From imme at hellokitty.com Fri Aug 1 13:56:13 2008 From: imme at hellokitty.com (Imme Spencer) Date: Sat, 2 Aug 2008 04:56:13 +0800 Subject: [CINC] SUB NEEDED - THU AUG 28 10-2:30 CONDOR XPRESS Message-ID: <20080801205613.329B9CB59C@ws5-11.us4.outblaze.com> Anyone interested in this trip? Please call me, since I do not have e-mail at home. My number: 808-280 1815. I'll call the first person back and then e-mail Clare to follow up if its all o.k. - Thanks!!! Happy Whale-Watching! Imme Imme Spencer (808) 280 18 15 -- _______________________________________________ Get a free @hellokitty.com, @mymelody.com, or @kuririnmail.com email account today at www.sanriotown.com, and enjoy 500MB of storage! Check out our official blog @ http://blog.hellokitty.com From Kat at recycledgoods.com Fri Aug 1 20:38:54 2008 From: Kat at recycledgoods.com (Kathryn Wasden) Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2008 20:38:54 -0700 Subject: [CINC] fair tomorrow urget!!! Message-ID: <97293BBD1025408BA2F7A7A08C93D481@home> Substitute desperately needed for tomorrow at the fair 11-4 shift. Must go check in on my mom who is in hospital. Please reply to Sally HYPERLINK "mailto:Sallymarian at earthlink.net"Sallymarian at earthlink.net. No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.526 / Virus Database: 270.5.10/1585 - Release Date: 8/1/2008 6:39 AM -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Kat at recycledgoods.com Fri Aug 1 21:00:29 2008 From: Kat at recycledgoods.com (Kathryn Wasden) Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2008 21:00:29 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Urgent Fair replacement Message-ID: Hi, I sent the email for Sally, as we spoke on the phone; I hope someone can help out as my three boys have two different locations I need to get them to tomorrow. Anyway, I meant to type ?Urgent? sorry for the typo on subject line. Kat. No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. 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Ranger Bill Faulkner was Topside Interpreter, Ranger Jonathan Huerta was Topside Line Tender, and CINPS VC Ranger Adan (pronounced Adon) Gomez was interpreter for the mainland viewers. Worth Mentioning: The majority of Western gull chicks have fledged, but still staying close to the island. Have a Happy Fiesta Weekend! Debra **************Looking for a car that's sporty, fun and fits in your budget? Read reviews on AOL Autos. (http://autos.aol.com/cars-BMW-128-2008/expert-review?ncid=aolaut00050000000017 ) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From diver23 at cox.net Sat Aug 2 17:53:58 2008 From: diver23 at cox.net (Kevin Bailey) Date: Sat, 2 Aug 2008 17:53:58 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Condor Express Sat 8/2/2008 Message-ID: <000801c8f503$6b19d060$6500a8c0@BAILEY> 3 Blues 1 Minke 100's of Commons's throughout the day We saw 3 Blues, all of which were very elusive. They had 1 or 2 quick breathing cycles and disappeared into the fog which was thicker the closer we got to SCI. At the start of the trip we saw the Minke who showed himself 3 times - long enough for most to see. Sea Lions and Common Dolphins were seen throughout the day in various sized groups. The 134 people were from everywhere: Lots of LA area people and lots of England, Holland and other Europeans. Toni and Mary Anne were on board and I was PID. Kevin Bailey -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From klez18 at sbcglobal.net Sun Aug 3 17:36:31 2008 From: klez18 at sbcglobal.net (Marty Flam) Date: Sun, 3 Aug 2008 17:36:31 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [CINC] CX Sun 8/3 Message-ID: <957229.63032.qm@web83205.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Greetings All, ? Condor Express, Capt. Dave, CINC Lori Haroldsen, Marty Flam;?Eileen Avery PID; apx. 70 guests from India, UK, Netherlands, Austria,?Canada, NY, Baltimore, California, etc. ? Cetacean Sightings:?5 or 6 big Blues?blowing in 90 fathoms out?north of ?SRI SCI gap, one fluke; 10 slow swimming Grampus/Rissos in a plodding pod, 5 frolicking Common Dolphin pods totalling 500 beaks (one pod by red swarming krill atop the water column returning from Painted Cave).? ? Thank you Dave and Condor crew for a wonderful day. ? Marty Flam, CINC 2008 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dean.benjamin at sbcglobal.net Sun Aug 3 17:38:41 2008 From: dean.benjamin at sbcglobal.net (Dean Benjamin) Date: Sun, 3 Aug 2008 17:38:41 -0700 Subject: [CINC] IPCO Islander 8-3 Message-ID: <000001c8f5ca$72dfd610$230110ac@laptop> 7 Blue Whales 6 Risso's Dolphins 1,000 Common Dolphins Roughly 102 passengers enjoyed a true cetacean bonanza. First a single Blue, which came quite close to the boat, then 2 more, then 4 more. The 6 Risso's were a rare treat, just off Santa Cruz near Pelican. And a leaping Thresher Shark bemused us until the crew helped us with the identification. We also entered Painted Cave as far as the boat could possibly go. In general, the weather was nice, although off Santa Rosa, seas grew to about 8 feet, but the interval was long enough to not be too uncomfortable. Alex was at the helm, and he did a great job. Dawn and Steve were aboard as first mates, and Dick Bellman was the other naturalist aboard. We picked up 30 or so folks at Prisoners. Great day. Dean Benjamin -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kensword at cox.net Mon Aug 4 11:17:26 2008 From: kensword at cox.net (Kenneth A. Tatro) Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2008 11:17:26 -0700 Subject: [CINC] 2 Aug, 08, IPCO Islander Message-ID: Hi folks, For the sighting stats: 3 Blues, two adults and 1 juvenile Several pods of Common Dolphin from about 50 to 100 each. 1 Bald Eagle (this is not on the sighting chart but folks reading this might be interested) Captain Dave, was our skipper, with Jean doing much of the narrating and Steve running the galley. Natrualist, Carole Rosales and myself with Dino Dal Bon, doing PID, were on board as well, to do the interpreting. Plus my wife, Marie and brother-in-law Mike, visiting from West Hartford, Connecticut, joined in sooooo, ... I REALY had to be on my good behavior on this trip. It was good trip, very nice day even though it was well overcast with fog laying on the sea most of the day. This kept the seas relatively calm, but gave us challenges for sightings. Of course when we did have some action, everyone was up to the rails in a flash. First was the commons, the 100 count pod, who turned and came over to do some bow and stern wake riding. They hung with us for some time giving Captain Dave the opportunity to cut some "S" and circle turns for the Dds to enjoy, as well as pleasure for the folks on board. Yep, the cameras were out and trying to get a good shot of these fast and very quick animals, even though they were right next to us. But we were after the Blues which are showing more, and more, as the season progresses. So off we were toward the waters off of Santa Rosa Island's, Carrington Point. As we headed west we waved a good hello to the Islander's fleet mate, Island Adventure, heading back from its drop off of folks for a day of hiking and kyaking. Approaching Carrington's waters, the Condor Express, out of Santa Barbara Harbor, was there and had just spotted a lone adult Blue and radioed Captain Dave. It had sounded and had been doing deep soundings of 15 -20 minutes as the Krill seemed to be fairly deep. Arriving on scene, we came to almost an idle and waited. Soon up it came, off to our starboard Bow. Two to three breaths and down. Then another adult came up off to our port side. These animals were not too interested in us, just busy feeding and moving around for more. Not too much showing, and no flukes. This went on for some time and then a juvenile, told by it smaller size, joined in, but feeding was its agenda as well. Yet the folks were satisfied at even seeing these great creatures of the deep, knowing blues are not plentiful and not in many places easily seen. Captain Dave gave us a nice close and beautiful tour of the north coast (inside) of Santa Cruz Island. The sun was trying to break through and having some success here and there. Then we were treated with look into Painted Cave, the deepest I've been, and it has been several, no, the antennas did not touch the overhead of the cave, but it was about as close in as could be and still keeping that good clearance necessary. A very fine job of it and the folks gave the skipper a well deserved applause for his fine boat handling skills, as we came on out. Following Painted Cave we continued the tour of Santa Cruz, and in one sun break, the cry came out, BALD EAGLE!! ... sure enough, there it was, sitting on a tree branch up on the side of the hill, above the cliff, presumably scoping out the sea for some fine fish cuisine. All camera swung into action, clickity click, clickity click, clickity click. Great to actually see our national bird coming back on the islands. What a good, good feeling, after all the efforts to bring this about. Yep, more to go on this, but it is good to see it coming along well. This also gave us good opportunity to share the history of this struggle with the folks onboard, most of whom have had no clue there was even an issue here. Few have even heard of it. I pointed out that your photo of this Bald Eagle, now has that much more significance, as you take it home to share with your family and friends. Then it was past Pelican Bay and on to Prisoners Harbor to pick up a good lot of Hikers, who did the Pelican Bay round trip hike, a very solid effort, and Kyakers. This filled the boat good because, .... About 97 folks from all over enjoyed the whale watch. Italy, represented by a family from the same area as Dino's larger family, so he got another opportunity to exercise his fluent Italian, plus Austria, Croatia, Orlando, Fla., Salt Lake City, Utah and many from the LA area and more local joined the ride and spotting of these fine animals. Also aboard was Professional Photographer, Tim Hauf, author of the most recent photo essay book "Channel Islands National Park and National Marine Sanctuary." Out this year, 2008, it is a beautiful presentation of the Park and Sanctuary. Dino and I each purchased a copy of it, at Island Packers, and he kindly signed our copies. One of the few happenstance perks of being a Naturalist with his fine organization. As mentioned, the Crew did a fine job of it in what was a bit of a challenging day. Marie and Mike enjoyed it. As usual, another good day on the Channel. Ken Tatro -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From laura_email2000 at yahoo.com Wed Aug 6 07:25:47 2008 From: laura_email2000 at yahoo.com (Laura Shelton) Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2008 07:25:47 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [CINC] CX Aug 5 Message-ID: <972278.36655.qm@web35302.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Sightings: Calm conditions: mixed fog and blue sky; lighter winds made distant sightings quite easy. 8 official Blue Whales (Mat thought we saw 20). It times they seemed to be in many directions at once. We had a very close look at one blue whale where he was right in front of the boat and then dove. We also had several views of a mother/calf that were within 100 yards. 1 humpback ( this humpback had two buoys attached to it and possibly a lobster or crab trap. Captain Mat called Peter H. of Marine Mammal rescue. Many of you probably know more about this organization and this man who I was told is one of the top people in the world in helping "entangled cetaceans". A representative from CIMS was there to meet the boat and speak with Captain Mat and the three of us who were on board as naturalists to get more information. CIMS will also be involved in trying to find this humpback today possibly coordinating the use of helicopter support. There is a hope there will be calmer conditions this morning. Increasing winds in the pm yesterday steered the plan to try and locate the humpback till this morning, Aug 6. Several pods of varying size (5-200) of common dolphins I am very interested in reports of this humpback and am hoping that it will be posted. I am sorry I do not have more information. Naturalists: Larry Harris Photo Id: Shirley Johnson Laura Shelton reported by L.S. From garydel at aol.com Wed Aug 6 08:57:30 2008 From: garydel at aol.com (garydel at aol.com) Date: Wed, 06 Aug 2008 11:57:30 -0400 Subject: [CINC] Condor 8/4 Message-ID: <8CAC5F443E07CD3-F70-6B2@webmail-de18.sysops.aol.com> Today's trip started with high clouds and light wind with good visibility, perhaps 10 miles. Further out in the channel the Condor encountered stronger winds, some choppiness and a stomach-bubbling swell.? Hence, several passengers retired to the stern for activities unrelated to whale watching.? All tolled, 3 official blues we spotted with Captain Dave choosing to follow the one loner. Good call, Dave!? This one hung out with the boat, took very short dives and fluked us many times. As with several previous trips, common dolphins appeared in moderately sized pods throughout the voyage. Most of the 80 passengers were well pleased by this cooperative whale and the numerous dolphin pods. A few, who may have missed the whale due to abdominal distractions, were pleased more by the calm waters?of Sea Landing and the sight of solid ground.? Gary Delanoeye -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ThusOne at aol.com Wed Aug 6 13:20:00 2008 From: ThusOne at aol.com (ThusOne at aol.com) Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2008 16:20:00 EDT Subject: [CINC] CX Aug 5 Message-ID: Thanks, Laura for your report! A little more on the trip... for some reason, the Blues put on quite a show this trip. We had to go west quite a ways off Santa Rosa to find them. As you know, often, they just don't show much, blow a few times & then back down. This trip, we saw long expanses of dorsal exposure, and two flukes (one up close) and the finale was the one Laura mentioned, which surfaced nose-to-nose with the Condor. We were just sitting, waiting through a breathing cycle, and "whoooosh", about twenty feet off the bow heading straight for us, and then it dove under the boat. HoleyMoley! We were watching this one pair most of the time, (2 big whales, one much darker than the other) and at one point, another whale spouted nearby, and then one of the pair hung a sharp right apart from the lead whale (female?). Next thing we saw was a pectoral fin and, later some splashing between two whales off a ways. We were thinking maybe the lead whale was female, with the third one getting too close. Surrre wish we could see real clear to about 20-50 feet below the surface from the boat. As it is, we could see maybe 5% of that brief interchange between whales & just guessing the rest. Then, it seemed the first two were back together again. Let's hope we have more days like today and a fabulous Blue Whale season. I have never seen a Humpback that close to Blues before. I have never seen an entangled Hump, either. We sure hope there will be some good news on that score. This Hump seemed to be staying down quite a long time. He had two buoys on him, and scaring on his fluke peduncle; like perhaps the tangle used to be on his tail, but eventually came off. Shirley Johnson ************** Looking for a car that's sporty, fun and fits in your budget? Read reviews on AOL Autos. (http://autos.aol.com/cars-BMW-128-2008/expert-review?ncid=aolaut00050000000017 ) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Clare.Fritzsche at noaa.gov Wed Aug 6 14:07:34 2008 From: Clare.Fritzsche at noaa.gov (Clare Fritzsche) Date: Wed, 06 Aug 2008 14:07:34 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Sub needed for Friday event and Tuesday on CX Message-ID: <489A1296.4040202@noaa.gov> Greetings, Naturalists! Sally Narkevic is looking for a substitute this Friday at the Tall Ships event in Oxnard, from 1-4:45pm, and then on Tuesday for the Condor Express from 10am-2:30pm. Please let me know if you are interested in either. Thanks! Clare -- Clare Fritzsche Volunteer Administration Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary Channel Islands National Park Schedule for week of August 4: MON: 8:45am-4pm, Santa Barbara: (805) 966-7107 x366 TUE: Jury pool WED: 8am-4pm: (805) 966-7107 x366 THU: 9:30am-2:30pm, Oxnard: (805) 382-6149 x105 FRI: 8am-4pm, Santa Barbara: (805) 966-7107 x366 Please call my cell phone if need be: (805) 729-0127 Santa Barbara FAX: (805) 568-1582 From islandkayaker at earthlink.net Wed Aug 6 15:31:18 2008 From: islandkayaker at earthlink.net (islandkayaker at earthlink.net) Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2008 18:31:18 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [CINC] Sub needed for Friday event and Tuesday on CX Message-ID: <33171208.1218061878827.JavaMail.root@elwamui-rubis.atl.sa.earthlink.net> I can do the condor X trip. Scott -----Original Message----- >From: Clare Fritzsche >Sent: Aug 6, 2008 5:07 PM >To: RAIN >Subject: [CINC] Sub needed for Friday event and Tuesday on CX > >Greetings, Naturalists! > >Sally Narkevic is looking for a substitute this Friday at the Tall Ships >event in Oxnard, from 1-4:45pm, and then on Tuesday for the Condor >Express from 10am-2:30pm. > >Please let me know if you are interested in either. > >Thanks! Clare > >-- > >Clare Fritzsche >Volunteer Administration >Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary >Channel Islands National Park >Schedule for week of August 4: >MON: 8:45am-4pm, Santa Barbara: (805) 966-7107 x366 >TUE: Jury pool >WED: 8am-4pm: (805) 966-7107 x366 >THU: 9:30am-2:30pm, Oxnard: (805) 382-6149 x105 >FRI: 8am-4pm, Santa Barbara: (805) 966-7107 x366 >Please call my cell phone if need be: (805) 729-0127 >Santa Barbara FAX: (805) 568-1582 > >_______________________________________________ >Channel_islands_naturalist_corps mailing list >Channel_islands_naturalist_corps at rain.org >http://www.rain.org/mailman/listinfo/channel_islands_naturalist_corps From Clare.Fritzsche at noaa.gov Fri Aug 8 10:27:05 2008 From: Clare.Fritzsche at noaa.gov (Clare Fritzsche) Date: Fri, 08 Aug 2008 10:27:05 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Attempts to find entangled humpback failed Message-ID: <489C81E9.2070309@noaa.gov> Greetings, Naturalists! Here's an update on the entangled humpback that was spotted by the Condor Express on Tuesday about 6.5 nautical miles north of Carrington Point on Santa Rosa Island. The next morning, Peter Howorth from the Santa Barbara Marine Mammal Center went out on a boat looking for the animal, while CINMS staff Natalie Senyk and Sean Hastings flew over the channel, hoping to spot the whale for Peter. But the whale was not to be found, and so search efforts were suspended. If you do happen to see the whale again, please contact me right away, giving the gps coordinates. Thanks, and have a great weekend! Clare -- Clare Fritzsche Volunteer Administration Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary Channel Islands National Park Schedule for week of August 4: MON: 8:45am-4pm, Santa Barbara: (805) 966-7107 x366 TUE: Jury pool WED: 8am-4pm: (805) 966-7107 x366 THU: 9:30am-2:30pm, Oxnard: (805) 382-6149 x105 FRI: 8am-4pm, Santa Barbara: (805) 966-7107 x366 Please call my cell phone if need be: (805) 729-0127 Santa Barbara FAX: (805) 568-1582 From carolepotzmann at gmail.com Fri Aug 8 12:55:43 2008 From: carolepotzmann at gmail.com (Carole Potzmann) Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2008 12:55:43 -0700 Subject: [CINC] New email address Message-ID: <5acc181e0808081255g741b471w8002fbd654ebc4a@mail.gmail.com> Please take note of my new email address. I have had months of problems with my AT&T email. Please use this gmail and delete carolepotzmann at sbcglobal.net. Thank you Carole -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From emanninen at charter.net Sat Aug 9 09:45:20 2008 From: emanninen at charter.net (elizabeth manninen) Date: Sat, 9 Aug 2008 09:45:20 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Island Hike Replacement for 8/12 IPCO Message-ID: Hi All, I need a replacement for an Island Hike Trip on Tues., Aug. 12, from 9-5 with IPCO. Please help if you can. Thanks, Betsy Manninen From scott at scottcuzzo.com Sun Aug 10 19:33:33 2008 From: scott at scottcuzzo.com (Scott Cuzzo) Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2008 19:33:33 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Island Packers Whale Trip Today Message-ID: Sunday, 8/10/08 All day blue whale trip on Island Packers 250 common dolphin 11 blue whales in groups from 1 to 3 throughout the day Spent today onboard one of IPCO's catamarans in search of blue whales. Kathy Van Slyke was also onboard and Scott Robertson was on photo ID. The water was pretty rough, with a good number of passengers not handling it well. There was however two couples that were roller coaster enthusiasts who LOVED IT. One guy was even a theme park coaster engineer. We started off with a group of commons, about 250. LOTS of babies in this group. Some really small ones were seen. The first blue whale we drove over and turned around to catch it. We got two really nice flukes with that whale! After that we found about ten more blues in groups ranging from 1 to 3. I guess 1 isn't really a group. Some of the whales we encountered were pretty comfortable around the boat and we got really nice views many times. A few whales were more elusive. Captain Alex speculated that some of the research in the area (like tagging) might be making them a bit more reluctant. Our last blue whale was seen on the way back after picking up passengers from Prisoner's Harbor. This final whale gave a really great, really high fluke. Captain Alex said it was the highest blue whale fluke he'd ever seen. It was indeed raised high and tall out of the water. And we were pretty close, with nice late afternoon sunshine providing great lighting. Alex noted that one of the whales might be a fin whale/blue whale hybrid, which I'd just read this morning was possible. Regards, Scott Cuzzo From judyw88 at hotmail.com Sun Aug 10 20:20:32 2008 From: judyw88 at hotmail.com (judy w) Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2008 20:20:32 -0700 Subject: [CINC] FW: National Geographic News In-Reply-To: <200808032246.m73Mk68u006752@webserver7.nationalgeographic.com> References: <200808032246.m73Mk68u006752@webserver7.nationalgeographic.com> Message-ID: > > story from National Geographic News. We hope you enjoy it> > http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/07/080731-marine-hotspots_2.html Marine-Life Hot Spots Shift Over Time, Study Says Anne Minardfor National Geographic News July 31, 2008 Earth's richest concentrations of marine life have shifted over time, cropping up where tectonic plates collide and the climate is friendliest to life, new research suggests. Today, seas surrounding Indonesia are a hotbed for marine life. But eons ago, the Mediterranean and the Arabian seas were just as rich, scientists report in tomorrow's issue of the journal Science. In their study, researchers compared genetic data with fossil records to discover at least three marine hot spots in the past 50 million years. The zones have migrated over time, so that almost half Earth's surface has hosted them at various periods. "There are always hot spots, but they are always moving," said Willem Renema, a geologist at the National Museum of Natural History in the Netherlands, who led the study. "[Hot spots] are dynamic entities. You can predict the location by looking at climate and tectonics." Warm, Shallow Seas Renema and his colleagues launched their investigation to explain rich veins in the marine fossil record. Climate alone wasn't an exact match, Renema said: "The areas that are most diverse are not the warmest areas." But when climate was considered alongside large-scale geologic processes, the fossil and genetic markers of marine biodiversity synched up. Hot Spot Life Cycles A present-day hot spot for marine life is the "coral triangle," a border area between the Indian and West Pacific oceans that is generally defined to include the coastal waters of Malaysia, the Philippines, and Papua New Guinea. (See a map of the region.) Besides some of the most abundant?and most diverse?coral reefs in the world, the region supports mangroves, sea grasses, algae, mollusks, arthropods, fish, and other marine species in unmatched concentrations. Scientists behind the new study say a single hot spot can last millions of years, and that the coral triangle hot spot is much older than previously thought, stretching as far back as the Miocene epoch, which lasted from 23 to 5 million years ago. But hot spots don't last forever, and Earth's geology has much to do with it, the team says. As tectonic plates vie for position, one edge eventually becomes subducted, or submersed, beneath the other. The resulting uplift can produce new islands and mountains. But during this process, nearby terrain tends to normalize, making habitat less diverse. As a result, species that depend on diverse terrain must migrate or die out. "Usually if there are mass extinctions, they're more severe when you are in that second phase of the hot spot cycle," said Renema, who is also a National Geographic grantee. (National Geographic News is owned by the National Geographic Society.) The new study suggests that species diversity peaks not necessarily where tectonic plates collide head-on, but at places where the meeting is messy and shallow seas of varying depths form. As tectonic plates vie for position, one edge eventually moves beneath the other. Many millions of years later, the resulting uplift can produce new islands and mountains. Following Hot Spots David Jablonski, a paleontologist at the University of Chicago, described the researchers had a "really interesting hypothesis." He said it's the first comprehensive presentation of an idea? that plate tectonics generate biodiversity?that first emerged in the 1980s. Jablonski says it remains to be seen whether the abundance of marine species found today in the coral triangle has truly been hopping the globe or is in a process of contracting, with the West Pacific as a sort of last holdout. Renema, the lead study author, concedes that more work needs to be done to track diversity hot spots more closely over time. "We have this idea," he said, "And now we can test it." _________________________________________________________________ Get more from your digital life. Find out how. http://www.windowslive.com/default.html?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_Home2_082008 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Clare.Fritzsche at noaa.gov Mon Aug 11 08:47:54 2008 From: Clare.Fritzsche at noaa.gov (Clare Fritzsche) Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2008 08:47:54 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Free San Nicolas Island lecture on August 15th Message-ID: <48A05F2A.90902@noaa.gov> Greetings! Steve Junak, botanist at the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, offers the following free lecture: Hi Derek and Clare! I was wondering if you could let island volunteers know that I will be giving a free slide show and lecture on San Nicolas Island on Friday August 15th. It will be given in the Garden library from 12 noon until 1 pm and there is no admission charge. Copies of the Garden's new book on the plants of San Nicolas Island will be available for sale in the Garden Shop. Thanks! Steve Steve Junak Santa Barbara Botanic Garden 1212 Mission Canyon Road Santa Barbara, CA 93105 Phone 805.682.4726 ext. 105 FAX: 805.563.0352 Email: sjunak at sbbg.org -- Clare Fritzsche Volunteer Administration Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary Channel Islands National Park Schedule for week of August 11: MON-WED: 8am-4pm: (805) 966-7107 x366 THU: 9:30am-2:30pm, Oxnard: (805) 382-6149 x105 FRI: 8am-12pm & 2-6pm, Santa Barbara: (805) 966-7107 x366 Cellular: (805) 729-0127 Santa Barbara FAX: (805) 568-1582 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gizmo92067 at yahoo.com Mon Aug 11 10:38:19 2008 From: gizmo92067 at yahoo.com (Carol C.) Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2008 10:38:19 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [CINC] Article in the Ventura County Star today Message-ID: <444553.2418.qm@web52308.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Here is some local coverage on protecting the Blues in the Santa Barbara Channel. http://www.venturacountystar.com/news/2008/aug/11/saving-endangered-whales-preventing-death-by-the/ All the best, Carol Celic -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gizmo92067 at yahoo.com Mon Aug 11 13:16:55 2008 From: gizmo92067 at yahoo.com (Carol C.) Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2008 13:16:55 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [CINC] Condor Express 8.10.08 Message-ID: <71597.36455.qm@web52306.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Condor Express, Sunday, 8.10.08 * 20 Blue Whales (estimate) * 124 Common Dolphins (estimate) Naturalists on-board: Carol Celic, Geoff Grow, Eileen Avery (Photo-ID,) and stow-away Chris Carlson ;) Passengers: 144, including Chuck Rennie and Michael Smith It was beautiful weather at the Sea Landing upon our departure to open seas. I realized we had Cetacean expert royalty on board with Michael Smith from the Gray Whales Count, who greeted me from up top, and Chuck Rennie was hanging out by the stern! On our way out to our destination we came across about 24 Common Dolphins, and then another 100 or so a bit later. There was one dolphin who was being quite a show off and kept leaping out of the water and making a big splash that delighted the passengers. We then we headed toward the dense cloud cover and somewhat rough seas about 2 miles off of Santa Rosa Island. The passengers were beginning to get restless when there were no whales and then Capt. Matt announced he spotted 3 spouts, so we headed a little further northwest. We came up to a pair of Blues and one off to side. There were blows coming up around the boat and off in the distance. We estimate there were between 8 and 12 in the area we were in. Capt. Matt was explaining to the passengers that Blues maybe show their fluke about 15% of the time when diving, well we got one of the 15%! Everyone was thrilled watching these beautiful animals. We observed the Blues for an hour or so and then headed for Santa Cruz Island to take a look at the Painted Cave. On our way there Capt. Matt stopped briefly so we could take a look at a couple of Blues that were hanging out in what would normally be shallow waters for them. Santa Cruz finally appeared through the fog and we went to the entrance of the Painted Cave. Chuck and I were joking amongst ourselves debating who painted the cave...Van Gogh or Pisarro. Chuck, who was a personal guide on board for a family from Redondo Beach, was quite enjoyable to hang around and seems to love sharing his knowledge and being humorous. We then began heading back to the harbor, when we came into the shipping lanes where we came across 5 to 6 Blues and freighters coming from both directions. This was a perfect time for me to discuss with some of the passengers the predicament that is occurring within the Santa Barbara Channel. We passed through the shipping lanes quickly and didn't stay to observe the Blues for theirs and our benefit. This was my first opportunity to observe the Blues, and to also see the Painted Cave. I was quite pleased with this trip. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From chrisjamescarlson at gmail.com Mon Aug 11 22:45:38 2008 From: chrisjamescarlson at gmail.com (Christopher Carlson) Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2008 22:45:38 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Want a spot aboard the Condor on Sunday, August 17? Message-ID: <29a91b7e0808112245p65bb006elfc0ce8865ccf942e@mail.gmail.com> Hi there naturalists, As you might have read in Carol's great email report, I was a stowaway aboard last Sunday's Condor trip because I thought I was scheduled that day. Turns out I mixed it up with the day I was *actually* signed up for, Sunday, August 17. Captain Matt was kind enough to let me stay aboard, but now I realize that I can't make that day that I was originally signed up for after all (I made other plans, based on my false schedule :-P ). So, does anyone want my spot aboard the CX on Sunday, August 17th? It should be a good time! Email me back and let me know if you want to! Have a great week! 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In-Reply-To: <583933.45948.qm@web35307.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <29a91b7e0808112245p65bb006elfc0ce8865ccf942e@mail.gmail.com> <583933.45948.qm@web35307.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <29a91b7e0808121200o5588045fo1fbd9359debb21dc@mail.gmail.com> Hi there everyone, The Condor Express spot on August 17 is now taken. I already told the first person who asked that it was his. Thanks for your interest! Chris Carlson chrisjamescarlson at gmail.com On 8/12/08, Laura Shelton wrote: > > Hi Chris, > I am realizing that Sunday is NOT a good idea for me. > Can you not include me as a prospective sub? Thank you, Laura > > > --- On Mon, 8/11/08, Christopher Carlson > wrote: > > > From: Christopher Carlson > > Subject: [CINC] Want a spot aboard the Condor on Sunday, August 17? > > To: "RAIN" > > Date: Monday, August 11, 2008, 10:45 PM > > Hi there naturalists, > > > > As you might have read in Carol's great email report, I > > was a stowaway > > aboard last Sunday's Condor trip because I thought I > > was scheduled that day. > > Turns out I mixed it up with the day I was *actually* > > signed up for, Sunday, > > August 17. Captain Matt was kind enough to let me stay > > aboard, but now I > > realize that I can't make that day that I was > > originally signed up for after > > all (I made other plans, based on my false schedule :-P ). > > > > So, does anyone want my spot aboard the CX on Sunday, > > August 17th? It should > > be a good time! Email me back and let me know if you want > > to! Have a great > > week! > > > > Chris Carlson > > chrisjamescarlson at gmail.com > > _______________________________________________ > > Channel_islands_naturalist_corps mailing list > > Channel_islands_naturalist_corps at rain.org > > http://www.rain.org/mailman/listinfo/channel_islands_naturalist_corps > > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From cfrench1366 at aol.com Tue Aug 12 15:53:16 2008 From: cfrench1366 at aol.com (Catherine French) Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2008 18:53:16 -0400 Subject: [CINC] Whale Watch Substitute Message-ID: <8CACAE557B35471-D2C-144C@FWM-M21.sysops.aol.com> I need someone to take my slot on the Saturday, August 23 whale watch aboard IPCO out of Ventura Harbor. Thank you. Sincerely, Catherine French cfrench1366 at aol.com 805.815.3523 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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See how our consumptive lifestyles really impact our environment. Straight forward basic information, hope it makes a difference. _________________________________________________________________ Reveal your inner athlete and share it with friends on Windows Live. http://revealyourinnerathlete.windowslive.com?locale=en-us&ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WLYIA_whichathlete_us -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From cfrench1366 at aol.com Wed Aug 13 17:44:39 2008 From: cfrench1366 at aol.com (Catherine French) Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2008 20:44:39 -0400 Subject: [CINC] Fwd: Whale Watch Substitute In-Reply-To: <8CACAE557B35471-D2C-144C@FWM-M21.sysops.aol.com> References: <8CACAE557B35471-D2C-144C@FWM-M21.sysops.aol.com> Message-ID: <8CACBBE11988DC8-12D0-13A9@mblk-d24.sysops.aol.com> Kate Eschelbach has taken the August 23 trip. Sincerely, Catherine French cfrench1366 at aol.com 805.815.3523 -----Original Message----- From: Catherine French To: channel_islands_naturalist_corps at rain.org Sent: Tue, 12 Aug 2008 3:53 pm Subject: Whale Watch Substitute I need someone to take my slot on the Saturday, August 23 whale watch aboard IPCO out of Ventura Harbor. Thank you. Sincerely, Catherine French cfrench1366 at aol.com 805.815.3523 It's time to go back to school! Get the latest trends and gadgets that make the grade on AOL Shopping. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From icris at aol.com Fri Aug 15 11:33:46 2008 From: icris at aol.com (William Strojny (ICRIS, LLC)) Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2008 11:33:46 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Condor Express 8/14 Bill/Cubby/Lisa Message-ID: <48A5CC0A.7010103@aol.com> ALL: Bill Strojny, Cubby Winkle and Lisa Angle (PhotoID) did the CX yesterday (14th). Bill has a cut finger so this is brief. Blues, 5-7, depending on who was counting. Weather, gorgeous. Common Dolphins, copious. Ecstatic Europeans, a plethora. Mal de mer, did not observe any. Amazed Midwesterners, many. Nonchalant Californians, a few. Bill From Clare.Fritzsche at noaa.gov Fri Aug 15 11:54:16 2008 From: Clare.Fritzsche at noaa.gov (Clare Fritzsche) Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2008 11:54:16 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Restoring balance santa cruz island video available online Message-ID: <48A5D0D8.2010804@noaa.gov> Derek sends the following info: a 20 minute video documenting the various aspects of the santa cruz island restoration program is now available for online viewing at http://www.nps.gov/chis/photosmultimedia/multimedia.htm -- Clare Fritzsche Volunteer Administration Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary Channel Islands National Park Schedule for week of August 18: MON: 9:30am-2:30pm, Oxnard: (805) 382-6149 x105 TUE: 12:30-5pm, Santa Barbara: (805) 966-7107 x366 WED: 9am-4pm, Santa Barbara: (805) 966-7107 x366 THU: 9:30am-2:30pm, Oxnard: (805) 382-6149 x105 FRI: 8am-4pm, Santa Barbara: (805) 966-7107 x366 Cellular: (805) 729-0127 Santa Barbara FAX: (805) 568-1582 From Clare.Fritzsche at noaa.gov Fri Aug 15 11:53:47 2008 From: Clare.Fritzsche at noaa.gov (Clare Fritzsche) Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2008 11:53:47 -0700 Subject: [CINC] [Fwd: restoring balance santa cruz island video available online] Message-ID: <48A5D0BB.1010908@noaa.gov> Derek sends the following info: a 20 minute video documenting the various aspects of the santa cruz island restoration program is now available for online viewing at http://www.nps.gov/chis/photosmultimedia/multimedia.htm -- Clare Fritzsche Volunteer Administration Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary Channel Islands National Park Schedule for week of August 18: MON: 9:30am-2:30pm, Oxnard: (805) 382-6149 x105 TUE: 12:30-5pm, Santa Barbara: (805) 966-7107 x366 WED: 9am-4pm, Santa Barbara: (805) 966-7107 x366 THU: 9:30am-2:30pm, Oxnard: (805) 382-6149 x105 FRI: 8am-4pm, Santa Barbara: (805) 966-7107 x366 Cellular: (805) 729-0127 Santa Barbara FAX: (805) 568-1582 From rustgarden at msn.com Fri Aug 15 11:58:35 2008 From: rustgarden at msn.com (Morgan Coffey) Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2008 11:58:35 -0700 Subject: [CINC] choosing seafood Message-ID: Pasted below is a lengthy but highly informative article (with links to more info) on eating sustainable seafood from my favorite e-zine Grist. It's a topic that more and more passengers seem interested in, and while you don't want to throw a rule book at them, it's helpful to know the issues behind those seafood pocket guides. Happy weekend, Morgan Hello Grist, The food worry that keeps me up at night is how best to buy fish. Should I buy "wild caught," with the world's fishing fleets using giant nets that scoop up all sorts of sea wildlife in one fell swoop, drowning the fish they wanted to collect along with many varieties that they will just dump back in the water dead? Or "farm raised," with the many antibiotics that are required to keep the fish alive in close quarters, other injections, the waste that is often times released (either on purpose or accidentally) into the waterways, polluting them so the wild fish and other wildlife do not survive? Any advice on which is better would be appreciated. Thank you for starting a column just focusing on food, as this is a big issue for sustainability. Karen BogradRaleigh, N.C. Dear Karen: The next time you are up at night fretting, please know that you are in good company! At about 3 a.m., you are likely to find me staring at the ceiling, worrying about upcoming presidential elections, my sump pump, or if I'm getting enough fatty acids -- and how the heck acids can be fatty in the first place. (Tell me honestly now: Does this acid make me look fatty?) In all seriousness, questions around eating fish are a legitimate source of angst. Not only are our oceans in peril from pollution and irresponsible harvesting (according to the Monterey Bay Aquarium, more than 75 percent of the world's fisheries are either fully fished or over-fished), but you also could endanger your health by choosing the wrong sea critter. And I hate to tell you this, but the cheap popcorn shrimp and Cajun-grilled Atlantic salmon that we all love to order when we eat out? Ixnay on those. In scientific terms, Karen, your question is known as a "tuffy." The problem with fish-harvesting methods are many, including their definitions. "Wild-caught" casts a wide net and can mean that your fish were caught using highly destructive (read: downright demonic) fishing methods such as dynamiting reefs, high-seas bottom-trawling, and drift nets. But the term wild-caught can also encompass more desirable lower-impact techniques, such as hand-lines, divers, or the use of pots or traps. Farmed fish (the product of aquaculture), as you have pointed out, also have their fair share of problems. As most of us now know, certain kinds of farmed salmon can, quite literally, be a lousy option. But aquaculture products are hard to avoid, given that nearly half of all the fish we eat now comes from farms. Though the farmed stuff should be avoided in some instances, you don't have to eschew it entirely. Certain kinds, especially herbivorous species, raised domestically in well-contained ponds, can be a healthy and eco-conscious option. So rather than choosing between farmed and wild-caught fish, I propose that you choose sustainable fish. What does that mean? For Cindy Walter, co-owner of the Pacific Grove, Calif.-based sustainable seafood restaurant Passionfish, it means this: "We purchase only fish that are harvested or farmed in a way that doesn't impact the environment, other species, or their habitats." How do you identify and get your hands on such fish? The first step is to get a "watch list" of sustainable seafood choices that you can tuck into your wallet (I also keep one on the fridge and one in the car). The Monterey Bay Aquarium offers regional pocket guides that you can download, and guides that can be accessed from a mobile device. Their web site is also a great to place to educate yourself about the various types of fish-harvesting and farming methods. If texting is your thing, also try the Blue Ocean Institute's FishPhone. Simply text 30644 with the message "fish" and the name of the fish in question, and you'll get a text back with an environmental assessment. (Standard text messaging rates apply.) Whether you are techie or not, curl up with a good book to learn more. I highly recommend Bottom Feeder: How to Eat Ethically in World of Vanishing Seafood by Taras Grescoe. It's a riveting expos? on seafood from hook to table. Is it disturbing? Yes, but its also brainy, funny and ultimately heartening. Grescoe eats lots of sustainable seafood, feels great, and offers plenty of solutions for saving the seas. Cindy Walter, who works to educate all of the customers at Passionfish about sustainable seafood, also recommends Song for the Blue Ocean by Blue Ocean Institute founder Dr. Carl Safina. "You should see my copy," she says. "It's so tattered. I recommend it to everyone. " But Karen, no matter what you read or who you call, bear in mind the following tips and you'll have an easier time choosing sustainable fish: * Eat as locally as possible. Fish that have traveled far are not only less likely to be fresh and tasty; getting them to your plate has meant burning a lot of fossil fuels. Also, imported fish may come from places such as China that have less stringent safety and environmental standards. If you catch your own fish, good for you, but check out the EPA's fish advisories for your state to make sure that your haul is free of pollutants. * Ask questions. At the fishmonger's, do as you would at the farmers market and start a conversation. Is the fish wild-caught? How was it harvested? Where was it caught? (Which ocean? Atlantic cod stocks are in terrible shape; Pacific cod are a bit better.) If it is farmed, is it imported? * Read labels. At present, there are no federal organic standards for fish, even farmed fish. But one label I look for is the Marine Stewardship Council's "eco-label" for wild-caught fish from sustainable fisheries. If you can't discern anything about the fish from the label, take a pass. Don't hesitate to call the phone numbers posted on labels or contact a company through its web site if you have further questions. * Choose wisely at restaurants. Almost 70 percent of all of the seafood we consume comes from restaurants, so be choosy when you eat out and ask your server the same questions you would ask your fishmonger. "If they can't answer the questions, don't buy the fish," says Passionfish's Walter, noting that asking such questions and creating pressure for the restaurant to serve sustainable fish is the most important thing you can do. Oh, and be sure to send your regards, or disregards, to the chef! Chefs have enormous power to influence public tastes when it comes to fish. Walter, whose husband Ted is the chef at Passionfish, says chefs are the "guardians of the oceans." * Eat lower on the food chain. "We eat the wrong fish," Grescoe explained to me. "We tend to eat predators and they contain toxins in their flesh -- dioxins, PCBs and mercury." After Grescoe traveled the world to research his book, he became a "bottomfeeder" and discovered that eating fish lower on the food chain was better for the health of the oceans and our bodies. Among his favorites are mackerel, herring, and sardines, which are chock full of brain-nourishing omega-3 fatty acids. When it comes to farmed fish, Grescoe suggests eating lower on the food chain by opting for herbivorous species such as catfish, rather than predators. To find out what Grescoe will and won't eat, go here. Personally, I adore canned smoked oysters in olive oil and eat embarrassing amounts of them. * Have standbys. Before you head out the door to the store, fish market or restaurant, have a few tried-and-true sustainable favorites. "Pick out a few of your favorite fish that are in great shape and stick with them," advises Grescoe, who looks for sablefish and arctic char when he eats out. At restaurants, I eat a lot of calamari. * Be careful with the Big Two. "The two big species of concern are shrimp and salmon," says Grescoe. "Be careful of those two." Shrimp and farmed salmon, two predators that are popular seafood choices, have lots of problems that make them unsustainable and unhealthy for you. Choose wild Alaskan salmon and sustainable shrimp. Better yet, give our oceans a break and try a sustainable fish that's new to you. I recently discovered barramundi and love it. Phew! Karen, I know this is a lot to digest, but I hope it helps from you casting about when it comes to choosing sustainable fish. Thank you for sending this terrific question. If you can't sleep, try warm milk, Sudoku, or send me an email. I'll be up, checking my sump pump and reading the Wiki on fatty acids. _________________________________________________________________ Get thousands of games on your PC, your mobile phone, and the web with Windows?. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/108588800/direct/01/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rustgarden at msn.com Fri Aug 15 12:35:36 2008 From: rustgarden at msn.com (Morgan Coffey) Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2008 12:35:36 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Condor Express 8/14 Bill/Cubby/Lisa In-Reply-To: <48A5CC0A.7010103@aol.com> References: <48A5CC0A.7010103@aol.com> Message-ID: Information, brevity, wit... Brilliant! Sympathies for the finger. m> Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2008 11:33:46 -0700> From: icris at aol.com> To: Channel_islands_naturalist_corps at rain.org> Subject: [CINC] Condor Express 8/14 Bill/Cubby/Lisa> > ALL:> > Bill Strojny, Cubby Winkle and Lisa Angle (PhotoID) did the CX yesterday > (14th). Bill has a cut finger so this is brief. Blues, 5-7, depending > on who was counting. Weather, gorgeous. Common Dolphins, copious. > Ecstatic Europeans, a plethora. Mal de mer, did not observe any. > Amazed Midwesterners, many. Nonchalant Californians, a few. > Bill> _______________________________________________> Channel_islands_naturalist_corps mailing list> Channel_islands_naturalist_corps at rain.org> http://www.rain.org/mailman/listinfo/channel_islands_naturalist_corps _________________________________________________________________ See what people are saying about Windows Live. Check out featured posts. http://www.windowslive.com/connect?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_connect2_082008 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From staci at savzsea.com Fri Aug 15 13:57:49 2008 From: staci at savzsea.com (staci at savzsea.com) Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2008 13:57:49 -0700 Subject: [CINC] "He'll be a "sir"now. Message-ID: <20080815135749.1f69f13e02bba7ff49a08cffd4b84343.2e4be43ff9.wbe@email.secureserver.net> I just had to share this. King penguin receives Norwegian knighthood...He'll be a "sir"now. He wore an impeccable black and white coat, and his right sleeve was adorned with medals. Colonel-in-chief of the Norwegian army Nils Olav stood to attention as he received a knighthood this morning in front of 30 members of the Norwegian guard at Edinburgh zoo. Waddling out to receive the honour, his bellyfull of blue whiting fish, and standing at around 2 feet 8 inches high,he must have been the shortest knight in history........ Click on the links for articles and photos http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/aug/15/norway?gusrc=rss&feed=networkfront http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gfFG3yV1bISvrlQdEDD10AwWf-tA From aelfenbein at gmail.com Fri Aug 15 18:50:45 2008 From: aelfenbein at gmail.com (Arthur Elfenbein) Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2008 18:50:45 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Sub needed for tomorrow CX 8/16 Message-ID: <48A63275.8000600@gmail.com> 10-2:30 CX Saturday From aelfenbein at gmail.com Fri Aug 15 21:52:56 2008 From: aelfenbein at gmail.com (Arthur Elfenbein) Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2008 21:52:56 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Debra responded first Message-ID: <48A65D28.8060600@gmail.com> enjoy From Deb4nb at aol.com Fri Aug 15 21:58:45 2008 From: Deb4nb at aol.com (Deb4nb at aol.com) Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2008 00:58:45 EDT Subject: [CINC] Sub needed for tomorrow CX 8/16 Message-ID: Hi All, I just confirmed with Arthur that I can take the trip. Debra In a message dated 8/15/2008 6:59:58 PM Pacific Daylight Time, aelfenbein at gmail.com writes: 10-2:30 CX Saturday **************Looking for a car that's sporty, fun and fits in your budget? Read reviews on AOL Autos. (http://autos.aol.com/cars-Volkswagen-Jetta-2009/expert-review?ncid=aolaut00030000000007 ) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Deb4nb at aol.com Sat Aug 16 16:20:38 2008 From: Deb4nb at aol.com (Deb4nb at aol.com) Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2008 19:20:38 EDT Subject: [CINC] Great day except for Euphausia superba 8/16/08 Message-ID: Greetings All, What a great day on The Condor Express with Scott Cuzzo and Lisa Angle/PID!! You will have to wait for Scott's report to hear the good stuff. I have a bit of sad kit news: Your diligent kit keeper dropped the Antarctic Krill jar while enthusiastically showing it to folks on the upper deck. Unfortunately the jar cracked (uuugggh!), so acting quickly I went to the galley and got a zip-lock bag, then wiped up the "krill juice" (mixed with diluted alcohol). Apologies! All the krill has been saved, and safely "standing by" in my refrigerator until a new jar is found. I will get it back on the boat asap. Aaaah the irony! (wink) Also, someone left their green water bottle on the boat. Let me know if it is yours and I will get it to you. Yours truly, Debra **************Looking for a car that's sporty, fun and fits in your budget? Read reviews on AOL Autos. (http://autos.aol.com/cars-Volkswagen-Jetta-2009/expert-review?ncid=aolaut00030000000007 ) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From lhittnp at earthlink.net Sat Aug 16 16:41:11 2008 From: lhittnp at earthlink.net (Linda Hitt) Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2008 16:41:11 -0700 Subject: [CINC] carpooling to the next mtg in Santa Barbara Message-ID: <380-220088616234111562@earthlink.net> I would be interested in joining a carpool or starting a carpool from Ventura to Santa Barbara. --- Linda Hitt --- lhittnp at earthlink.net --- EarthLink: The #1 provider of the Real Internet. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From scott at scottcuzzo.com Sat Aug 16 17:19:25 2008 From: scott at scottcuzzo.com (Scott Cuzzo) Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2008 17:19:25 -0700 Subject: [CINC] 8/16 Condor Trip Message-ID: Dear Naturalists, >>>>> The basics: Pods of commons ranging up to about 700 all day. One not so elusive Minke Two groups of two blue whales A special on-the-water encounter with John Calambokidis. The joy of working with Deb Herring and Lisa Angle on PID. A recipe for krill omelette. >>>>> Probably WAY more than what you want to know: The water was really flat all day, the sky was clear, the air was warm. We started by finding a pod of commons that was about 600-700. Right after our first dolphin sighting, we found a Minke. This Minke came up right by the bow of the boat at least 5-6 times. I could easily see the white patch on it's dorsal fin. I think the whole boat had a great chance to get good views of the Minke, which is not typical, as Minke are usually elusive. It was certainly my best Minke sighting to date. After that we found two blues together by an IPCO boat, and another small zodiac with three people. We were pretty close to Santa Cruz Island at this point. We watched these two blues for quite a while. I timed their dives and they consistently dove for 9.5 minutes. (Bring a timer sometime, if the whales are consistent, as they often are, it's really fun to say "start looking" and have them pop up on cue. It makes you look smart, and I need all the help I can get.) During one of the 9.5 minute dives, the zodiac pulled alongside our boat. It was John Calambokidis, his son, and one other person. We had just missed them tagging one of these two blues by 15 minutes!!! How great that would have been to see. I'll bet the IPCO boat got to see that. John showed us what the suction cup tags look like. Picture a small fire extinguisher with two suction cups, each about 3 inches across. The cylinder was bright orange. As these two "very regular" blues would surface, we could easily see the bright orange tags, which are designed to fall off after a certain amount of time. It was a special treat to see John, and have him answer questions from passengers! Just imagine a little zodiac along side a blue whale with some one foolish enough to poke at it with a stick!!! Let me restate that... Just imagine a little zodiac alongside a big blue whale with some one brave enough to try and tag it for important research! We started moving towards Painted Cave, and found two more blues. These seemed larger than the first pair. These two whales were short divers, with dives about 2 - 2.5 minutes. Part of the time these two blues just "logged" at the surface. No visible tags on these guys. On both pairs of whales we got great views, as close as maybe 60 yards away. All whales seemed relaxed with our presence. We saw at least one tail fluke from each pair of whales. One fluke was really nice. Some passengers, and myself noticed what seemed to be a big exhalation from at least one of the blues just when making a deep dive, which seemed curious. If you know more than me, and who doesn't, please share! The boat had about 110 passengers from various parts of the U.S. and Europe, and maybe beyond. There were some really inquisitive passengers with lots of great questions. 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Worth mentioning: It warms the soul to see the island born Western gull fledglings back on the mainland. A few have found their way to the SB Sea Landing rooftop, while one in particular continues to beg from the adult. Happy Trails, Debra **************Looking for a car that's sporty, fun and fits in your budget? Read reviews on AOL Autos. (http://autos.aol.com/cars-Volkswagen-Jetta-2009/expert-review?ncid=aolaut00030000000007 ) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Deb4nb at aol.com Sun Aug 17 10:14:04 2008 From: Deb4nb at aol.com (Deb4nb at aol.com) Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2008 13:14:04 EDT Subject: [CINC] 8/13/08 Shirley and Plankton Study Message-ID: Hi All, I forgot to mention that our dedicated CINCer Shirley Johnson was out on AI 8/13 examining the brushes at the Landing Cove for plankton information. It will be interesting to see the results and findings at the end of the study. Debra **************Looking for a car that's sporty, fun and fits in your budget? Read reviews on AOL Autos. (http://autos.aol.com/cars-Volkswagen-Jetta-2009/expert-review?ncid=aolaut00030000000007 ) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From bhrian at cox.net Mon Aug 18 11:21:11 2008 From: bhrian at cox.net (Bhrian Resnik) Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2008 11:21:11 -0700 Subject: [CINC] condor express 08/17 Message-ID: <000301c9015f$316519c0$942f4d40$@net> Naturalist's: Debbie Shelley, Brian Resnik, Dino Dal Bon(PID) Sightings: Numerous pods of Commons Approx. 20 Risso's 1-Minkie 2-Blues 140 passengers enjoyed calm seas and overcast skies. The Blues were a pair traveling south at a moderate pace around the gap between SCI and SRI. We were in radio and at times visual contact with John Calambokidis, Capt Matt determined we had covered at least 30 miles between our two boats and these were the only 2 blues sighted. The passengers had a great time with all the combined sightings and the finale at painted cave. The naturalists had a special treat with Dr. Charles Rennie being on board. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gizmo92067 at yahoo.com Mon Aug 18 17:42:31 2008 From: gizmo92067 at yahoo.com (Carol C.) Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:42:31 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [CINC] Islander, Saturday, 8.16.08 Message-ID: <732538.3006.qm@web52303.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Island Packers' Islander, Saturday, 8.16.08 * 5 Blue Whales * 1000+ Common Dolphins (estimate) Naturalists on-board: Carol Celic and Joanna Guttman Passengers: 105 Special guest star: John Calambokidis The day was perfect for whale watching. It was mildly warm, the skies were overcast and cleared up as we approached the islands, and the ocean was very calm. The dolphins were feeding in a few areas on our way out towards SCI. We continued on our way towards the west end of the island when we Captain Dave made contact with a little boat we were passing that turned out to be Cascadia Research's Zodiac. John Calambokidis invited us over to see the two Blues he was monitoring. John then brought his Zodiac over to talk with the passengers! What an honor it was to hear about the current research that he was doing and for him to answer questions from the passengers! In the process of scanning the water for the temporary tags that John asked us to keep an eye out for, I spotted some whale feces, so I was sure to point it out to the passengers. A few Commons joined the whales for a bit too.The Condor Express then joined us so we went on our way to let them meet up with John and small crew. To answer Scott's question, we didn't see Cascadia Research tag the whales, as John asked us to hold back for a few minutes so they could do that. A little while later we came across another pair of Blues, one of them showed the passengers it's very large fluke. There was also another solitary Blue in the area but chose to keep to itself. The Condor Express came over for a look too. We then headed towards SRI. We went through the passage between SCI and SRI to see if we could spot any other whales, then turned back around and went for a nice cruise along SCI and went to Painted Cave. I was amazed at how far Capt. Dave got the boat in there! We stopped by Prisoners Harbor to pick-up a couple island staff and observed a few Harbor Seals sunning themselves along the cliffs. On our way back we stopped by to see the first 2 Blues we came across in the morning and John Calambokidis and his crew were still out there on that Zodiac! This time we could clearly see the suction cup tags that looked like fluorescent orange soda cans on the whales' dorsal region. I also noticed that there appeared to be another disk shaped device on both of the whales, Capt. Dave and I thought it might be more satellite tracking devices. The Blues were again joined by about a dozen Commons. After observing the whales for about a half hour we made our journey back to Ventura Harbor. Another amazing day in the Naturalists Corps! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From razz442 at verizon.net Mon Aug 18 17:45:45 2008 From: razz442 at verizon.net (R. Schwartz) Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2008 19:45:45 -0500 (CDT) Subject: [CINC] Sub needed for IPCO PID, Monday 8/25 Message-ID: <31982999.3986601219106745091.JavaMail.javamailuser@localhost> Can anyone qualified for PID take my spot out of Ventura (IPCO) for a 9-5 trip? Thanks. Razz From langle411 at gmail.com Mon Aug 18 21:07:38 2008 From: langle411 at gmail.com (Lisa Angle) Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2008 20:07:38 -0800 Subject: [CINC] 8/16 Condor Trip Message-ID: <004401c901b1$1ef80660$6400a8c0@Janeway> Being a blog type person, here are a couple of links related to this posting. There were two tags we had to look at on the whales. The smaller yellow ones were put on recently by Dr. Bruce Mate of Tagging of Pacific Predators. These are meant to stay on for several months and communicate with sattlelites, so hopefully we'll be able to track these whales on the Internet soon. The larger orange suction cup tags are John Calambokidis' which will fall off soon. I couldn't find details on this project on the Cascadia Research webpage, but what they're doing is a study to see if blue whales in the shipping lanes can hear ships coming and if the whales try to move out of the way of approaching ships. Maybe they don't if they're too busy feeding, but hopefully John's research will help shed some light on the issue. Notable passengers on the Condor that day included Hayden Panettiere and Jeff Pantukoff of Save the Whales Again/The Whaleman Foundation, and Bernardo and Diane Alps of American Cetacean Society LA Chapter. http://www.topp.org/user/brucemate http://www.topp.org/ http://www.cascadiaresearch.org/ http://www.savethewhalesagain.com/wm_master.html http://www.whaleman.org/wm_master.html http://www.acs-la.org/ _____________________________________ Lisa Angle at Ninety Degrees Media The right Angle for all your media needs www.ninetydegreesmedia.com www.myspace.com/dolphingal805 www.angleonwriting.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Scott Cuzzo To: RAIN Sent: Saturday, August 16, 2008 4:19 PM Subject: [CINC] 8/16 Condor Trip Dear Naturalists, >>>>> The basics: Pods of commons ranging up to about 700 all day. One not so elusive Minke Two groups of two blue whales A special on-the-water encounter with John Calambokidis. The joy of working with Deb Herring and Lisa Angle on PID. A recipe for krill omelette. >>>>> Probably WAY more than what you want to know: The water was really flat all day, the sky was clear, the air was warm. We started by finding a pod of commons that was about 600-700. Right after our first dolphin sighting, we found a Minke. This Minke came up right by the bow of the boat at least 5-6 times. I could easily see the white patch on it's dorsal fin. I think the whole boat had a great chance to get good views of the Minke, which is not typical, as Minke are usually elusive. It was certainly my best Minke sighting to date. After that we found two blues together by an IPCO boat, and another small zodiac with three people. We were pretty close to Santa Cruz Island at this point. We watched these two blues for quite a while. I timed their dives and they consistently dove for 9.5 minutes. (Bring a timer sometime, if the whales are consistent, as they often are, it's really fun to say "start looking" and have them pop up on cue. It makes you look smart, and I need all the help I can get.) During one of the 9.5 minute dives, the zodiac pulled alongside our boat. It was John Calambokidis, his son, and one other person. We had just missed them tagging one of these two blues by 15 minutes!!! How great that would have been to see. I'll bet the IPCO boat got to see that. John showed us what the suction cup tags look like. Picture a small fire extinguisher with two suction cups, each about 3 inches across. The cylinder was bright orange. As these two "very regular" blues would surface, we could easily see the bright orange tags, which are designed to fall off after a certain amount of time. It was a special treat to see John, and have him answer questions from passengers! Just imagine a little zodiac along side a blue whale with some one foolish enough to poke at it with a stick!!! Let me restate that... Just imagine a little zodiac alongside a big blue whale with some one brave enough to try and tag it for important research! We started moving towards Painted Cave, and found two more blues. These seemed larger than the first pair. These two whales were short divers, with dives about 2 - 2.5 minutes. Part of the time these two blues just "logged" at the surface. No visible tags on these guys. On both pairs of whales we got great views, as close as maybe 60 yards away. All whales seemed relaxed with our presence. We saw at least one tail fluke from each pair of whales. One fluke was really nice. Some passengers, and myself noticed what seemed to be a big exhalation from at least one of the blues just when making a deep dive, which seemed curious. If you know more than me, and who doesn't, please share! The boat had about 110 passengers from various parts of the U.S. and Europe, and maybe beyond. There were some really inquisitive passengers with lots of great questions. As for the krill omelette recipe?? Well Deb is looking for one since she now has them in her fridge. Please forward to her. I hear they are great with garlic...but what isn't good with garlic? Regards, Scott Cuzzo ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Channel_islands_naturalist_corps mailing list Channel_islands_naturalist_corps at rain.org http://www.rain.org/mailman/listinfo/channel_islands_naturalist_corps -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From judyw88 at hotmail.com Mon Aug 18 20:21:43 2008 From: judyw88 at hotmail.com (judy w) Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2008 20:21:43 -0700 Subject: [CINC] FW: humpback heart pacemaker In-Reply-To: <596C550AC4C3C549BB4877B92DC696E016F90D@APCDVORTEX> References: <596C550AC4C3C549BB4877B92DC696E016F90D@APCDVORTEX> Message-ID: Just read about something called biomimicry, and guess what; "Humpbacks's have nano- sized 'wires' that allow electrical signals to stimulate heart beats even through masses of non-conductive blubber. This could be the key to allowing the human heart to work without a battery-powered pacemaker and to stimulate optimal heart beats by by-passing or 'bridging' dead heart muscle via special whale-like wiring." Read the article or skip down to the Humpback section.. ZERI, May 28, 2008HOW TO GREEN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY: NATURE'S 100 BEST[introduction: Biomimicry is the science of designing things for humans, using nature's way of doing things as a blueprint. And it works.]Bonn/Geneva/Nairobi -- A super-small pacemaker modeled on the wiring of the humpback whale's heart and pigment-free color coatings from the light-splitting structures of a peacock's feather are among a range of extraordinary new eco-breakthroughs emerging from mimicking nature.Other commercially-promising advances, inspired by the natural world and its roughly four billion years of "research and development" include:** Vaccines that survive without refrigeration based on Africa's 'resurrection' plant.** Friction-free surfaces suitable for modern electrical devices gleaned from the slippery skin of the Arabian Peninsula's sandfish lizard.** New antibacterial substances inspired by marine algae found off Australia's coast that promise a new way of defeating health hazardous bugs without contributing to the threat of increasing bacterial resistance.** Toxic-free fire retardants, based on waste citrus and grape crops inspired by the way animal cells turn food into energy without producing flames -- the so called citric acid or Krebs cycle.** A pioneering water harvesting system to recycle steam from cooling towers and allowing buildings to collect their own water supplies from the air inspired by the way the Namib Desert Beetle of Namibia harvests water from desert fogs.** Biodegradable, water-tight packaging and water-repellant linings for pipes to tents that mimic the Australian water-holding frog.These are just some of inventions, innovations and ideas at the center of a new collaborative initiative called Nature's 100 Best.The initiative is the brainchild of the Biomimicry Guild and the Zero Emission Research and Initiatives (ZERI) in partnership with the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and IUCN-the World Conservation Union.It is aimed at showcasing how tomorrow's economy can be realized today by learning, copying and mimicking the way nature has already solved many of the technological and sustainability problems confronting human-kind. According to Janine Benyus and Gunter Pauli, co-creators of the Nature's 100 Best project, "Life solves its problems with well- adapted designs, life-friendly chemistry, and smart material and energy use. What better models could there be?"The Nature's 100 Best List, a mixture of innovations at various stages of commercialization from the drawing board to imminent arrival in the marketplace, is set to be completed by October 2008 in time for the IUCN Congress in Barcelona, Spain. The Nature's 100 Best book will be published in May 2009.Today the collaborators and partners unveiled some of the preliminary projects and products being included on Nature's 100 Best from an original list over 2,000.It coincides with the ministerial part of the Convention on Biological Diversity meeting taking place in Bonn, Germany where up to 6,000 delegates and over 190 governments are meeting to slow the rate of loss of biodiversity.Achim Steiner, UN Under-Secretary General and UNEP Executive Director, said: "Biomimicry is a field whose time has come. Anyone doubting the economic and development value of the natural world need only sift through the extraordinary number of commercially promising inventions now emerging--inventions that are as a result of understanding and copying nature's designs and the superior way in which living organisms successfully manage challenges from clean energy generation to re-using and recycling wastes.""There are countless reasons why we must accelerate the international response and the flow of funds to counter rapidly eroding biodiversity and rapidly degrading ecosystems: Nature's 100 Best gives us 100 extra reasons to act and 100 extra reasons why better managing biodiversity is not a question of aid or an economic burden but an issue of investing in the non-polluting businesses, industries and jobs of the near future," he said.Janine Benyus, head of the Biomimicry Guild added, "Biomimicry is science at the cutting edge of the 21st century economy and based on 3.8 billion years of evolution. Indeed the way nature makes novel substances; generates energy and synthesizes unique structures are the secrets to how humans can survive and thrive on this planet."Gunter Pauli, head of the ZERI Foundation based in Geneva, added: "Steam and coal transformed the 19th Century; telecommunications and electronics, the 20th Century. We are now on the edge of a biologically-based revolution and in some of the inventions show-cased under this new initiative will undoubtedly be the business models for the new Googles, Welcomes, Unilevers, and General Electrics of the modern age. With +one billion Euros already invested in the most important technologies this is a trend in innovation for industry to follow" he said.Humpback Heart PacemakersOver 350,000 people in the United States alone are fitted with new or replacement pacemakers annually. The cost of fitting a new device is up to $50,000 per patient.Enter Jorge Reynolds, Director of the Whale Heart Satellite Tracking Program in Colombia, whose research is unraveling the mysteries of how the Humpback's 2,000-pound heart pumps the equivalent of six bath tubs of oxygenated blood through a circulatory system 4,500 times as extensive as a human's.The work is also pin pointing how this is achieved even at very low rates of three to four beats a minute and how the electrical stimulation is achieved through a mass of blubber that shields the whale's heart from the cold.The researchers have, through listening devices called echocardiographs and via autopsies on dead whales, discovered nano- sized 'wires' that allow electrical signals to stimulate heart beats even through masses of non-conductive blubber.The scientists believe the findings could be the key to allowing the human heart to work without a battery-powered pacemaker and to stimulate optimal heart beats by by-passing or 'bridging' dead heart muscle via special whale-like wiring.The world-wide market for pacemakers is expected to reach $3.7 billion by 2010. The new invention could cost just a few cents to make; reduce the number of follow-up operations because it avoids the need to install new batteries and thus supplant the traditional pacemaker."Resurrection Plant"Two million children die from vaccine-preventable diseases like measles, rubella and whooping cough each year. By some estimates, breakdowns in the refrigeration chain from laboratory to village, means half of all vaccines never get to patients.Enter Myrothamnus flabellifolia -- a plant found in Central and Southern Africa whose tissues can be dried to a crisp and then revived without damaged courtesy of a sugary substance produced in its cells during drought.And enter Bruce Roser, a biomedical researcher who along with colleagues recently founded Cambridge Biostability Ltd to develop fridge-free vaccines based on the plant's remarkable sugars called trehaloses.The product involves spraying a vaccine with the trehalose coating to form inert spheres or sugary beads that can be packaged in an inject able form and can sit in a doctor's bag for months of years.Trials are underway with the Indian company Panacea Biotech and agreements have also been signed with Danish and German companies.The development, based on mimicking nature, could lead to savings of up to $300 million a year in the developing world while cutting the need for kerosene and photovoltaic fuelled fridges.Other possibilities include new kinds of food preservation up to the storage of animal and human tissues that by-pass storage in super cold liquid nitrogen.Slippery LizardThe two main ways of reducing friction in mechanical and electrical devices are ball bearings and silicon carbide or ultra nano- crystalline diamond.One of the shortcomings of silicon carbide is that it is manufactured at temperatures of between 1,600 and 2,500 degrees F -- in other words it is energy intensive involving the burning of fossil fuels.The synthetic diamond product can be made at lower temperatures and coated at temperatures of 400 degrees F for a range of low friction applications. But it has drawbacks too.Enter the shiny Sandfish lizard that lives in the sands and sandstorms of North Africa and the Arabian Peninsula and enter a team from the Technical University of Berlin.Studies indicate that the lizard achieves its remarkable, friction- free life by making a skin of keratin stiffened by sugar molecules and sulphur.The lizard's skin also has nano-sized spikes. It means a grain of Sahara sand rides atop 20,000 of these spikes spreading the load and providing negligible levels of friction.Further tests indicate that the ridges on the lizard skin may also be negatively charged, effectively repelling the sand grains so they float over the surface rather like a hovercraft over water.The researchers have teamed up with colleagues at the Science University of Berlin and a consortium of three German companies to commercialize the lizard skin findings.The market is potentially huge, including in micro- electronic- mechanical systems where a biodegradable film made from the relatively cheap materials of kerotene and sugar and manufactured at room temperature offers an environmentally-friendly "unique selling proposition."Superbugs and Bacterial Resistance -- Australian Red Algae to the Rescue?70 per cent of all human infections are a result of biofilms.These are big congregations of bacteria that require 1,000 times more antibiotic to kill and are leading to an arms race between the bugs and the pharmaceutical companies.It is also increasing antibiotic resistance and the rise of super bugs like methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus that now kills more people than die of AIDS each year.Enter Delisea pulchra, a feathery red alga or seaweed found off the Australian coast and a team including researchers at the University of New South Wales.During a marine field trip, scientists noticed that the alga's surface was free from biofilms despite living in waters laden with bacteria.Tests pin pointed a compound -- known as halogenated furanone -- that blocks the way bacteria signal to each other in order to form dense biofilm groups.A company called Biosignal has been set up to develop the idea which promises a new way of controlling bacteria like golden staph, cholera, and legionella without aggravating bacterial resistance.Products include contact lenses, catheters, and pipes treated with alga-inspired furanones alongside mouthwashes and new therapies for vulnerable patients with diseases like cystic fibrosis and urinary tract infections.The bacterial signal-blocking substance may also reduce pollution to the environment by reducing or ending the need for homeowners and companies to pour tons of caustic chemicals down pipes, ducts and tanks and onto kitchen surfaces to keep then bug free.Beetle-Based Water HarvestingBy 2025, the United Nations forecasts that 1.8 billion people will be living in countries or regions with water scarcity and two thirds of the world's population could be under conditions of water stressed.Climate change is expected to aggravate water problems via more extreme weather events. Many intelligent and improved management options can overcome these challenges and one may rest on the extraordinary ability of the Namib Desert beetle.The beetle lives in a location that receives a mere half an inch of rain a year yet can harvest water from fogs that blows in gales across the land several mornings each month.Enter a team from the University of Oxford and the UK defense research firm QinetiQ. They have designed a surface that mimics the water- attracting bumps and water-shedding valleys on the beetle's wing scales that allows the insect to collect and funnel droplets thinner than a human hair.The patchwork surface hinges on small, poppy-seed sized glass spheres in a layer of warm wax that tests show work like the beetle's wing scales.Trials have now been carried out to use the beetle film to capture water vapor from cooling towers. Initial tests have shown that the invention can return 10 per cent of lost water and lead to cuts in energy bills for nearby buildings by reducing a city's heat sink effect.An estimated 50,000 new water-cooling towers are erected annually and each large system evaporates and loses over 500 million litres.Other researchers, some with funding from the US Defense Advanced Research Agency, are mimicking the beetle water collection system to develop tents that collect their own water up to surfaces that will 'mix' reagents for lab-on-a-chip applications.Notes to EditorsNature's 100 Best is a compilation of 2,100 of the most extraordinary technologies and strategies that are being mimicked or deserve mimicking.The 100 Best List will be launched at the IUCN World Conservation Congress in Barcelona in October 2008.At the same time the Biomimicry Institute will unveil AskNature.org, an online database of biological knowledge organized by engineering function in order to engage and inspire entrepreneurs and investors.For more info:ZERI -- www.zeri.orgBiomimicry Guild -- www.biomimicryguild.comBiomimicry Institute -- www.biomimicryinstitute.comUNEP -- www.unep.orgInternational Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)9th Conference of the Parties to the CBD in BonnCase studies from today's preliminary launch and more details on Nature's 100 BestAlso, for more information please contact -- Nick Nuttall, UNEP Spokesperson and Head of Media, on Tel: 41 79 596 57 37, Fax: 254 2 623692, nick.nuttall at unep.org, go to: www.n100best.org or contact: info at zeri.orgor go to United Nations Environment Program. 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And not sure if it will be posted early enough. It is for today, Wednesday at 10. Thank you, Laura Shelton From laura_email2000 at yahoo.com Wed Aug 20 08:57:01 2008 From: laura_email2000 at yahoo.com (Laura Shelton) Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:57:01 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [CINC] Brigitte hallier will take today's Condor Trip Message-ID: <912685.66390.qm@web35308.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Thank you Brigitte for covering my shift on the Condor Express. Wednesday, 8:50 August 20. From islandkayaker at earthlink.net Wed Aug 20 10:32:05 2008 From: islandkayaker at earthlink.net (islandkayaker at earthlink.net) Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:32:05 -0700 (GMT-07:00) Subject: [CINC] Fwd: Slow ship speed recommendation for SB Channel Message-ID: <12697546.1219253526025.JavaMail.root@mswamui-billy.atl.sa.earthlink.net> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Handed off to the CX 1 Minke in the same area Common Dolphins everywhere CINC members included Brian Resnik & Chris O'Neill (on PID) IPCO then provided us with a great journey into the Painted Cave followed by a cruise along the Santa Cruz Island North shore. Then there was an bonus of cruising along the north shore of Anacapa to get a view of the famous Arch. Another of those wonderful days in Paradise. --- Linda Hitt --- lhittnp at earthlink.net --- EarthLink: The #1 provider of the Real Internet. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Clare.Fritzsche at noaa.gov Thu Aug 21 12:34:11 2008 From: Clare.Fritzsche at noaa.gov (Clare.Fritzsche) Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:34:11 -0700 Subject: [CINC] lost whale tag Message-ID: <48ADC333.1000501@noaa.gov> John Calambokidis was out tagging some whales in the Channel and lost one of the tags. Here's the info was sent to the IPCO captains and crew to keep an eye out for it. If you see it on one of your trips, please contact the organization posted on the tag. Thanks! > > CIMS lost a whale tag-- 1 foot long black poles (2) with white > suction cups on the end. Other end is florescent orange soda can > shape. Lost in the shipping lanes about mid Santa Cruz on 8/29/08. > Might end up near Chinese Harbor. Would probably only see poles > and cups above the water. (REWARD) Contact info is on the tag. > Please forward this notice. -- Clare Fritzsche Volunteer Administration Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary Channel Islands National Park Schedule for week of August 18: MON: 9:30am-2:30pm, Oxnard: (805) 382-6149 x105 TUE: 12:30-5pm, Santa Barbara: (805) 966-7107 x366 WED: 9am-4pm, Santa Barbara: (805) 966-7107 x366 THU: 11am-4:30pm, Oxnard: (805) 382-6149 x105 FRI: 8am-4pm, Santa Barbara: (805) 966-7107 x366 Cellular: (805) 729-0127 Santa Barbara FAX: (805) 568-1582 -- Lisa "It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived." -General George S. Patton, Jr. -- Clare Fritzsche Volunteer Administration Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary Channel Islands National Park Schedule for week of August 18: MON: 9:30am-2:30pm, Oxnard: (805) 382-6149 x105 TUE: 12:30-5pm, Santa Barbara: (805) 966-7107 x366 WED: 9am-4pm, Santa Barbara: (805) 966-7107 x366 THU: 11am-4:30pm, Oxnard: (805) 382-6149 x105 FRI: 8am-4pm, Santa Barbara: (805) 966-7107 x366 Cellular: (805) 729-0127 Santa Barbara FAX: (805) 568-1582 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From susiewilliams at sbcglobal.net Thu Aug 21 13:15:13 2008 From: susiewilliams at sbcglobal.net (Susie Williams) Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:15:13 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [CINC] Photo ID September 13 replacement Message-ID: <279152.42323.qm@web81103.mail.mud.yahoo.com> I need a replacement for Photo ID on Island Packers, September 13th. Susie Williams From mardanne at silcom.com Thu Aug 21 17:51:06 2008 From: mardanne at silcom.com (Marilyn Dannehower) Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:51:06 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Opening on Sept 18 Message-ID: I realized I have a class starting on Sept 18th, and won't be able to cover the Photo ID on the Condor Express that day. Could someone please take that spot? Thank you! Mar -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From susiewilliams at sbcglobal.net Thu Aug 21 18:10:26 2008 From: susiewilliams at sbcglobal.net (Susie Williams) Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:10:26 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [CINC] Photo ID September 13 covered. Message-ID: <240402.41055.qm@web81102.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Thank you, Shirley Johnson, for filling in for me. What a wonderful group of volunteers. Susie From camccleskey at yahoo.com Thu Aug 21 18:35:35 2008 From: camccleskey at yahoo.com (Carolyn McCleskey) Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:35:35 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [CINC] Opening on Sept 18 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <907780.91657.qm@web33403.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Hi Marilyn,? I can do it on the 18th.?? Carolyn --- On Thu, 8/21/08, Marilyn Dannehower wrote: From: Marilyn Dannehower Subject: [CINC] Opening on Sept 18 To: channel_islands_naturalist_corps at rain.org Date: Thursday, August 21, 2008, 5:51 PM I realized I have a class starting on Sept 18th, and won't be able to cover the Photo ID on the Condor Express that day.? Could someone please take that spot? Thank you! Mar_______________________________________________ Channel_islands_naturalist_corps mailing list Channel_islands_naturalist_corps at rain.org http://www.rain.org/mailman/listinfo/channel_islands_naturalist_corps -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Don Gillies _______________________________________________ Channel_islands_naturalist_corps mailing list Channel_islands_naturalist_corps at rain.org http://www.rain.org/mailman/listinfo/channel_islands_naturalist_corps -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gksully at pacbell.net Sun Aug 24 07:01:51 2008 From: gksully at pacbell.net (Karen Sullivan) Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2008 07:01:51 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [CINC] Islander-Sunday 8/23 Message-ID: <835468.48801.qm@web81702.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Sightings 300 Common Dolphins-spread out thru the day 300 Off shore Bottlenose dolphins, same pod, 2 different times 1 Blue Shark 3 Orca 1 Blue Whale Kate Eschelbach, Susie Williams (PID) and I, along with 104 passengers, embarked on our adventure Saturday morning. Our crew was Dave as Captain, and Jacob and Jean as crew. We also had Catherine and Lee French, along with a group of people from their new venture Seafari. So we had 5 naturalists on board! After a very few minutes, we ran into a small pod of commons, and played with them for awhile. We appeared to be heading west, when Captain Dave changed course, and we started heading south. He had a report of some Orca's out in the gap between Santa Cruz and Anacapa. On the way we saw more dolphin ahead, but they looked too big to be commons, and they had a more rounded dorsal fin. I thought at first they were Pacific White sided, but no white anywhere, and then Dave announced they were offshore bottlenose. My first sighting of these lively creatures. Somewhere in here a few of us were lucky enough to see a large blue shark! After playing with this group for awhile, we headed on out toward the gap, and sure enough, encountered Orca, a female and baby, accompanied by a sub adult male, probably her son. We watched for awhile, and then the water started churning, and we noticed a sea lion in their midst. The 3 Orca appeared to be swarming the sea lion, and we were afraid we were going to have some "Discovery channel action" while the Orca killed the sea lion. The sea lion came over by the boat, very close, and as a result we had some really close looks at the beautiful Orca. At some point, the Orca took off in a different direction, and appeared to lose interest in the sea lion. He was a huge healthy male, and Jean surmised that the incident may have been a "training session" for the baby. Needless to say the passengers were relieved to see the sea lion spared, at least while we were there. By this time the sun was out, and we were on the back side of Santa Cruz, with a nice view of Smugglers, and the groves of trees there. We hung with the Orca for about 45 minutes, then handed them off to the Condor. We continued along the back (south) side of Santa Cruz, a real treat for this naturalist, as I hadn't been the south side from as close as we were riding. It was a gorgeous day behind the islands, with bright blue sky and the ocean an amazing color. We encountered more commons, on our way to the passage between Santa Cruz and Santa Rosa, and then about the time we could see Santa Rosa, we encountered a lone blue whale. The whale proved pretty elusive, but we got a few good looks. We were scheduled to pick up some passengers at Prisoners, so Dave pointed the boat to the east, and we headed for painted cave. As others have noted, we went farther into the cave than I thought possible. The whole boat was dark, and we could look back and see the outline of the cave opening with the sunny skies and blue water. Very dramatic. I did talk to one young boy, maybe 12 or 13, who was very claustrophobic and not happy to be in the cave at all! He kept looking back to the opening, and since our stay was short, he recovered fairly quickly. We got more looks at north Santa Cruz as we cruised down to Prisoners. Picked up about 36 passengers there, and headed home back into gray and overcast skies. I talked to a passenger from the UK on the way back in, who had been at Prisoners mostly bird watching. I learned a lot about our sea birds, while riding back with him. Another amazing day as a naturalist! Karen Sullivan -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From oaars at sbcglobal.net Sun Aug 24 09:43:32 2008 From: oaars at sbcglobal.net (warren glaser) Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2008 17:43:32 +0100 Subject: [CINC] BBC E-mail: Wild dolphins tail-walk on water Message-ID: <20080824_164334_063822.oaars@sbcglobal.net> warren glaser saw this story on the BBC News website and thought you should see it. ** Message ** i wonder if they train naturalists ** Wild dolphins tail-walk on water ** In what is thought to be a world first, a wild dolphin is apparently teaching others to tail-walk. < http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/2/hi/science/nature/7570097.stm > ** BBC Daily E-mail ** Choose the news and sport headlines you want - when you want them, all in one daily e-mail < http://www.bbc.co.uk/email > ** Disclaimer ** The BBC is not responsible for the content of this e-mail, and anything written in this e-mail does not necessarily reflect the BBC's views or opinions. Please note that neither the e-mail address nor name of the sender have?been verified. If you do not wish to receive such e-mails in the future or want to know more about the BBC's Email a Friend service, please read our frequently asked questions. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/help/4162471.stm From kensword at cox.net Sun Aug 24 10:06:26 2008 From: kensword at cox.net (Kenneth A. Tatro) Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2008 10:06:26 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Islander-Sunday 8/23 In-Reply-To: <835468.48801.qm@web81702.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <835468.48801.qm@web81702.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Message-ID: Very nice report Karen, definitely got the feel of the day. I have done the back side of Anacapa two to three times but have yet to do the back side of Santa Cruz. Captain Dave does give you a very nice close look. Looking forward to it, maybe tomorrow as I am going out on IPCO then. AND, a very interesting encounter with the Orca. Just siting the data count does not inform of the activity these animals do. This is very educational, as well as fun to read. Thanks a bunch. Ken Tatro On Aug 24, 2008, at 7:01 AM, Karen Sullivan wrote: > Sightings > 300 Common Dolphins-spread out thru the day > 300 Off shore Bottlenose dolphins, same pod, 2 different times > 1 Blue Shark > 3 Orca > 1 Blue Whale > > > Kate Eschelbach, Susie Williams (PID) and I, along with 104 > passengers, embarked on our adventure Saturday morning. Our crew > was Dave as Captain, and Jacob and Jean as crew. We also had > Catherine and Lee French, along with a group of people from their > new venture Seafari. So we had 5 naturalists on board! > > After a very few minutes, we ran into a small pod of commons, and > played with them for awhile. > > We appeared to be heading west, when Captain Dave changed course, > and we started heading south. He had a report of some Orca's out in > the gap between Santa Cruz and Anacapa. On the way we saw more > dolphin ahead, but they looked too big to be commons, and they had a > more rounded dorsal fin. I thought at first they were Pacific White > sided, but no white anywhere, and then Dave announced they were > offshore bottlenose. My first sighting of these lively creatures. > > Somewhere in here a few of us were lucky enough to see a large blue > shark! > > After playing with this group for awhile, we headed on out toward > the gap, and sure enough, encountered Orca, a female and baby, > accompanied by a sub adult male, probably her son. We watched for > awhile, and then the water started churning, and we noticed a sea > lion in their midst. The 3 Orca appeared to be swarming the sea > lion, and we were afraid we were going to have some "Discovery > channel action" while the Orca killed the sea lion. The sea lion > came over by the boat, very close, and as a result we had some > really close looks at the beautiful Orca. At some point, the Orca > took off in a different direction, and appeared to lose interest in > the sea lion. He was a huge healthy male, and Jean surmised that > the incident may have been a "training session" for the baby. > Needless to say the passengers were relieved to see the sea lion > spared, at least while we were there. By this time the sun was > out, and we were on the back side of Santa Cruz, with a nice view of > Smugglers, and the groves of trees there. We hung with the Orca > for about 45 minutes, then handed them off to the Condor. > > We continued along the back (south) side of Santa Cruz, a real treat > for this naturalist, as I hadn't been the south side from as close > as we were riding. It was a gorgeous day behind the islands, with > bright blue sky and the ocean an amazing color. We encountered more > commons, on our way to the passage between Santa Cruz and Santa > Rosa, and then about the time we could see Santa Rosa, we > encountered a lone blue whale. The whale proved pretty elusive, but > we got a few good looks. > > We were scheduled to pick up some passengers at Prisoners, so Dave > pointed the boat to the east, and we headed for painted cave. As > others have noted, we went farther into the cave than I thought > possible. The whole boat was dark, and we could look back and see > the outline of the cave opening with the sunny skies and blue > water. Very dramatic. I did talk to one young boy, maybe 12 or 13, > who was very claustrophobic and not happy to be in the cave at all! > He kept looking back to the opening, and since our stay was short, > he recovered fairly quickly. > > We got more looks at north Santa Cruz as we cruised down to > Prisoners. Picked up about 36 passengers there, and headed home > back into gray and overcast skies. I talked to a passenger from the > UK on the way back in, who had been at Prisoners mostly bird > watching. I learned a lot about our sea birds, while riding back > with him. > > Another amazing day as a naturalist! > > > Karen Sullivan > > _______________________________________________ > Channel_islands_naturalist_corps mailing list > Channel_islands_naturalist_corps at rain.org > http://www.rain.org/mailman/listinfo/channel_islands_naturalist_corps -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From santafina at hotmail.com Sun Aug 24 10:51:51 2008 From: santafina at hotmail.com (Rachel Harris) Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2008 10:51:51 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Sub needed for CX Saturday 8/30/08 Message-ID: Dear Fellow Naturalist Corps Volunteer, I am hoping one of you wonderful individuals would be so kind as to pick-up my scheduled shift next Saturday morning 8/30/08 on the Condor Express from 10am-2:30pm. I would be more than happy to possibly even trade this shift with you, if you so desire. I am having family coming to the Southland from overseas and I need to go down to San Diego to see them at a last minute family reunion. Please let me know if you can help out. Thank you in advance and have a wonderful time in the Channel! All the best, Rachel Harris (949) 394-6304 cell (805) 323-5347 home _________________________________________________________________ See what people are saying about Windows Live. Check out featured posts. http://www.windowslive.com/connect?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_connect2_082008 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From staci at savzsea.com Sun Aug 24 13:24:13 2008 From: staci at savzsea.com (staci at savzsea.com) Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2008 13:24:13 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Memories of San Miguel Message-ID: <20080824132413.1f69f13e02bba7ff49a08cffd4b84343.be987b8ef9.wbe@email.secureserver.net> Good article in the Ventura Star Free press. Sweet memories of San Miguel Betsy Lester Roberti, 74, visits San Miguel Island where she lived with her family as a child. Betsy Lester Roberti saw ghosts of love and a lost life on a recent afternoon at San Miguel Island. Both had been snatched away ? suddenly, darkly ? long ago. She held the ruins of her old home in her hands on this sunny midsummer's day.... http://www.venturacountystar.com/news/2008/aug/24/Na1FCislandgirl24/ If for some reason you can't get the article, email me and I will forward it to you. Staci From bweinerth at hotmail.com Sun Aug 24 13:45:04 2008 From: bweinerth at hotmail.com (bill weinerth) Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2008 20:45:04 +0000 Subject: [CINC] Santa Rosa on Friday Message-ID: There were eighteen day visitors on Friday. Three wanted to go to Torry Pines, eleven wanted to enjoy the white sand beach, four went with me to Cherry Canyon. There are summer flowers blooming (someone help me with the names of these). Poison oak is turning red. Grasses are all dry. 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Results: 2 Blues; 1700 Short Beaked Dolphin; and 12 Risso Dolphin. Ginny Fischer joined as interpretive docents, and Marilyn Dannehower was doing photo ID. The weather and seas were a bit uncooperative for some passengers, but most of the young kids under 12 ( about 10 ), including a couple under 5, had a ball riding the "roller coaster" on the bow. They were in total awe when the Common Dolphin performed for them in five different displays, spread out on the trip out, and back. Capt Matt knew the tracking of Blues was going to be distant, so he took us to Painted gave first. Skies were gray all the way out to Santa Cruz, and on our way toward the West end of Santa Rosa. About 30 miles from Santa Barbara we encountered 2 Blues about the same length as our boat. They fluked immediately for us, as Matt said they were feeding deep 900 feet under the boat. We watched them for about an hour, as the dove and fed separately, coming to the surface at the same time about 1/4 mile apart when we had to head for home. One other spout was visable in the distance, put not verifiable. We spotted the Rissos about mid channel on the way back.They were large ones with a lot of scratches visible. The sightings provided great input to to fuse into the " Marine Mammals of the CINMS & CINP'" which Carol Celic and myself presented last night at Carpinteria State Beach Park, which started off with Blue Whales. Paul Petrich _________________________________________________________________ Be the filmmaker you always wanted to be?learn how to burn a DVD with Windows?. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/108588797/direct/01/ From Clare.Fritzsche at noaa.gov Mon Aug 25 12:27:11 2008 From: Clare.Fritzsche at noaa.gov (Clare Fritzsche) Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2008 12:27:11 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Oxnard College Marine Center & Aquarium Fall Harborside Speakers series schedule Message-ID: <48B3078F.1000108@noaa.gov> /This series might interest some of you, although it is _not_ something you would record on your CINC timesheet... / *Oxnard** College Marine Center** & Aquarium* *Channel Islands Marine Resource Institute* *Harborside Speaker Series Fall 2008 2pm-3pm FREE!* September 14^th Save Money While Saving the Planet: Solar Energy for Your Home Paul Dailey,Solar World/Camarillo September 21^st Marine Protected Areas: More Fish, Bigger Fish Greg Helms, Ocean Conservancy October 5^th Sharks of California Jim Knowlton, Blue Ocean Productions October 19^th "Distilling the Myths" Tapping the Facts About Your Local Water Supplies Jared Bouchard, General Manager, Channel Islands Beach Community Services District October 26^th HALLOWEEN UNDER THE SEA This year's theme, "Save the Sharks!" Bringing awareness to the crisis facing sharks globally. A free family event, 1pm-5pm November 9^th CAREER PATHS IN MARINE STUDIES: A Tale of Two Students Jose Gonzalez & Brie Billups December 7^th "Green Pathways to the Future" Careers in Environmental Science Kevin Flint, Oxnard College Oxnard College Marine Center & Aquarium is located at Channel Islands Harbor in Fisherman's Wharf at the corner of Victoria Ave and Channel Islands Blvd. For more information: 805 985-9801 -- Clare Fritzsche Volunteer Administration Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary Channel Islands National Park Schedule for week of August 25: MON-WED: 8am-4pm, Santa Barbara: (805) 966-7107 x366 THU: 9:30am-1:30pm, Oxnard: (805) 382-6149 x105 FRI-MON: on Santa Cruz Island Cellular: (805) 729-0127 Santa Barbara FAX: (805) 568-1582 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From bucholtz at linguistics.ucsb.edu Mon Aug 25 12:44:08 2008 From: bucholtz at linguistics.ucsb.edu (Mary Bucholtz) Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2008 12:44:08 -0700 Subject: [CINC] CX Sunday, 8/24 Message-ID: <8B8D796A1925E115B7B337A7@[10.0.1.3]> Highlights: - numerous sightings of very active common dolphins with calves (totaling about 500 over the course of the trip) - 4 Risso's dolphins - an excellent viewing of Painted Cave, along with a large group of basking sea lions on the rocks along the north side of SCI - an enthusiastic and patient group of 70 passengers Lowlights: - no whales, despite the heroic efforts of Captain Dave, Barbara LaCorte (on PID), and crew The Condor headed out with sunny skies but quickly hit heavy fog, which stayed with us for most of the day. Happily, Captain Dave found a small group of feeding Dc's only 20 minutes into the trip, which helped sustain the passengers through the long (and ultimately fruitless) wait for a whale. No whales were spotted near SRI despite a lengthy search. The captain then got a tip from a fishing boat about a group of feeding Minkes, but no luck there either. The going theory was that the orcas that had been spotted the day before may have scared away the blues. Rain checks were issued to the passengers, who were remarkably cheery despite the lack of whales. Mary Bucholtz From islandkayaker at earthlink.net Mon Aug 25 14:58:03 2008 From: islandkayaker at earthlink.net (islandkayaker at earthlink.net) Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2008 14:58:03 -0700 (GMT-07:00) Subject: [CINC] Sub needed for CX Saturday 8/30/08 Message-ID: <20605200.1219701483439.JavaMail.root@elwamui-muscovy.atl.sa.earthlink.net> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From vfo at mindspring.com Mon Aug 25 18:43:59 2008 From: vfo at mindspring.com (Valerie Olson) Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2008 18:43:59 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Condor - Monday, 25 August Message-ID: <22F0F5A7-CF14-4F25-A0BE-45D959CFCD01@mindspring.com> Hi All, Today's sightings: 1 Blue Whale 2 Humpbacks - Cow/Calf Pair Several small pods of Common Dolphins (50-100) First, fog and low visibility ... then some sunshine and rough seas. All-in-all, a good day. Valerie Olson, Cubby Winkel and Carolyn McCleskey (Photo ID) From ppetrich39 at hotmail.com Mon Aug 25 21:24:05 2008 From: ppetrich39 at hotmail.com (Paul Jr. Petrich) Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2008 21:24:05 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Leo Carrillo & Carpinteria Park Outreach Message-ID: CINC volunteers, Judy Willens, Paul Froemming, Carol Celic and myself reached a total of 380+ campsite participants at the four power point presentations given this summer at Leo Carrillo and Carpinteria State beach Parks. The audiences of the after dark presentations got introduced to " Marine mammals of the CINMS & CINP", as described in a previous email. The demographics of these audiences showed an interesting diversion from whale watch . First, a high percentage (50%) were very inquisitive kids under 12, with their parents. Secondly, all except maybe 5% at the most, were California families. These Marine Mammal presentations were akin to our whale watch trips, whale kit and all. Great interest was shown at the end of each presentation to the krill, baleen, and etc. Questions then would branch into other aspects of our CINC mission. These audiences would be tremendously interested in similar presentations focusing on the other wonders of our Sanctuary and Park. Every week these audiences change during the summer. The presentations must be created to fit a one hour time frame, including question and answer period. Attendance was over 100 when State park Rangers were able to drive around the campground announcing the presentation about 2 hours before the shows. This was easy to arrange when I was camping at the site. Thanks loads to Judy, Paul and Carol for helping out! Sincerely, Paul Petrich _________________________________________________________________ Talk to your Yahoo! Friends via Windows Live Messenger. Find out how. http://www.windowslive.com/explore/messenger?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_messenger_yahoo_082008 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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By flicking its tail against the water, it is often able to get an additional push for a longer "flight". Some flying fish have been known to soar as high as 20 feet and glide for 1,300 feet along the surface. As always the crew and Captain Lee were wonderful. The passengers enjoyed Capt. Lee's expertise and sense of humor in presenting information about the islands and marine life. Myself ( Carole Potzmann), Tom Flor and Ken Tatro (photo ID) were the Naturalists aboard. Plus Catherine French her Seafari group. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From sally.eagle at cox.net Tue Aug 26 19:57:47 2008 From: sally.eagle at cox.net (Sally Eagle) Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2008 18:57:47 -0800 Subject: [CINC] PID spot on IPCO boat on THURSDAY August 28th Message-ID: <20080827020125.HUHL6175.fed1rmmtao101.cox.net@fed1rmimpo01.cox.net> My brain and my back are telling me that today's trip on the CX was enough for the week, and the weak. Wouldn't you love to spend Thursday on the water? It's a 9-5 trip and the swells are supposed to disappear by then. Let me know. It sure beats office work! Sally Eagle 684-5631 3 Blues today A smattering of Commons -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ppetrich39 at hotmail.com Tue Aug 26 21:55:07 2008 From: ppetrich39 at hotmail.com (Paul Jr. Petrich) Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2008 21:55:07 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Island Adventure and Scorpion Anchorage Hike 8/26/08 Message-ID: CINC Volunteers, Sighting: 2000+ mega pod Common long beak dolphin! Captain Jimmy diverted from our path to Scorpion to let this wide spread mega pod entertain the 99 passengers aboard. He spotted them about 8 miles north of Scorpion. This was the most wide-spread mega pod of dolphin I have ever seen. They completely circled the boat out to a half mile distance on all sides! They were not densely packed, as in feeding, but rather spread out in a mating and playing mode. We did see a few belly to belly while still riding the bow wake. At least 20% were babies or juveniles: the highest % I have witnessed. All aboard were in awe. Two container ships went by at well over the new 10 knot speed recommendation. Twelve passengers went on to Prisoner's Harbor, the rest departing at Scorpion Anchorage. We had a large number of campers, mostly freshman from Pomona College out on a neat school sponsored outing, which included kayaking. Sixteen day hikers joined my hike to Cavern Pt. 7 continued with me to Potato Harbor. No fox sightings this time. Lots of scat and camper reports of sightings, though. A wonderful day, with a peregrine falcon sighting, and the usual beautiful views and meadow lark background music. Paul Petrich _________________________________________________________________ Get ideas on sharing photos from people like you. Find new ways to share. http://www.windowslive.com/explore/photogallery/posts?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_Photo_Gallery_082008 From Shauna.Bingham at noaa.gov Wed Aug 27 12:28:50 2008 From: Shauna.Bingham at noaa.gov (Shauna Bingham) Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:28:50 -0700 Subject: [CINC] 2008 Santa Barbara Ocean Film Festival Message-ID: <48B5AAF2.30806@noaa.gov> Greetings: The Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary is proud to be a collaborator with the *2008 Santa Barbara Ocean Film Festival, October 22-23*. Please see the official event notice on line at www.ocean.com. Stay tuned for information about signing up for CINC outreach at this event and other October events such as the October 11, 2008 Santa Barbara Harbor Seafood Festival! Regards, Shauna -- -- Shauna Bingham Volunteer and Outreach Coordinator NOAA Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary 3600 S. Harbor Blvd. #111 Oxnard, CA 93035 Shauna.Bingham at noaa.gov (805) 382-6149 ext. 102 Fax (805) 382-9791 http://channelislands.noaa.gov ??`?.??..><((((?>???`?.??..><((((?>???`?.??..><((((?>???`?.??.. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Tina.Reed at noaa.gov Wed Aug 27 13:22:59 2008 From: Tina.Reed at noaa.gov (Tina Reed) Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:22:59 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Article: Study says the blue whale's mating call has grown deeper Message-ID: <48B5B7A3.1000403@noaa.gov> http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/29/science/29whale.html?ex=1375070400&en=c4de2d0154ac0be1&ei=5124&partner=facebook&exprod=facebook The song of the blue whale, one of the eeriest sounds in the ocean, has mysteriously grown deeper. A Quieter Tune The calls have been steadily dropping in frequency for seven populations of blue whales around the world over the past 40 years, say researchers at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and WhaleAcoustics, a private research company. The scientists analyzed data collected with hydrophones and other tools and found that the songs, which they believe are by males advertising for mates, had lowered by as much as 30 percent in certain populations. Much of the song lies at frequencies too low to be detected by the human ear. The study, though not yet published, has been reviewed by several experts in the field who, in interviews, called the global decline "dramatic," "significant," "convincing" and "unequivocal." Scientists cannot explain why blue whales from places as disparate as the northern Pacific and the Southern Ocean, which surrounds Antarctica, would drop the pitch of their songs. Each blue whale population has a distinct tempo and tone set to its vocals. John Hildebrand, professor of oceanography at Scripps and an author of the study, said the drop might signal a rebound in the population of blue whales since commercial whaling bans began to take effect in the 1970s. Scientists believe that only male blue whales sing. Female blue whales choose their mates based on size, a selection process that has fostered the species' gargantuan proportions. And deeper might signal bigger. When populations were smaller, whales may have had to be louder to make their calls heard. Now, the males might be competing to make their calls deeper, said Sarah Mesnick, a behavioral ecologist at the NOAA Fisheries Service and one of the study's authors. "The idea is, as density increases and there are more individuals competing to find mates, that we expect the mating display to change," Dr. Mesnick said. "We may be seeing that in two ways with blue whales: the songs are getting lower and a little less loud." Typically, lower-frequency sounds travel farther. "But in the blue whale vocal range, which is 10 hertz to 100 hertz," said Mark A. McDonald, the study's lead researcher and a physicist who specializes in underwater acoustics, "there is no practical difference in the sound transmission properties in the deep ocean." And, said Roger Bland, an underwater acoustics expert at San Francisco State University, "It's easier to make a powerful sound at high frequencies." Blue whale populations could be growing by 5 percent each year, said Trevor Branch, a fisheries scientist at the University of Washington 's School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences who studies whales. But the numbers are hard to come by and vary in quality depending on the population, because blue whales, unlike humpbacks, are elusive and rarely approach shore. Dr. Branch, who was not associated with the song study, estimates that there are up to 25,000 blue whales, compared with perhaps 300,000 before whaling. The number may have risen from a low of about 10,000 animals. The population-rebound explanation, while speculative, is compelling to David Mellinger, a professor at the Hatfield Marine Science Center at Oregon State University who has studied blue whales for the past 16 years. Dr. Mellinger, who is not part of the study, said, "It's hard to see anything that would have impacted all of those populations and made them all decrease frequency other than the increase in the population." -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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The scientists analyzed data collected with hydrophones and other tools and found that the songs, which they believe are by males advertising for mates, had lowered by as much as 30 percent in certain populations. Much of the song lies at frequencies too low to be detected by the human ear. The study, though not yet published, has been reviewed by several experts in the field who, in interviews, called the global decline "dramatic," "significant," "convincing" and "unequivocal." Scientists cannot explain why blue whales from places as disparate as the northern Pacific and the Southern Ocean, which surrounds Antarctica, would drop the pitch of their songs. Each blue whale population has a distinct tempo and tone set to its vocals. John Hildebrand, professor of oceanography at Scripps and an author of the study, said the drop might signal a rebound in the population of blue whales since commercial whaling bans began to take effect in the 1970s. Scientists believe that only male blue whales sing. Female blue whales choose their mates based on size, a selection process that has fostered the species' gargantuan proportions. And deeper might signal bigger. When populations were smaller, whales may have had to be louder to make their calls heard. Now, the males might be competing to make their calls deeper, said Sarah Mesnick, a behavioral ecologist at the NOAA Fisheries Service and one of the study's authors. "The idea is, as density increases and there are more individuals competing to find mates, that we expect the mating display to change," Dr. Mesnick said. "We may be seeing that in two ways with blue whales: the songs are getting lower and a little less loud." Typically, lower-frequency sounds travel farther. "But in the blue whale vocal range, which is 10 hertz to 100 hertz," said Mark A. McDonald, the study's lead researcher and a physicist who specializes in underwater acoustics, "there is no practical difference in the sound transmission properties in the deep ocean." And, said Roger Bland, an underwater acoustics expert at San Francisco State University, "It's easier to make a powerful sound at high frequencies." Blue whale populations could be growing by 5 percent each year, said Trevor Branch, a fisheries scientist at the University of Washington 's School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences who studies whales. But the numbers are hard to come by and vary in quality depending on the population, because blue whales, unlike humpbacks, are elusive and rarely approach shore. Dr. Branch, who was not associated with the song study, estimates that there are up to 25,000 blue whales, compared with perhaps 300,000 before whaling. The number may have risen from a low of about 10,000 animals. The population-rebound explanation, while speculative, is compelling to David Mellinger, a professor at the Hatfield Marine Science Center at Oregon State University who has studied blue whales for the past 16 years. Dr. Mellinger, who is not part of the study, said, "It's hard to see anything that would have impacted all of those populations and made them all decrease frequency other than the increase in the population." -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Tina_Reed.vcf Type: text/x-vcard Size: 360 bytes Desc: not available URL: From dvabbott at verizon.net Wed Aug 27 16:13:04 2008 From: dvabbott at verizon.net (dvabbott) Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2008 16:13:04 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Article: Study says the blue whale's mating call has grown deeper In-Reply-To: <48B5B85E.1000802@noaa.gov> Message-ID: I?m not a whale expert, but as an engineer I can tell you that lower frequency sounds stem from larger systems. Look at any pipe organ and you?ll understand the basic principles involved. My guess is whales (the smartest males) have learned that they?re more apt to be successful breeders if they sing at a lower frequency/key. A whale of medium size (able to sing in a low key) would be assumed to be large. The ability to sing in a lower key would allow the whale more opportunities to breed w/o being interrupted by other perhaps larger males. The largest whales (if they were smart would be able to sing in a still lower key) -- but perhaps they?re the slow learners (not unlike some football linemen I?ve met). Just my two cents. Regards, Don on 8/27/08 1:26 PM, Tina Reed at Tina.Reed at noaa.gov wrote: > http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/29/science/29whale.html?ex=1375070400&en=c4de2d > 0154ac0be1&ei=5124&partner=facebook&exprod=facebook > The song of the blue whale, one of the eeriest sounds in the ocean, has > mysteriously grown deeper. > > 4de2d0154ac0be1&ei=5124&partner=facebook&exprod=facebook#secondPar > agraph> > > 0080729_WHALE_GRAPHIC.html', '670_430', > 'width=670,height=430,location=no,scrollbars=yes,toolbars=no,resizable=yes')> > A Quieter Tune > 0080729_WHALE_GRAPHIC.html', '670_430', > 'width=670,height=430,location=no,scrollbars=yes,toolbars=no,resizable=yes')> > > > '); } //--> The calls have been steadily dropping in frequency for seven > populations of blue whales around the world over the past 40 years, say > researchers at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, the National Oceanic > and Atmospheric Administration and WhaleAcoustics, a private research company. > The scientists analyzed data collected with hydrophones and other tools and > found that the songs, which they believe are by males advertising for mates, > had lowered by as much as 30 percent in certain populations. Much of the song > lies at frequencies too low to be detected by the human ear. > The study, though not yet published, has been reviewed by several experts in > the field who, in interviews, called the global decline ?dramatic,? > ?significant,? ?convincing? and ?unequivocal.? > > Scientists cannot explain why blue whales from places as disparate as the > northern Pacific and the Southern Ocean, which surrounds Antarctica, would > drop the pitch of their songs. Each blue whale population has a distinct tempo > and tone set to its vocals. > > John Hildebrand, professor of oceanography at Scripps and an author of the > study, said the drop might signal a rebound in the population of blue whales > since commercial whaling bans began to take effect in the 1970s. > > Scientists believe that only male blue whales sing. Female blue whales choose > their mates based on size, a selection process that has fostered the species? > gargantuan proportions. And deeper might signal bigger. > > When populations were smaller, whales may have had to be louder to make their > calls heard. Now, the males might be competing to make their calls deeper, > said Sarah Mesnick, a behavioral ecologist at the NOAA Fisheries Service and > one of the study?s authors. > > ?The idea is, as density increases and there are more individuals competing to > find mates, that we expect the mating display to change,? Dr. Mesnick said. > ?We may be seeing that in two ways with blue whales: the songs are getting > lower and a little less loud.? > > Typically, lower-frequency sounds travel farther. ?But in the blue whale vocal > range, which is 10 hertz to 100 hertz,? said Mark A. McDonald, the study?s > lead researcher and a physicist who specializes in underwater acoustics, > ?there is no practical difference in the sound transmission properties in the > deep ocean.? And, said Roger Bland, an underwater acoustics expert at San > Francisco State University, ?It?s easier to make a powerful sound at high > frequencies.? > > Blue whale populations could be growing by 5 percent each year, said Trevor > Branch, a fisheries scientist at the University of Washington > y_of_washington/index.html?inline=nyt-org> ?s School of Aquatic and Fishery > Sciences who studies whales. But the numbers are hard to come by and vary in > quality depending on the population, because blue whales, unlike humpbacks, > are elusive and rarely approach shore. Dr. Branch, who was not associated with > the song study, estimates that there are up to 25,000 blue whales, compared > with perhaps 300,000 before whaling. The number may have risen from a low of > about 10,000 animals. > > The population-rebound explanation, while speculative, is compelling to David > Mellinger, a professor at the Hatfield Marine Science Center at Oregon State > University > ate_university/index.html?inline=nyt-org> who has studied blue whales for the > past 16 years. Dr. Mellinger, who is not part of the study, said, ?It?s hard > to see anything that would have impacted all of those populations and made > them all decrease frequency other than the increase in the population.? > > > _______________________________________________ > Channel_islands_naturalist_corps mailing list > Channel_islands_naturalist_corps at rain.org > http://www.rain.org/mailman/listinfo/channel_islands_naturalist_corps -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mardanne at silcom.com Wed Aug 27 17:13:19 2008 From: mardanne at silcom.com (Marilyn Dannehower) Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:13:19 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Article: Study says the blue whale's mating call has grown deeper In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Re: [CINC] Article: Study says the blue whale's mating call has grown deeperhow about the possibility that now whaling has stopped and the Blues are recovering somewhat, that we have males that are maturing and therfore larger and their call is getting deeper along with their larger size? It seems that nearly all the whales we see are about 70-75 feet long, and are generally refered to as "sub adults". I asked about that at the last Sea to Shore lecture in conjunction with the fact that we don't see old whales washing up on shore dying from old age. I was told that most of the whales are younger, there are not all that many around that are old, and that perhaps in 30 years we will see older whales on the beaches. ??? Marilyn Dannehower .----- Original Message ----- From: dvabbott To: Tina Reed ; channel_islands_naturalist_corps at rain.org Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 4:13 PM Subject: Re: [CINC] Article: Study says the blue whale's mating call has grown deeper I'm not a whale expert, but as an engineer I can tell you that lower frequency sounds stem from larger systems. Look at any pipe organ and you'll understand the basic principles involved. My guess is whales (the smartest males) have learned that they're more apt to be successful breeders if they sing at a lower frequency/key. A whale of medium size (able to sing in a low key) would be assumed to be large. The ability to sing in a lower key would allow the whale more opportunities to breed w/o being interrupted by other perhaps larger males. The largest whales (if they were smart would be able to sing in a still lower key) -- but perhaps they're the slow learners (not unlike some football linemen I've met). Just my two cents. Regards, Don on 8/27/08 1:26 PM, Tina Reed at Tina.Reed at noaa.gov wrote: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/29/science/29whale.html?ex=1375070400&en=c4de2d0154ac0be1&ei=5124&partner=facebook&exprod=facebook The song of the blue whale, one of the eeriest sounds in the ocean, has mysteriously grown deeper. A Quieter Tune '); } //--> The calls have been steadily dropping in frequency for seven populations of blue whales around the world over the past 40 years, say researchers at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and WhaleAcoustics, a private research company. The scientists analyzed data collected with hydrophones and other tools and found that the songs, which they believe are by males advertising for mates, had lowered by as much as 30 percent in certain populations. Much of the song lies at frequencies too low to be detected by the human ear. The study, though not yet published, has been reviewed by several experts in the field who, in interviews, called the global decline "dramatic," "significant," "convincing" and "unequivocal." Scientists cannot explain why blue whales from places as disparate as the northern Pacific and the Southern Ocean, which surrounds Antarctica, would drop the pitch of their songs. Each blue whale population has a distinct tempo and tone set to its vocals. John Hildebrand, professor of oceanography at Scripps and an author of the study, said the drop might signal a rebound in the population of blue whales since commercial whaling bans began to take effect in the 1970s. Scientists believe that only male blue whales sing. Female blue whales choose their mates based on size, a selection process that has fostered the species' gargantuan proportions. And deeper might signal bigger. When populations were smaller, whales may have had to be louder to make their calls heard. Now, the males might be competing to make their calls deeper, said Sarah Mesnick, a behavioral ecologist at the NOAA Fisheries Service and one of the study's authors. "The idea is, as density increases and there are more individuals competing to find mates, that we expect the mating display to change," Dr. Mesnick said. "We may be seeing that in two ways with blue whales: the songs are getting lower and a little less loud." Typically, lower-frequency sounds travel farther. "But in the blue whale vocal range, which is 10 hertz to 100 hertz," said Mark A. McDonald, the study's lead researcher and a physicist who specializes in underwater acoustics, "there is no practical difference in the sound transmission properties in the deep ocean." And, said Roger Bland, an underwater acoustics expert at San Francisco State University, "It's easier to make a powerful sound at high frequencies." Blue whale populations could be growing by 5 percent each year, said Trevor Branch, a fisheries scientist at the University of Washington 's School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences who studies whales. But the numbers are hard to come by and vary in quality depending on the population, because blue whales, unlike humpbacks, are elusive and rarely approach shore. Dr. Branch, who was not associated with the song study, estimates that there are up to 25,000 blue whales, compared with perhaps 300,000 before whaling. The number may have risen from a low of about 10,000 animals. The population-rebound explanation, while speculative, is compelling to David Mellinger, a professor at the Hatfield Marine Science Center at Oregon State University who has studied blue whales for the past 16 years. 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URL: From laura_email2000 at yahoo.com Wed Aug 27 18:11:05 2008 From: laura_email2000 at yahoo.com (Laura Shelton) Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:11:05 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [CINC] CX on Wednesday, August 27 Message-ID: <589266.97020.qm@web35304.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Sightings: 4 Bottlenose 40 Common Dolphins 500 Common Dolphins 2 Blue Whales (Mother and Calf) Some spouts in the distance 15 Sea Lions- 20 or more feet up on a ledge on Santa Cruz Island, Great day. Calm conditions most of the day with some swell near Painted Cave. We had to search for the Blue Whales but finally found them between Santa Cruz and Santa Rosa Island. According to Capt Mat, the sea lions were high up on a ledge because the swell was so high. The ledge was near Painted Cave. Naturalists: Kat Wasden Carolyn McCleskey (photo ID) Laura Shelton (reporting) From kensword at cox.net Wed Aug 27 21:44:32 2008 From: kensword at cox.net (Kenneth A. Tatro) Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:44:32 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Article: Study says the blue whale's mating call has grown deeper In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <41E754B0-4C58-4E92-BD10-C0363CFDBCFD@cox.net> Fellow engineer Don's thoughts are well taken, yet my sense it that Marilyn takes it a step further and is on the right track. Each of us, however, and despite our many other good qualifications, are not the experts in this field. So this is very interesting stuff for us and we will keep listening (for those deep down bass notes, ... being a Blues buff, pun intended, and as apparently the lady Blues do, love that bass). Ken Tatro On Aug 27, 2008, at 5:13 PM, Marilyn Dannehower wrote: > how about the possibility that now whaling has stopped and the Blues > are recovering somewhat, that we have males that are maturing and > therfore larger and their call is getting deeper along with their > larger size? > > It seems that nearly all the whales we see are about 70-75 feet > long, and are generally refered to as "sub adults". I asked about > that at the last Sea to Shore lecture in conjunction with the fact > that we don't see old whales washing up on shore dying from old > age. I was told that most of the whales are younger, there are not > all that many around that are old, and that perhaps in 30 years we > will see older whales on the beaches. > > ??? > Marilyn Dannehower > > > .----- Original Message ----- > From: dvabbott > To: Tina Reed ; channel_islands_naturalist_corps at rain.org > Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 4:13 PM > Subject: Re: [CINC] Article: Study says the blue whale's mating call > has grown deeper > > I?m not a whale expert, but as an engineer I can tell you that lower > frequency sounds stem from larger systems. > Look at any pipe organ and you?ll understand the basic principles > involved. > > My guess is whales (the smartest males) have learned that they?re > more apt to be successful breeders if they sing at a lower frequency/ > key. > A whale of medium size (able to sing in a low key) would be assumed > to be large. > The ability to sing in a lower key would allow the whale more > opportunities to breed w/o being interrupted by other perhaps larger > males. > The largest whales (if they were smart would be able to sing in a > still lower key) -- but perhaps they?re the slow learners (not > unlike some football linemen I?ve met). > > Just my two cents. > > Regards, > Don > > > > > on 8/27/08 1:26 PM, Tina Reed at Tina.Reed at noaa.gov wrote: > > http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/29/science/29whale.html?ex=1375070400&en=c4de2d0154ac0be1&ei=5124&partner=facebook&exprod=facebook > The song of the blue whale, one of the eeriest sounds in the ocean, > has mysteriously grown deeper. > > > , > 'width > = > 670 > ,height=430,location=no,scrollbars=yes,toolbars=no,resizable=yes')> > A Quieter Tune , > 'width > = > 670,height=430,location=no,scrollbars=yes,toolbars=no,resizable=yes')> > > > '); } //--> The calls have been steadily dropping in frequency for > seven populations of blue whales around the world over the past 40 > years, say researchers at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, > the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and > WhaleAcoustics, a private research company. The scientists analyzed > data collected with hydrophones and other tools and found that the > songs, which they believe are by males advertising for mates, had > lowered by as much as 30 percent in certain populations. Much of the > song lies at frequencies too low to be detected by the human ear. > The study, though not yet published, has been reviewed by several > experts in the field who, in interviews, called the global decline > ?dramatic,? ?significant,? ?convincing? and ?unequivocal.? > > Scientists cannot explain why blue whales from places as disparate > as the northern Pacific and the Southern Ocean, which surrounds > Antarctica, would drop the pitch of their songs. Each blue whale > population has a distinct tempo and tone set to its vocals. > > John Hildebrand, professor of oceanography at Scripps and an author > of the study, said the drop might signal a rebound in the population > of blue whales since commercial whaling bans began to take effect in > the 1970s. > > Scientists believe that only male blue whales sing. Female blue > whales choose their mates based on size, a selection process that > has fostered the species? gargantuan proportions. And deeper might > signal bigger. > > When populations were smaller, whales may have had to be louder to > make their calls heard. Now, the males might be competing to make > their calls deeper, said Sarah Mesnick, a behavioral ecologist at > the NOAA Fisheries Service and one of the study?s authors. > > ?The idea is, as density increases and there are more individuals > competing to find mates, that we expect the mating display to > change,? Dr. Mesnick said. ?We may be seeing that in two ways with > blue whales: the songs are getting lower and a little less loud.? > > Typically, lower-frequency sounds travel farther. ?But in the blue > whale vocal range, which is 10 hertz to 100 hertz,? said Mark A. > McDonald, the study?s lead researcher and a physicist who > specializes in underwater acoustics, ?there is no practical > difference in the sound transmission properties in the deep ocean.? > And, said Roger Bland, an underwater acoustics expert at San > Francisco State University, ?It?s easier to make a powerful sound at > high frequencies.? > > Blue whale populations could be growing by 5 percent each year, said > Trevor Branch, a fisheries scientist at the University of Washington > > ?s School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences who studies whales. But > the numbers are hard to come by and vary in quality depending on the > population, because blue whales, unlike humpbacks, are elusive and > rarely approach shore. Dr. Branch, who was not associated with the > song study, estimates that there are up to 25,000 blue whales, > compared with perhaps 300,000 before whaling. The number may have > risen from a low of about 10,000 animals. > > The population-rebound explanation, while speculative, is compelling > to David Mellinger, a professor at the Hatfield Marine Science > Center at Oregon State University > who has studied blue whales for the past 16 years. Dr. Mellinger, > who is not part of the study, said, ?It?s hard to see anything that > would have impacted all of those populations and made them all > decrease frequency other than the increase in the population.? > > _______________________________________________ > Channel_islands_naturalist_corps mailing list > Channel_islands_naturalist_corps at rain.org > http://www.rain.org/mailman/listinfo/channel_islands_naturalist_corps > > > > _______________________________________________ > Channel_islands_naturalist_corps mailing list > Channel_islands_naturalist_corps at rain.org > http://www.rain.org/mailman/listinfo/channel_islands_naturalist_corps > _______________________________________________ > Channel_islands_naturalist_corps mailing list > Channel_islands_naturalist_corps at rain.org > http://www.rain.org/mailman/listinfo/channel_islands_naturalist_corps -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dvabbott at verizon.net Wed Aug 27 22:03:29 2008 From: dvabbott at verizon.net (dvabbott) Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2008 22:03:29 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Article: Study says the blue whale's mating call has grown deeper In-Reply-To: Message-ID: I like your two cents....even mo better than mine. Don on 8/27/08 5:13 PM, Marilyn Dannehower at mardanne at silcom.com wrote: > how about the possibility that now whaling has stopped and the Blues are > recovering somewhat, that we have males that are maturing and therfore larger > and their call is getting deeper along with their larger size? > > It seems that nearly all the whales we see are about 70-75 feet long, and are > generally refered to as "sub adults". I asked about that at the last Sea to > Shore lecture in conjunction with the fact that we don't see old whales > washing up on shore dying from old age. I was told that most of the whales > are younger, there are not all that many around that are old, and that perhaps > in 30 years we will see older whales on the beaches. > > ??? > Marilyn Dannehower > > > . ----- Original Message ----- >> >> From: dvabbott >> >> To: Tina Reed ; >> channel_islands_naturalist_corps at rain.org >> >> Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 4:13 PM >> >> Subject: Re: [CINC] Article: Study says the blue whale's mating call has >> grown deeper >> >> >> I?m not a whale expert, but as an engineer I can tell you that lower >> frequency sounds stem from larger systems. >> Look at any pipe organ and you?ll understand the basic principles involved. >> >> My guess is whales (the smartest males) have learned that they?re more apt >> to be successful breeders if they sing at a lower frequency/key. >> A whale of medium size (able to sing in a low key) would be assumed to be >> large. >> The ability to sing in a lower key would allow the whale more opportunities >> to breed w/o being interrupted by other perhaps larger males. >> The largest whales (if they were smart would be able to sing in a still >> lower key) -- but perhaps they?re the slow learners (not unlike some >> football linemen I?ve met). >> >> Just my two cents. >> >> Regards, >> Don >> >> >> >> >> on 8/27/08 1:26 PM, Tina Reed at Tina.Reed at noaa.gov wrote: >> >> >>> http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/29/science/29whale.html?ex=1375070400&en=c4de >>> 2d0154ac0be1&ei=5124&partner=facebook&exprod=facebook >>> >> =c4de2d0154ac0be1&ei=5124&partner=facebook&exprod=facebook> >>> The song of the blue whale, one of the eeriest sounds in the ocean, has >>> mysteriously grown deeper. >>> >>> >> =c4de2d0154ac0be1&ei=5124&partner=facebook&exprod=facebook#secon >>> dParagraph> >>> >>> >> /20080729_WHALE_GRAPHIC.html', '670_430', >>> 'width=670,height=430,location=no,scrollbars=yes,toolbars=no,resizable=yes') >>> > A Quieter Tune >>> >> /20080729_WHALE_GRAPHIC.html', '670_430', >>> 'width=670,height=430,location=no,scrollbars=yes,toolbars=no,resizable=yes') >>> > >>> >>> >>> '); } //--> The calls have been steadily dropping in frequency for seven >>> populations of blue whales around the world over the past 40 years, say >>> researchers at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, the National >>> Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and WhaleAcoustics, a private >>> research company. The scientists analyzed data collected with hydrophones >>> and other tools and found that the songs, which they believe are by males >>> advertising for mates, had lowered by as much as 30 percent in certain >>> populations. Much of the song lies at frequencies too low to be detected by >>> the human ear. >>> The study, though not yet published, has been reviewed by several experts >>> in the field who, in interviews, called the global decline ?dramatic,? >>> ?significant,? ?convincing? and ?unequivocal.? >>> >>> Scientists cannot explain why blue whales from places as disparate as the >>> northern Pacific and the Southern Ocean, which surrounds Antarctica, would >>> drop the pitch of their songs. Each blue whale population has a distinct >>> tempo and tone set to its vocals. >>> >>> John Hildebrand, professor of oceanography at Scripps and an author of the >>> study, said the drop might signal a rebound in the population of blue >>> whales since commercial whaling bans began to take effect in the 1970s. >>> >>> Scientists believe that only male blue whales sing. Female blue whales >>> choose their mates based on size, a selection process that has fostered the >>> species? gargantuan proportions. And deeper might signal bigger. >>> >>> When populations were smaller, whales may have had to be louder to make >>> their calls heard. Now, the males might be competing to make their calls >>> deeper, said Sarah Mesnick, a behavioral ecologist at the NOAA Fisheries >>> Service and one of the study?s authors. >>> >>> ?The idea is, as density increases and there are more individuals competing >>> to find mates, that we expect the mating display to change,? Dr. Mesnick >>> said. ?We may be seeing that in two ways with blue whales: the songs are >>> getting lower and a little less loud.? >>> >>> Typically, lower-frequency sounds travel farther. ?But in the blue whale >>> vocal range, which is 10 hertz to 100 hertz,? said Mark A. McDonald, the >>> study?s lead researcher and a physicist who specializes in underwater >>> acoustics, ?there is no practical difference in the sound transmission >>> properties in the deep ocean.? And, said Roger Bland, an underwater >>> acoustics expert at San Francisco State University, ?It?s easier to make a >>> powerful sound at high frequencies.? >>> >>> Blue whale populations could be growing by 5 percent each year, said Trevor >>> Branch, a fisheries scientist at the University of Washington >>> >> ity_of_washington/index.html?inline=nyt-org> ?s School of Aquatic and >>> Fishery Sciences who studies whales. But the numbers are hard to come by >>> and vary in quality depending on the population, because blue whales, >>> unlike humpbacks, are elusive and rarely approach shore. Dr. Branch, who >>> was not associated with the song study, estimates that there are up to >>> 25,000 blue whales, compared with perhaps 300,000 before whaling. The >>> number may have risen from a low of about 10,000 animals. >>> >>> The population-rebound explanation, while speculative, is compelling to >>> David Mellinger, a professor at the Hatfield Marine Science Center at >>> Oregon State University >>> >> state_university/index.html?inline=nyt-org> who has studied blue whales for >>> the past 16 years. 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Keith From: kensword at cox.net To: mardanne at silcom.com Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:44:32 -0700 CC: channel_islands_naturalist_corps at rain.org Subject: Re: [CINC] Article: Study says the blue whale's mating call has grown deeper Fellow engineer Don's thoughts are well taken, yet my sense it that Marilyn takes it a step further and is on the right track. Each of us, however, and despite our many other good qualifications, are not the experts in this field. So this is very interesting stuff for us and we will keep listening (for those deep down bass notes, ... being a Blues buff, pun intended, and as apparently the lady Blues do, love that bass). Ken Tatro On Aug 27, 2008, at 5:13 PM, Marilyn Dannehower wrote:how about the possibility that now whaling has stopped and the Blues are recovering somewhat, that we have males that are maturing and therfore larger and their call is getting deeper along with their larger size? It seems that nearly all the whales we see are about 70-75 feet long, and are generally refered to as 'sub adults'. I asked about that at the last Sea to Shore lecture in conjunction with the fact that we don't see old whales washing up on shore dying from old age. I was told that most of the whales are younger, there are not all that many around that are old, and that perhaps in 30 years we will see older whales on the beaches. ???Marilyn Dannehower .----- Original Message -----From: dvabbottTo: Tina Reed ; channel_islands_naturalist_corps at rain.orgSent: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 4:13 PMSubject: Re: [CINC] Article: Study says the blue whale's mating call has grown deeper I?m not a whale expert, but as an engineer I can tell you that lower frequency sounds stem from larger systems. Look at any pipe organ and you?ll understand the basic principles involved. My guess is whales (the smartest males) have learned that they?re more apt to be successful breeders if they sing at a lower frequency/key. A whale of medium size (able to sing in a low key) would be assumed to be large. The ability to sing in a lower key would allow the whale more opportunities to breed w/o being interrupted by other perhaps larger males. The largest whales (if they were smart would be able to sing in a still lower key) -- but perhaps they?re the slow learners (not unlike some football linemen I?ve met). Just my two cents. Regards, Don on 8/27/08 1:26 PM, Tina Reed at Tina.Reed at noaa.gov wrote: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/29/science/29whale.html?ex=1375070400&en=c4de2d0154ac0be1&ei=5124&partner=facebook&exprod=facebook The song of the blue whale, one of the eeriest sounds in the ocean, has mysteriously grown deeper. A Quieter Tune '); } //--> The calls have been steadily dropping in frequency for seven populations of blue whales around the world over the past 40 years, say researchers at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and WhaleAcoustics, a private research company. The scientists analyzed data collected with hydrophones and other tools and found that the songs, which they believe are by males advertising for mates, had lowered by as much as 30 percent in certain populations. Much of the song lies at frequencies too low to be detected by the human ear. The study, though not yet published, has been reviewed by several experts in the field who, in interviews, called the global decline ?dramatic,? ?significant,? ?convincing? and ?unequivocal.? Scientists cannot explain why blue whales from places as disparate as the northern Pacific and the Southern Ocean, which surrounds Antarctica, would drop the pitch of their songs. Each blue whale population has a distinct tempo and tone set to its vocals. John Hildebrand, professor of oceanography at Scripps and an author of the study, said the drop might signal a rebound in the population of blue whales since commercial whaling bans began to take effect in the 1970s. Scientists believe that only male blue whales sing. Female blue whales choose their mates based on size, a selection process that has fostered the species? gargantuan proportions. And deeper might signal bigger. When populations were smaller, whales may have had to be louder to make their calls heard. Now, the males might be competing to make their calls deeper, said Sarah Mesnick, a behavioral ecologist at the NOAA Fisheries Service and one of the study?s authors. ?The idea is, as density increases and there are more individuals competing to find mates, that we expect the mating display to change,? Dr. Mesnick said. ?We may be seeing that in two ways with blue whales: the songs are getting lower and a little less loud.? Typically, lower-frequency sounds travel farther. ?But in the blue whale vocal range, which is 10 hertz to 100 hertz,? said Mark A. McDonald, the study?s lead researcher and a physicist who specializes in underwater acoustics, ?there is no practical difference in the sound transmission properties in the deep ocean.? And, said Roger Bland, an underwater acoustics expert at San Francisco State University, ?It?s easier to make a powerful sound at high frequencies.? Blue whale populations could be growing by 5 percent each year, said Trevor Branch, a fisheries scientist at the University of Washington ?s School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences who studies whales. But the numbers are hard to come by and vary in quality depending on the population, because blue whales, unlike humpbacks, are elusive and rarely approach shore. Dr. Branch, who was not associated with the song study, estimates that there are up to 25,000 blue whales, compared with perhaps 300,000 before whaling. The number may have risen from a low of about 10,000 animals. The population-rebound explanation, while speculative, is compelling to David Mellinger, a professor at the Hatfield Marine Science Center at Oregon State University who has studied blue whales for the past 16 years. Dr. Mellinger, who is not part of the study, said, ?It?s hard to see anything that would have impacted all of those populations and made them all decrease frequency other than the increase in the population.? _______________________________________________ Channel_islands_naturalist_corps mailing list Channel_islands_naturalist_corps at rain.org http://www.rain.org/mailman/listinfo/channel_islands_naturalist_corps _______________________________________________ Channel_islands_naturalist_corps mailing list Channel_islands_naturalist_corps at rain.org http://www.rain.org/mailman/listinfo/channel_islands_naturalist_corps _______________________________________________ Channel_islands_naturalist_corps mailing list Channel_islands_naturalist_corps at rain.org http://www.rain.org/mailman/listinfo/channel_islands_naturalist_corps _________________________________________________________________ Be the filmmaker you always wanted to be?learn how to burn a DVD with Windows?. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/108588797/direct/01/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From vfo at mindspring.com Fri Aug 29 17:28:53 2008 From: vfo at mindspring.com (Valerie Olson) Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2008 17:28:53 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Thursday on the Condor Message-ID: Sightings for yesterday ... ? 1 Juvenile Humpback... two breaches, some spy hops and lots of playing around ? 2 pods of commons ... last one about 100. Seas have calmed ... not so rough as earlier in the week! Valerie Olson, Keith Hale and Cubby Winkel (Photo ID0 From scott at scottcuzzo.com Fri Aug 29 18:54:28 2008 From: scott at scottcuzzo.com (Scott Cuzzo) Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:54:28 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Article: Study says the blue whale's mating call has grown deeper-- A lighter note In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <0B451F25-9C94-489C-ABD2-3CA8A5937CD2@scottcuzzo.com> Best answer yet!!! Scott Cuzzo On Aug 29, 2008, at 10:15 AM, Keith Grey Hale wrote: > Maybe some one turned them onto Barry White. You know how it makes > the ladies swoon!! > > Keith > > From: kensword at cox.net > To: mardanne at silcom.com > Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:44:32 -0700 > CC: channel_islands_naturalist_corps at rain.org > Subject: Re: [CINC] Article: Study says the blue whale's mating > call has grown deeper > > Fellow engineer Don's thoughts are well taken, yet my sense it that > Marilyn takes it a step further and is on the right track. Each of > us, however, and despite our many other good qualifications, are > not the experts in this field. So this is very interesting stuff > for us and we will keep listening (for those deep down bass > notes, ... being a Blues buff, pun intended, and as apparently the > lady Blues do, love that bass). > > Ken Tatro > > > On Aug 27, 2008, at 5:13 PM, Marilyn Dannehower wrote: > > how about the possibility that now whaling has stopped and the > Blues are recovering somewhat, that we have males that are maturing > and therfore larger and their call is getting deeper along with > their larger size? > > It seems that nearly all the whales we see are about 70-75 feet > long, and are generally refered to as 'sub adults'. I asked about > that at the last Sea to Shore lecture in conjunction with the fact > that we don't see old whales washing up on shore dying from old > age. I was told that most of the whales are younger, there are not > all that many around that are old, and that perhaps in 30 years we > will see older whales on the beaches. > > ??? > Marilyn Dannehower > > > .----- Original Message ----- > From: dvabbott > To: Tina Reed ; channel_islands_naturalist_corps at rain.org > Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 4:13 PM > Subject: Re: [CINC] Article: Study says the blue whale's mating > call has grown deeper > > I?m not a whale expert, but as an engineer I can tell you that > lower frequency sounds stem from larger systems. > Look at any pipe organ and you?ll understand the basic principles > involved. > > My guess is whales (the smartest males) have learned that they?re > more apt to be successful breeders if they sing at a lower > frequency/key. > A whale of medium size (able to sing in a low key) would be assumed > to be large. > The ability to sing in a lower key would allow the whale more > opportunities to breed w/o being interrupted by other perhaps > larger males. > The largest whales (if they were smart would be able to sing in a > still lower key) -- but perhaps they?re the slow learners (not > unlike some football linemen I?ve met). > > Just my two cents. > > Regards, > Don > > > > > on 8/27/08 1:26 PM, Tina Reed at Tina.Reed at noaa.gov wrote: > > http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/29/science/29whale.html? > ex=1375070400&en=c4de2d0154ac0be1&ei=5124&partner=facebook&exprod=face > book > The song of the blue whale, one of the eeriest sounds in the ocean, > has mysteriously grown deeper. > ex=1375070400&en=c4de2d0154ac0be1&ei=5124&partner=facebook > &exprod=facebook#secondParagraph> > 2008/07/29/science/20080729_WHALE_GRAPHIC.html','670_430', > 'width=670,height=430,location=no,scrollbars=yes,toolbars=no,resizable > =yes')> A Quieter Tune www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2008/07/29/science/ > 20080729_WHALE_GRAPHIC.html','670_430', > 'width=670,height=430,location=no,scrollbars=yes,toolbars=no,resizable > =yes')> > > > '); } //--> The calls have been steadily dropping in frequency for > seven populations of blue whales around the world over the past 40 > years, say researchers at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, > the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and > WhaleAcoustics, a private research company. The scientists analyzed > data collected with hydrophones and other tools and found that the > songs, which they believe are by males advertising for mates, had > lowered by as much as 30 percent in certain populations. Much of > the song lies at frequencies too low to be detected by the human ear. > The study, though not yet published, has been reviewed by several > experts in the field who, in interviews, called the global decline > ?dramatic,? ?significant,? ?convincing? and ?unequivocal.? > > Scientists cannot explain why blue whales from places as disparate > as the northern Pacific and the Southern Ocean, which surrounds > Antarctica, would drop the pitch of their songs. Each blue whale > population has a distinct tempo and tone set to its vocals. > > John Hildebrand, professor of oceanography at Scripps and an author > of the study, said the drop might signal a rebound in the > population of blue whales since commercial whaling bans began to > take effect in the 1970s. > > Scientists believe that only male blue whales sing. Female blue > whales choose their mates based on size, a selection process that > has fostered the species? gargantuan proportions. And deeper might > signal bigger. > > When populations were smaller, whales may have had to be louder to > make their calls heard. Now, the males might be competing to make > their calls deeper, said Sarah Mesnick, a behavioral ecologist at > the NOAA Fisheries Service and one of the study?s authors. > > ?The idea is, as density increases and there are more individuals > competing to find mates, that we expect the mating display to > change,? Dr. Mesnick said. ?We may be seeing that in two ways with > blue whales: the songs are getting lower and a little less loud.? > > Typically, lower-frequency sounds travel farther. ?But in the blue > whale vocal range, which is 10 hertz to 100 hertz,? said Mark A. > McDonald, the study?s lead researcher and a physicist who > specializes in underwater acoustics, ?there is no practical > difference in the sound transmission properties in the deep ocean.? > And, said Roger Bland, an underwater acoustics expert at San > Francisco State University, ?It?s easier to make a powerful sound > at high frequencies.? > > Blue whale populations could be growing by 5 percent each year, > said Trevor Branch, a fisheries scientist at the University of > Washington organizations/u/university_of_washington/index.html?inline=nyt-org> > ?s School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences who studies whales. But > the numbers are hard to come by and vary in quality depending on > the population, because blue whales, unlike humpbacks, are elusive > and rarely approach shore. Dr. Branch, who was not associated with > the song study, estimates that there are up to 25,000 blue whales, > compared with perhaps 300,000 before whaling. The number may have > risen from a low of about 10,000 animals. > > The population-rebound explanation, while speculative, is > compelling to David Mellinger, a professor at the Hatfield Marine > Science Center at Oregon State University top/reference/timestopics/organizations/o/oregon_state_university/ > index.html?inline=nyt-org> who has studied blue whales for the past > 16 years. Dr. Mellinger, who is not part of the study, said, ?It?s > hard to see anything that would have impacted all of those > populations and made them all decrease frequency other than the > increase in the population.? > > _______________________________________________ > Channel_islands_naturalist_corps mailing list > Channel_islands_naturalist_corps at rain.org > http://www.rain.org/mailman/listinfo/channel_islands_naturalist_corps > > > > _______________________________________________ > Channel_islands_naturalist_corps mailing list > Channel_islands_naturalist_corps at rain.org > http://www.rain.org/mailman/listinfo/channel_islands_naturalist_corps > _______________________________________________ > Channel_islands_naturalist_corps mailing list > Channel_islands_naturalist_corps at rain.org > http://www.rain.org/mailman/listinfo/channel_islands_naturalist_corps > > > Be the filmmaker you always wanted to be?learn how to burn a DVD > with Windows?. Make your smash hit > _______________________________________________ > Channel_islands_naturalist_corps mailing list > Channel_islands_naturalist_corps at rain.org > http://www.rain.org/mailman/listinfo/channel_islands_naturalist_corps -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From scott at scottcuzzo.com Fri Aug 29 19:21:02 2008 From: scott at scottcuzzo.com (Scott Cuzzo) Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:21:02 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Friday, Condor Express Message-ID: 1 blue whale multiple sightings of common dolphins >>>>> About 30 passengers on the Condor today, along with Marty Flam, Alan Prichard (PID) and myself. Personally I enjoyed the small, but passionate and enthusiastic smaller group. Nearly everyone on the boat seemed to be really glad to be there, and really enjoyed our sighting of the blue whale. The whale was found near "the gap", and seemed to be traveling, at least at first. The first two dives were 5 minutes. The next couple dives were quick, about 2-3 minutes. The then whale turned direction and stayed at the surface, fairly close to us. Everyone got great views at this point, seeing the blue thru the water. After this, the whale went for a much longer dive, and we departed. As usual, there were numerous encounters with common dolphins, the biggest pod being about 400-500. There were tons of little ones. Really little ones. Why is it that anything little is automatically cute??? Seas were relatively calm and the day was warm. Passengers were from Canada, the UK, and various U.S. states. Numerous passengers expressed how grateful they were for the contribution of the naturalists, which reminded me how important it is what we do. Even if we never take this volunteer opportunity for granted, it's still easy to forget that for many, this might their ONLY opportunity to see a whale, and that hopes and expectations can be very high. One couple from Canada were here to see a blue whale for the first time, and their hopes were VERY high. I did NOT tell them that I had paid my own hard-earned money on Monday to NOT see whales. (Ouch!) Nor did I mention that whales were not seen on Tuesday either. Each day is new and holds it's own promises and secrets, if we can wait for them to unfold. Keep an eye out for the big ones... Scott Cuzzo From sally.eagle at cox.net Sat Aug 30 17:19:19 2008 From: sally.eagle at cox.net (Sally Eagle) Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2008 16:19:19 -0800 Subject: [CINC] a different perspective on Whale watching Message-ID: <20080830232259.WIFS6684.fed1rmmtao102.cox.net@fed1rmimpo02.cox.net> I received this today.... Island Whale Watch-Harlequin Duck Birders, Yesterday (Aug 28), Allison and I went whale watching/birding with Island Packers crossing through the Santa Barbara Channel and skirting San Miguel, Santa Rosa, and Santa Cruz Islands. In the harbor we saw (2) Surfbirds, (2) Black turnstones, and a single Whimbrel, along with the regulars. Upon leaving the harbor, we picked up our first pelagic birds which included singles of Parasitic and Pomarine Jaegers. Throughout the day, we would end up seeing (45) Pink-footed, (3) Sooty, and (4) Black-vented Shearwaters. Terns were quite distant and left as Tern sp. The highlight for the day was a Harlequin Duck at San Miguel Island. The trip also provided great views of Humpback whales and Common and Risso's dolphins. Good Birding Robert Ventura, CA enlarge enlarge About the map MultimedialistenPlay sound from this species Menu 1. Cool Facts A bird of fast-moving water, the Harlequin Duck breeds on fast-flowing streams and winters along rocky coastlines in the crashing surf. Medium-sized diving duck. White patch in front of eyes. Round white ear spot. Male dark slate-blue with reddish brown sides and odd white patches and spots. 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