MYRTLE BEACH — A North Atlantic right whale calf was recently spotted off the Grand Strand, as the calving season gets underway for one of the most endangered species of large whales.

The Lowcountry Marine Mammal Network confirmed on social media the calf was spotted Nov. 28 off the coast of Litchfield Beach in Georgetown County .

This is one of the first observed cases of a North Atlantic right whale calf during this year’s calving season. It came days after NOAA Fisheries confirmed a first mother-calf pair being spotted off the coast of Cape Romain on Nov. 24.

In the fall, some of the whales travel over 1,000 miles from their feeding areas in New England and Canada to give birth and nurse their young along the coast. The calving season spans mid-November to mid-April, and the ty

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