Florida has 28 documented humpback whale records, most from GBIF (26) with iNaturalist adding a handful (7) that overlap with those GBIF entries. The whale is native to Florida’s waters, and NatureServe hasn’t assigned the state a numeric rank, listing it as SNR instead.
The real seasonal signal sits in winter and early spring: February leads with 9 records, and January through April together account for 25 of the 28 total. Records drop to nearly nothing from May through November, consistent with humpbacks passing offshore during their winter migration rather than lingering in Florida waters through the year.
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