Volunteers needed for annual humpback whale count

Published January 7, 2013 11:30pm ET



KAULUA-KONA, Hawaii (AP) — Hundreds of volunteers are needed in Hawaii to participate in a yearly census to count and record the behaviors of humpback whales.

As many as 12,000 of humpback whales are estimated to come to Hawaii annually, traveling a distance of about 2,500 to 3,000 miles from their summer feeding areas near Alaska, according to Monday’s West Hawaii Today (http://is.gd/iyHKQS ).

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