her BABY calf 💕💕💜🐋🐳🐋💕💜💙🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[kathleencook]

Whales numbers have been increasing in recent years.
They are nor considered
2 endangered in quite a few places.
The
West Coast of Australia has also seen great increases(not Southern right on West coast)in recent years.
Numbers have generally been higher on West Coast.
This is believed to be due to the fact that whaling stations in Western Australia were closed down 20 years before the Eastern Australia.
Whales are so smart.
They followed the warm current up the coast to the Ningalo Reef in tropical waters!

[danquaylesitsspeltpotatoe]

Nice footage illegally taken! YOU BROKE THE LAW GETTING IT!