In the News: Captain Maggie McDonogh provided insight on the return of Harbor Porpoises’ to San Francisco Bay in National Wildlife Federation‘s 1/27/2014 article: Harbor Porpoises’ Remarkable Return by Anne Bolen:
“Fourth-generation ferryboat Captain Maggie McDonogh never saw porpoises growing up in the Bay Area, but recalls her father describing how he heard them “snorting” in the local Tiburon harbor in the 1920s and 1930s. These puffing sounds the animals make as they surface to breathe gave them their nickname “puffing pigs.” Otherwise, they are fairly silent to us, as their high-frequency clicks that they use to echolocate prey and navigate are far above the hearing range of humans or even orcas, one of their primary predators.” Please click here for full article.
Captain Maggie & Crew invite you to “Get Your Spring On” with an Angel Island – Tiburon Ferry to Angel Island State Park, and have your smart phones and cameras ready to go to capture a Harbor Porpoise in San Francisco Bay this season.
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