Meet the Moms - Right Whales

There have been 14 new calves in the 2021-22 calving season! Here they are, pictured along with their moms. To see more images and learn more visit NOAA's right whale page at bit.ly/right_whales2022 or the Georgia DNR online album at bit.ly/dnr_rwpics.

Commercial mariners spotted catalog #2040 "Naevus" with a calf off Sapelo Island, Ga., on Dec. 31, 2021. Naevus is 32 years old and this is her sixth known calf. Her last calf was born in 2014. This image of Naevus was taken about 15 miles east of Sapelo on Jan. 19, 2022. Photo by Trip Kolkmeyer, GADNR, under NOAA permit 20556

Catalog #1515 was seen with a calf about 5 nautical miles off Cumberland Island, Ga., on Jan. 23, 2022. 1515 is more than 37 years old and this is her 8th known calf. Her last calf was born in 2017 and was last seen in 2018. Photo by Florida FWC, taken under NOAA permit 20556

Right Whale #3157 and her new calf were observed off Cumberland Island on February 10, 2022. She is 21 years old and this is her third known calf. Photo by Florida FWCC, NOAA permit #20556-01

Catalog #1301 "Half Note" was seen about 6 nautical miles off Sea Island, Ga., on Jan. 18, 2022. Half Note is 39 years old and this is her seventh known calf. Photo by Florida FWCC, NOAA permit 20556-01

Sighted near Ossabaw on January 6, #3220 had previously not been seen since 2012. She is over 20 years old and this is her third calf. Photo by Clearwater Marine Aquarium Research Institute and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, NOAA permit #20556-01

"Tripelago" and her calf were observed off St. Simons Sound on December 26, 2021. She is 26 years old and this is her fifth known calf. Photo by Clearwater Marine Aquarium Research Institute., NOAA permit #20556-01

Derecha, #2360, was seen off Florida's coast Dec. 26, 2021. Derecha is at least 29 years old and this is her fifth known calf. Her 2020 calf suffered a vessel strike and did not survive. Photo by Florida FWC, NOAA permit 20556-01 Right whale #3430 was sighted with her calf off Amelia Island, on December 18, 2021. She is 18 years old and this is her second known calf. Photo by Florida FWC, NOAA permit 20556-01

Right whale "Braces" was spotted about 19 nautical miles off Nassau Sound, Fla., with a calf on Dec. 16, 2021. Braces is 24 years old and this is her second known calf. Photo by Florida FWCC, taken under NOAA permit 20556-01

Catalog #2753 "Arpeggio" was seen with her third known calf off S.C. on Dec. 10, 2021. Arpeggio is 25 years old. Photo by Clearwater Marine Aquarium Research Institute and USACE, taken under NOAA permit 20556-01.

Catalog #1620, "Mantis," was seen off Atlantic Beach, Fla., with a calf on Dec. 16, 2021. She is 36 years old and this is her seventh known calf. Photo by Clearwater Marine Aquarium Research Institute and USACE, taken under NOAA permit 20556-01

"Snow Cone" (#3560) and calf about 10 nm off Cumberland Island, on Dec. 2, 2021. In spite of several disentanglement efforts in the Northeast and Canada she is still trailing two lines. Photo by Georgia DNR, NOAA permit 20556 Silt and her calf were observed off Fernandina in December. She's at least 34 years old, and this is her fifth known calf. Her 2002 calf, #3317, had a calf in 2019, and all three generations were seen feeding in Cape Cod Bay, Massachusetts in 2019. Photo by Florida FWCC, NOAA permit #20556-01

"Slalom," #1245, about 17 nautical miles off Pawyleys Island, S.C., on Nov. 24, 2021. She is 40 years old and this is her sixth documented calf. Photo by Clearwater Marine Aquarium Research Institute and USACE, under NOAA permit 20556-01.