From diver23 at cox.net Thu May 1 10:31:42 2008 From: diver23 at cox.net (Kevin Bailey) Date: Thu, 1 May 2008 10:31:42 -0700 Subject: [CINC] shark fin soup Message-ID: <00e601c8abb1$38671560$6500a8c0@BAILEY> I remember Disney planning to sell shark fin soup in its new Asian park a few years back and the huge outcry. I remember sending a scathing e-mail and Disney ended up pulling the soup from all their parks because they got millions of letters / e-mails etc. Here is a restaurant in the USA selling Shark Fin Soup - I encourage you to e-mail the restaurant in protest; I just did! Article from CNN.com: Forbidden foods Jaws: A pricey snack Shark fins Banned in: The U.S. Shark fin soup, a Chinese delicacy, was once an indulgence only the very rich could afford. However, as Asian economies have grown, more people are serving the soup at weddings, banquets, and other celebrations. While expensive - one bowl in the U.S. might cost as much as $100 - shark fin soup is not illegal. However, "shark finning"- cutting the fins off a shark and then dumping the carcass back into the ocean - is prohibited in U.S. waters. Fishermen covet shark fins for their high market price, but other shark meat has little value; in addition, the fins, dried in the sun, are easy to transport, while whole sharks are not. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Shark Finning Prohibition Act, enacted in 2000, fins can only comprise 5% of a fisherman's total shark haul; the Coast Guard, NOAA, and state officials enforce this rule at sea and at the docks. Most shark fins are exported to Hong Kong and other Asian cities, although some make their way to American Chinatowns or Asian specialty markets. Prized for its medicinal properties, shark's fin soup is actually fairly simple: chicken stock, mushrooms, scallions, some spices, and the fin itself, its cartilaginous flesh boiled until tender. Dying to try it for yourself? Head to Stella! restaurant in New Orleans, where it's a signature ingredient. http://www.restaurantstella.com/ they actually have a video of the chef making shark fin soup - unbelievable !! Kevin Bailey -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Clare.Fritzsche at noaa.gov Thu May 1 11:07:03 2008 From: Clare.Fritzsche at noaa.gov (Clare.Fritzsche) Date: Thu, 01 May 2008 11:07:03 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Last minute sub needed for DD today and May 10 Message-ID: <481A06C7.4050306@noaa.gov> Greetings, Naturalists! If you are free this afternoon and would like to be the volunteer on the noon and/or 3pm trips for the Double Dolphin, please let me know. We have a last minute cancellation. Kindly call me on my cell phone at 729-0127. May 10 on the Double Dolphin is also available. Please let me know if you would like to go. Thanks! Clare -- Clare Fritzsche Volunteer Administration Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary Channel Islands National Park Schedule for week of April 28: MON-WED: 8am-12pm & 2-6pm, Santa Barbara: (805) 966-7107 x366 THU: 9:15am-10:30pm, Oxnard: (805) 382-6149 x105 2-6pm, Santa Barbara: (805) 966-7107 x366 FRI: 8am-12pm & 2-6pm, Santa Barbara: (805) 966-7107 x366 Please call my cell phone if need be: (805) 729-0127 FAX: (805) 568-1582 From bhrian at cox.net Thu May 1 13:13:29 2008 From: bhrian at cox.net (Bhrian Resnik) Date: Thu, 1 May 2008 13:13:29 -0700 Subject: [CINC] need coverage for Capt. Don's whale watching May13 Message-ID: <000f01c8abc7$d2a30600$77e91200$@net> Hi Everyone, I'm scheduled for the noon shift as well as the 3:00pm (if they go) on Capt. Don's Speed Twin out of Stern"s Warf on Tues. May 13th. Please let me know if you are interested in taking this assignment. Thanks, Brian Resnik -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The Presidential order described the islands as containing "fossils of Pleistocene elephants, ancient trees and noteworthy examples of ancient volsanism [sic], deposition and active sea erosion in addition to other objects of geological and scientific interest. -- 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... 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He or she kept circling the boat and rolling on its side then would come up near the stern and swim under the boat and come up again on the sides. It was around 70ft long and what a great way to start the season with a friendly Blue. We had an island to see so we left him, but like a dolphin, this Blue started its chase and paced us for a short time then we pulled away, hope to see him again. While nearing Santa Cruz there were five humpbacks all feeding in a close area, two cow calfs. Then in a 100 feet of water off of the rivermouth near Prisoners Harbor pier there was another cow calf. Great day. I know I am not a naturalist. But I had to pass along the great news! Keep an eye out for the big ones. Capt. Anthony Lombardi Island Packers From pollyblackburn at charter.net Thu May 1 21:19:54 2008 From: pollyblackburn at charter.net (Polly Blackburn) Date: Thu, 01 May 2008 21:19:54 -0700 Subject: [CINC] I can take DD May 10 - Polly Message-ID: If not already taken, I can do this trip on Saturday, May 10. Let me know. Polly Blackburn From carole at earthlink.net Thu May 1 22:17:43 2008 From: carole at earthlink.net (Carole Rosales) Date: Thu, 1 May 2008 22:17:43 -0700 Subject: [CINC] FW: April 30 on the Double Dolphin Message-ID: <410-220085525174315@earthlink.net> Carole Rosales carole at earthlink.net Home:805 482 0259 Cell:805 405 1681 ----- Original Message ----- From: Carole Rosales To: Arthur Elfenbein;Betsy Manninen;Araceli Dominguez Sent: 5/1/2008 10:05:40 PM Subject: April 30 on the Double Dolphin 14 passengers on both the 11:30 and 2:30 trips. No marine mammals sighted except the sea lions on the bouy. Many countries were represented among the passengers. The lack of animal sightings did not decrease the enthusiasm for the ride. Great crew, awesome sunny day with nice swells for my first trip on the DD! carole rosales Carole Rosales carole at earthlink.net Home:805 482 0259 Cell:805 405 1681 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From cathycsandoval at gmail.com Thu May 1 22:39:48 2008 From: cathycsandoval at gmail.com (Cathy Sandoval) Date: Thu, 1 May 2008 22:39:48 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Speed Twin 5/1 Message-ID: An Er cow/calf pair just outside the harbor, at noon. We followed Mom and Baby for almost the entire trip. Cruising slowly seemed appropriate, as we had aboard 13 folks from an assisted living facility. The greys were very close to the shore. When we got off Henry's they slowed. A shark suddenly jumped out of the water ( I didn't see it, but crewmember Donny and a local did). Mom abruptly turned around and led her calf right into very shallow beach waters, where they stayed for 10 minutes or so. Mom was stressed and flapping around, in barely enough water to move in! People started to gather on shore. It was a relief to see them head back out and west again, at a much faster pace than earlier. The 3:00 was a no-go. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From carole at earthlink.net Fri May 2 05:42:21 2008 From: carole at earthlink.net (Carole Rosales) Date: Fri, 2 May 2008 05:42:21 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Double Dolphin 4/30 Message-ID: <410-22008552124221140@earthlink.net> 14 passengers on both the 11:30 and 2:30 trips. No marine mammals sighted except the sea lions on the buoy. Many countries were represented among the passengers. The lack of animal sightings did not decrease the enthusiasm for the ride. 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Clare -- Clare Fritzsche Volunteer Administration Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary Channel Islands National Park Schedule for week of April 28: MON-WED: 8am-12pm & 2-6pm, Santa Barbara: (805) 966-7107 x366 THU: 9:15am-10:30pm, Oxnard: (805) 382-6149 x105 2-6pm, Santa Barbara: (805) 966-7107 x366 FRI: 8am-12pm & 2-6pm, Santa Barbara: (805) 966-7107 x366 Please call my cell phone if need be: (805) 729-0127 FAX: (805) 568-1582 From Clare.Fritzsche at noaa.gov Fri May 2 14:18:41 2008 From: Clare.Fritzsche at noaa.gov (Clare Fritzsche) Date: Fri, 02 May 2008 14:18:41 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Black Abalone From Shore To Sea Lecture May 13 & 14 Message-ID: <481B8531.5040108@noaa.gov> If you attend this From Shore to Sea lecture, please include it on your CINC timesheet. > > May 2, 2008 > For Immediate Release > Yvonne Menard, Channel Islands National Park (805) 658-5725 > Shauna Bingham, Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary (805) > 382-6149 ext.102 > > Black Abalone on the Channel Islands Teeter Towards Extinction > > During the May "From Shore to/ /Sea" lecture Channel Islands National > Park marine biologist Dan Richards will discuss his research of the > black abalone---a species that was once among the most abundant > shellfish along the California coastline and today is struggling to > survive. > > Black abalone once dominated the rocky intertidal zone where the surf > meets the shoreline. In his presentation Richards will describe how > the once productive abalone fishery, with densities of 100 abalone per > meter, declined as commercial harvests dropped 95% on the northern > Channel Islands between 1972 and 1992. By 1993 the entire California > black abalone fishery was closed. > > Richard's research identified mass mortalities of black abalone that > began to occur in 1986, eventually resulting in over a 99% decline of > this valuable mollusk. Richards will explain how data he collected as > part of the park's intertidal monitoring program revealed the average > number of black abalone had declined to only 0.09 abalone per meter by > 1998 with nearly all of the survivors concentrated at San Miguel > Island. In 2007 the National Marine Fisheries Service was petitioned > to list black abalone under the federal Endangered Species Act. > > Richards manages the marine monitoring program for the National Park > Service at Channel Islands National Park. He earned degrees in marine > biology from the University of California at Santa Barbara and > Humboldt State University. He served as a member of the science panel > for the Channel Islands marine reserve process and most recently > worked on the multi-agency Status Review Team for black abalone to > evaluate its current status. > > The "From Shore to Sea" lecture series is jointly sponsored by Channel > Islands National Park and Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary > with generous support from Santa Barbara Maritime Museum. The purpose > of the series is to further the understanding of research on the > Channel Islands and surrounding waters. The lectures will occur at > 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, May 13, 2008, at Santa Barbara Maritime Museum, > 113 Harbor Way in the Santa Barbara Harbor and Wednesday, May 14, > 2008, at the Channel Islands National Park Robert J. Lagomarsino > Visitor Center, 1901 Spinnaker Drive in the Ventura Harbor. 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Clare -- Clare Fritzsche Volunteer Administration Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary Channel Islands National Park Schedule for week of April 28: MON-WED: 8am-12pm & 2-6pm, Santa Barbara: (805) 966-7107 x366 THU: 9:15am-10:30pm, Oxnard: (805) 382-6149 x105 2-6pm, Santa Barbara: (805) 966-7107 x366 FRI: 8am-12pm & 2-6pm, Santa Barbara: (805) 966-7107 x366 Please call my cell phone if need be: (805) 729-0127 FAX: (805) 568-1582 From Clare.Fritzsche at noaa.gov Fri May 2 16:19:31 2008 From: Clare.Fritzsche at noaa.gov (Clare Fritzsche) Date: Fri, 02 May 2008 16:19:31 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Research Activities Panel meeting May 12 Message-ID: <481BA183.5010207@noaa.gov> A PUBLIC MEETING NOTICE distributed by the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary on behalf of the Research Activities Panel of the Sanctuary Advisory Council ------------------------------------------------------------ Research Activities Panel a working group of the channel islands national marine sanctuary advisory council /meeting jointly with the/ Channel Islands Marine Science Committee *Monday May 12, 2008* *9:00 am -- 1:00 pm* *2^nd Floor Conference Room* *Marine** Science Research Building*** *University** of California, Santa Barbara* *DRAFT MEETING AGENDA* */All times are estimated and may be adjusted. Meeting is open to public observation./*// *9:00am 1. Round table introductions and brief research updates* *9:45am 2. CINMS announcements by Research Staff* *10:00am 3. Ocean Acidification* *A. Review Conservation Working Group's Draft Ocean Acidification Document*, Presentation by Shiva Polefka (35 min) *B. Review CINMS' Carbon Budget Proposal*, Presentation by Dr. Steve Katz (10 min) *10:45am 4. Review Black Abalone Draft Status Review Report for proposed ESA listing, *presented Barb Taylor, SWFSC *11:15am 5. Review SAC Blue Whale Subcommittee on Large Cetaceans and Shipping progress*, Presentation by Dr. Steve Katz *11:45am 6. Update on Bight '08 Activities*, provided by Dr. Steve Katz *12:15pm* *7. Discussion of California's Draft Coastal Impact Assistance Plan*, presented by Dr. Jenn Caselle *12:30pm 8. Discussion of RAP membership* * 12:45pm 9. Closing discussion* *1**:00pm 10. Adjourn* _Driving Directions: _ Traveling north on Highway 101: Take the Airport/UCSB exit (Highway 217) off U.S. 101 approximately eight miles north of Santa Barbara to the campus East Gate. Traveling south on Highway 101: Take the Storke Road/Glen Annie Road exit off U.S. 101 approximately twelve miles north of Santa Barbara. Turn right on Storke Road and proceed two miles to El Colegio Road. Turn left on El Colegio Road and proceed to the campus West Gate entrance. _Building Location: _ The Marine Science Research Building is located on Lagoon Road, near the East Gate, facing the ocean (see attached map). _ _ _Parking Information:_ Visitors must purchase and display a parking permit. Please park in a designated "C" parking lot or parking structure. Permits are sold at the self-pay machines in each lot and parking structure. Fees: Monday-Friday (7:30am-5:00pm) - $5.00 for 3 hours or $8.00 for the entire day -- ........................................................... Dani Lipski Research Specialist Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary 113 Harbor Way, Suite 150 Santa Barbara, CA 93109-2315 805-966-7107 x422 (phone) 805-568-1582 (fax) danielle.lipski at noaa.gov http://channelislands.noaa.gov/ -- Clare Fritzsche Volunteer Administration Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary Channel Islands National Park Schedule for week of May 5: MON-WED: 8am-4pm, Santa Barbara: (805) 966-7107 x366 THU: 9:15am-2:15pm, 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 FAX: (805) 568-1582 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From tara_brown_sb at yahoo.com Fri May 2 21:24:03 2008 From: tara_brown_sb at yahoo.com (TARA BROWN) Date: Fri, 2 May 2008 21:24:03 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [CINC] Condor Express 5-2 Re: Captain Don's 5-2 In-Reply-To: <284011.44787.qm@web83006.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <281007.72568.qm@web90603.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Ditto with Captain Don's trip. 3 humpbacks & an incredible (350 would be my estimate) feeding frenzy of sea lions. I have never seen this many sea lions together at one time! Not only were we able to see the most amazing reunion of sea lions, but the water was so clear we could see the blooms of krill or maybe they were the just the left-overs from the sea lions feast. Some of the people on the trip thought they saw shimmering scales of fish in the billowing debris in the water. And then, blow from a humpback right in the middle of the sea lions! The most incredible photo --- that a group of film makers from LA promised to send to me. One passenger from British Columbia is attending a Wildlife Rescue training for two days in Goleta this week-end. Does anyone know about these events? She said they are all over North America from Canada to Florida and beyond. Great fun with Laura Shelton (a newbie) and Caroline McClosekey (volunteer since 1997 doing photo ID) Thanks for this opportunity. - Tara Brown CAROLE POTZMANN wrote: 12:00 trip found 6 Humpbacks and large (500 plus) raft of Sea Lions. 15:00 cancelled Beautiful day on the ocean...small group of passengers happy with the sightings. The crew was amazed at the number of Sea Lions as they had never seen this many at one time. _______________________________________________ Channel_islands_naturalist_corps mailing list Channel_islands_naturalist_corps at rain.org http://www.rain.org/mailman/listinfo/channel_islands_naturalist_corps --------------------------------- Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. 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Peace, Scott From sally.eagle at cox.net Sat May 3 22:50:52 2008 From: sally.eagle at cox.net (Sally Eagle) Date: Sat, 3 May 2008 21:50:52 -0800 Subject: [CINC] CX 05/03/08 Message-ID: <20080504045347.YIXP10668.fed1rmmtao107.cox.net@fed1rmimpo01.cox.net> Condor Express Saturday, 05/03/08 3 trips: 900, 1200, 1500 8 Humpbacks (including ?Rope? on the 1500 trip), sea lions, pacific white sides, commons, more sea lions, hundreds of sea lions, 2 Xantus?s Murrelets, and 3 harbor seals on the bait barge. Most activity in the 34? 17.20 119? 41.27 vicinity, all day The Channel is filled with bait and all those that love to eat bait fish. The ocean is clear and cold. Big swells but not all that much wind. This morning two lively humps perfected their breaching, performing together, side by side. Could you hear the whoops on shore? Certainly every creature in the water heard or felt the impact when those two hit the water. I don?t think anyone captured it on camera, but none of us will forget it. For humpback tricks today John Kuizenga and I tallied: 1 double (duo) breach 2 single (solo) breaches 1 spy hop 4 pec slaps 5 tail throws Flukes too numerous to count Lots of trumpeting And, yes, the multitudes of sea lions did their versions of all of the above. However, not all the visitors to the Channel are humpbacks --- there are many tourists from ?away? spending their Euros in Santa Barbara and exploring the bounty of our waters. We may have to add a foreign language component to the CINC training. As ever, a wonderful day ..on one of the last trips of the gray whale season. BTW Bob Perry was out photographing the 9:00 and 12:00 trips. He says he will have those photos posted on his website by Monday. You can see the fun for yourselves. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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It looks like there is another naturalist signed up, also. I'm going to volunteer for the Sunday trips, instead... Karen Sullivan From pollyblackburn at charter.net Sun May 4 16:41:11 2008 From: pollyblackburn at charter.net (Polly Blackburn) Date: Sun, 04 May 2008 16:41:11 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Sad Day for San Simeon Elephant Seals Message-ID: You probably know by now, but here is a web link to the news story I just heard this AM. http://www.ksby.com/Global/story.asp?S=8267323 From imme at hellokitty.com Sun May 4 18:12:06 2008 From: imme at hellokitty.com (Imme Spencer) Date: Mon, 5 May 2008 09:12:06 +0800 Subject: [CINC] SUB NEEDED Tuesday 5/6 Double Dolphin Message-ID: <20080505011206.6A9FB233CE@ws5-3.us4.outblaze.com> SUB NEEDED for Double Dolphins 12:00 to 2:30 pm and 3:00 to 5:30 trip Anyone?? Please contact Clare if you could fill in my spots, I am down with the flu-bug thats been going around. Thank you sooo much. 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 carolepotzmann at sbcglobal.net Sun May 4 21:12:56 2008 From: carolepotzmann at sbcglobal.net (CAROLE POTZMANN) Date: Sun, 4 May 2008 21:12:56 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [CINC] Fwd: Speed Twin 5-4-08 Message-ID: <612847.44192.qm@web83005.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Note: forwarded message attached. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- An embedded message was scrubbed... From: CAROLE POTZMANN Subject: Fwd: Speed Twin 5-4-08 Date: Sun, 4 May 2008 21:08:49 -0700 (PDT) Size: 2845 URL: From Clare.Fritzsche at noaa.gov Mon May 5 09:45:19 2008 From: Clare.Fritzsche at noaa.gov (Clare Fritzsche) Date: Mon, 05 May 2008 09:45:19 -0700 Subject: [CINC] CINC volunteer Catherine French wins award Message-ID: <481F399F.4010702@noaa.gov> Congratulations to Catherine French for receiving the 2007 Yachtswoman Excellence Award from the Yacht Racing Union of Southern California. This is the THIRD time she has received it. Catherine was cited for her stewardship via the CINC as on of the reasons she was selected. http://www.thelog.com/news/logNewsArticle.aspx?x=6711 -- Clare Fritzsche Volunteer Administration Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary Channel Islands National Park Schedule for week of May 5: MON-WED: 8am-4pm, Santa Barbara: (805) 966-7107 x366 THU: 9:15am-2:15pm, 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 FAX: (805) 568-1582 From mr.zalophus at gmail.com Mon May 5 10:59:53 2008 From: mr.zalophus at gmail.com (Mr Zalophus) Date: Mon, 5 May 2008 10:59:53 -0700 Subject: [CINC] CX 05/03/08 In-Reply-To: <20080504045347.YIXP10668.fed1rmmtao107.cox.net@fed1rmimpo01.cox.net> References: <20080504045347.YIXP10668.fed1rmmtao107.cox.net@fed1rmimpo01.cox.net> Message-ID: Among the mobs of California sea lions that several naturalists reported seeing last weekend, some were "branded" with large, 4-digit numbers. Even Capt. Dave Beezer, who volunteers at the rescue center near Gaviota, did not know what research institution marked the sea lions like this. Does anyone have any information about who's responsible for this sea lion marking method? Is there a website? Bob Perry Photos of sea lion acres and "branded" individuals are posted on my website: http://www.MarineBioPhotography.com Under the section for the Condor Express, 2008 05-03 trip. ---------------- -------------- On 5/3/08, Sally Eagle wrote: > > Condor Express > > Saturday, 05/03/08 > > 3 trips: 900, 1200, 1500 > > 8 Humpbacks (including "Rope" on the 1500 trip), sea lions, pacific white > sides, commons, more sea lions, hundreds of sea lions, 2 Xantus's Murrelets, > and 3 harbor seals on the bait barge. > > Most activity in the 34? 17.20 119? 41.27 vicinity, all day > > > > > > > > The Channel is filled with bait and all those that love to eat bait fish. > The ocean is clear and cold. Big swells but not all that much wind. > > > > This morning two lively humps perfected their breaching, performing > together, side by side. Could you hear the whoops on shore? Certainly every > creature in the water heard or felt the impact when those two hit the water. > I don't think anyone captured it on camera, but none of us will forget it. > > > > For humpback tricks today John Kuizenga and I tallied: > > 1 double (duo) breach > > 2 single (solo) breaches > > 1 spy hop > > 4 pec slaps > > 5 tail throws > > Flukes too numerous to count > > Lots of trumpeting > > > > And, yes, the multitudes of sea lions did their versions of all of the > above. > > > > However, not all the visitors to the Channel are humpbacks --- there are > many tourists from "away" spending their Euros in Santa Barbara and > exploring the bounty of our waters. We may have to add a foreign language > component to the CINC training. > > > > As ever, a wonderful day???..on one of the last trips of *the gray whale > season.* > > * * > > *BTW Bob Perry was out photographing the 9:00 and 12:00 trips. He says he > will have those photos posted on his website by Monday. You can see the fun > for yourselves.* > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 staci at savzsea.com Mon May 5 12:51:44 2008 From: staci at savzsea.com (Staci Kaye-Carr) Date: Mon, 05 May 2008 12:51:44 -0700 Subject: [CINC] CX 05/03/08 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Well I Googled ?branded sea lions? and this is what I got from The Marine Mammal Center located in in Northern CA. They are answering questions about why California sea lions have chosen to haul out at PIER 39's and other behaviors, etc. Below in question #26, 27 and 28 deal with branding. Question #4 and 5 might be the answer to why we see them here. Below the following questions are a couple of more links dealing with pinniped branding. Here?s the link where I got the info... http://www.tmmc.org/learning/education/pier39/faqs.asp Here is the link to The Marine Mammal Center website http://www.marinemammalcenter.org/ Hope this helps. Staci 26. Why are sea lions branded? Some sea lions are permanently branded by researchers, who want to track them throughout their lives. A few branded sea lions can provide a wealth of information about range, behavior and life history. Tags are not as reliable as brands because, they may fall off or their numbers may wear off. Additionally, brands are easier to see than flipper tags. 27. How are they branded? Numbers are put on with either a hot or cold brand. Hot brands are done with a heated metal number and cold brands are a copper number chilled with liquid nitrogen. With both procedures, sea lions must be held still. Hot brands take seconds to leave a mark, while cold brands may take about a minute. Hot brands are easier to do, but they destroy fur follicles and can cause deep damage. Cold brands are not as damaging, and the fur grows back white in color making the numbers clearly visible. 28. Do these procedures hurt them? It?s impossible for us to know exactly what sensations animals feel, we can only observe their reactions and make an educated guess. While they do flinch or react to tagging and branding, they recover and heal very quickly. Tagging can be compared to getting an ear pierced. Branding is likely to be more painful, but again, the sensation would only be temporary. 4. Do the sea lions stay here all year? Yes and no. From late summer to late spring, 150-300 sea lions haul out here. In June and July, most of the sea lions head south to breeding grounds on the Channel Islands, but a few dozen have remained throughout the summer in recent years. In late July, non-breeding subadult males and females begin to migrate north again. Other breeding males travel north later. Some males migrate as far north as British Columbia, Canada, and Alaska. 5. How far away are the Channel Islands, and how long does it take the sea lions to get there? The Channel Islands are 370 miles by land from San Francisco, off the coast of Santa Barbara. If a sea lion swam at maximum speed (25 mph), the trip would take it approximately 15 hours. However, sea lions don't swim at maximum speed; they take their time. It probably takes them a few days. Judge Halts Hot Branding of Stellar Sea Lions May 31, 2006 ... The research at issue involved the annual capture and hot branding of 3000 Steller sea lions. After branding, the sea lions were subjected ... www.ens-newswire.com/ens/may2006/2006-05-31-05.asp Hot branding: A technique for long-term marking of pinnipeds Hot branding provides a marking technique which meets these criteria. Using hot branding equipment and techniques developed for studies of Steller sea lions ... www.afsc.noaa.gov/techmemos/nmfs-afsc-68.htm On 5/5/08 10:59 AM, "Mr Zalophus" wrote: > Among the mobs of California sea lions that several naturalists reported > seeing last weekend, some were "branded" with large, 4-digit numbers. Even > Capt. Dave Beezer, who volunteers at the rescue center near Gaviota, did not > know what research institution marked the sea lions like this. Does anyone > have any information about who's responsible for this sea lion marking method? > Is there a website? > > Bob Perry > > Photos of sea lion acres and "branded" individuals are posted on my website: > http://www.MarineBioPhotography.com > Under the section for the Condor Express, 2008 05-03 trip. > > ---------------- -------------- > On 5/3/08, Sally Eagle wrote: >> Condor Express >> >> Saturday, 05/03/08 >> >> 3 trips: 900, 1200, 1500 >> >> 8 Humpbacks (including "Rope" on the 1500 trip), sea lions, pacific white >> sides, commons, more sea lions, hundreds of sea lions, 2 Xantus's Murrelets, >> and 3 harbor seals on the bait barge. >> >> Most activity in the 34? 17.20 119? 41.27 vicinity, all day >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> The Channel is filled with bait and all those that love to eat bait fish. The >> ocean is clear and cold. Big swells but not all that much wind. >> >> >> >> This morning two lively humps perfected their breaching, performing together, >> side by side. Could you hear the whoops on shore? Certainly every creature in >> the water heard or felt the impact when those two hit the water. I don't >> think anyone captured it on camera, but none of us will forget it. >> >> >> >> For humpback tricks today John Kuizenga and I tallied: >> >> 1 double (duo) breach >> >> 2 single (solo) breaches >> >> 1 spy hop >> >> 4 pec slaps >> >> 5 tail throws >> >> Flukes too numerous to count >> >> Lots of trumpeting >> >> >> >> And, yes, the multitudes of sea lions did their versions of all of the above. >> >> >> >> However, not all the visitors to the Channel are humpbacks --- there are many >> tourists from "away" spending their Euros in Santa Barbara and exploring the >> bounty of our waters. We may have to add a foreign language component to the >> CINC training. >> >> >> >> As ever, a wonderful day???..on one of the last trips of the gray whale >> season. >> >> >> >> BTW Bob Perry was out photographing the 9:00 and 12:00 trips. He says he will >> have those photos posted on his website by Monday. You can see the fun for >> yourselves. >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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... 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I think everyone was in the right place to see the breaches. But the one double breach was it for breaching. But they were content to let us follow them for quite a while. As we headed back to port we passed a couple of other humpbacks but did not stop for them. At one point a tiny yellow bird, like a finch, but I don't think the wings were black, landed right on my shoulder! It surprised me, but I remained calm and it sat there for a minute or two while everyone took pictures of it. Obviously not a sea bird and possibly very tired. Sort of a fun unusual moment. Everyone had a nice time. There were people on the boat from Amsterdam, Germany and Mexico, and I think somewhere else. And my morning started by me fishing out a baby possum from the swimming pool. Very tired and exhausted, water pouring from it's lungs when I set it down. I gave it a hot water bottle and a very gentle blow dry and after a few hours it seemed to perk up. I hope the "faux hawk" I gave it improved his image with his family. Scott CUZZO From staci at savzsea.com Mon May 5 18:37:46 2008 From: staci at savzsea.com (Staci Kaye-Carr) Date: Mon, 05 May 2008 18:37:46 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Speed Twin Today In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Whales, opossum and a little yellow bird..... All creatures great and small, Trust Scott Cuzzo best of all! On 5/5/08 4:36 PM, "Scott Cuzzo" wrote: > Only the noon trip went today on the Speed Twin > > ? two humpbacks, many close views, including a spectacular > simultaneous double breach that nearly all got to see > ? a smattering of sea lions > ? one tiny yellow bird that sat on my shoulder > > About 25 passengers went out on the noon trip on the Speed Twin. I > love being on the Speed Twin. Big, flat spaces for walking around, > and a friendly crew that seems to really appreciated the naturalists > on board a ton! > > We went out about 9 miles and found two humpbacks that at first > seemed like they were going to be very elusive. Then they appeared > quite close to our boat and seemed quite content to be very close. > Then all of a sudden a great double breach about 60 yards from the > boat. You could feel the reverberations on the boat. I think > everyone was in the right place to see the breaches. But the one > double breach was it for breaching. But they were content to let us > follow them for quite a while. As we headed back to port we passed a > couple of other humpbacks but did not stop for them. At one point a > tiny yellow bird, like a finch, but I don't think the wings were > black, landed right on my shoulder! It surprised me, but I remained > calm and it sat there for a minute or two while everyone took > pictures of it. Obviously not a sea bird and possibly very tired. > Sort of a fun unusual moment. Everyone had a nice time. There were > people on the boat from Amsterdam, Germany and Mexico, and I think > somewhere else. > > And my morning started by me fishing out a baby possum from the > swimming pool. Very tired and exhausted, water pouring from it's > lungs when I set it down. I gave it a hot water bottle and a very > gentle blow dry and after a few hours it seemed to perk up. I hope > the "faux hawk" I gave it improved his image with his family. > > 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 > From lhittnp at earthlink.net Mon May 5 19:18:53 2008 From: lhittnp at earthlink.net (Linda Hitt) Date: Mon, 5 May 2008 19:18:53 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Sub for May 10 Message-ID: <380-2200852621853375@earthlink.net> I need a sub for the Safe Boating Day @ Channel Islands Harbor Sat, May 10, #2 spot from 8:15 to 1PM. Please & thanks. Linda --- Linda Hitt --- lhittnp at earthlink.net --- EarthLink: The #1 provider of the Real Internet. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Big, flat spaces for walking around, > > and a friendly crew that seems to really appreciated the naturalists > > on board a ton! > > > > We went out about 9 miles and found two humpbacks that at first > > seemed like they were going to be very elusive. Then they appeared > > quite close to our boat and seemed quite content to be very close. > > Then all of a sudden a great double breach about 60 yards from the > > boat. You could feel the reverberations on the boat. I think > > everyone was in the right place to see the breaches. But the one > > double breach was it for breaching. But they were content to let us > > follow them for quite a while. As we headed back to port we passed a > > couple of other humpbacks but did not stop for them. At one point a > > tiny yellow bird, like a finch, but I don't think the wings were > > black, landed right on my shoulder! It surprised me, but I remained > > calm and it sat there for a minute or two while everyone took > > pictures of it. Obviously not a sea bird and possibly very tired. > > Sort of a fun unusual moment. Everyone had a nice time. There were > > people on the boat from Amsterdam, Germany and Mexico, and I think > > somewhere else. > > > > And my morning started by me fishing out a baby possum from the > > swimming pool. Very tired and exhausted, water pouring from it's > > lungs when I set it down. I gave it a hot water bottle and a very > > gentle blow dry and after a few hours it seemed to perk up. I hope > > the "faux hawk" I gave it improved his image with his family. > > > > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 pollyblackburn at charter.net Mon May 5 20:04:51 2008 From: pollyblackburn at charter.net (Polly Blackburn) Date: Mon, 05 May 2008 20:04:51 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Update on Seal Shootings Message-ID: This just keeps getting stranger, and sadder. These are news links to today's story on the elephant seal shootings in San Simeon. http://www.ksby.com/Global/category.asp?C=100476&nav=menu544_9 http://www.ksby.com/global/story.asp?s=8275016 From staci at savzsea.com Mon May 5 20:49:10 2008 From: staci at savzsea.com (Staci Kaye-Carr) Date: Mon, 05 May 2008 20:49:10 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Update on Seal Shootings In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Salmon-Hunting Sea Lions Slaughtered Federal Program to Protect Endangered Salmon From Sea Lions on Hold After Shooting of four California sea lions and two stellar sea lions. http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=4788939&page=1 On 5/5/08 8:04 PM, "Polly Blackburn" wrote: > This just keeps getting stranger, and sadder. These are news links to > today's story on the elephant seal shootings in San Simeon. > http://www.ksby.com/Global/category.asp?C=100476&nav=menu544_9 > http://www.ksby.com/global/story.asp?s=8275016 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 Tue May 6 10:15:57 2008 From: Clare.Fritzsche at noaa.gov (Clare Fritzsche) Date: Tue, 06 May 2008 10:15:57 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Island fox article from The Scientist Message-ID: <4820924D.20808@noaa.gov> By Margaret Guthrie The pace of conservation Endangered species need time and science to survive a world altered by human disturbance; Margaret Guthrie reviews "Darwin's Fox and My Coyote" [Published 25th April 2008 01:26 PM GMT] Intrigued by an encounter with a coyote while out on horseback near her home in upstate New York, author Holly Menino embarks on an intellectual journey to discover what the coyote is doing there. Eventually, her curiosity leads her to the Channel Islands off the coast of California, to a remote park in Chile, to Panama, and on a coyote trapping expedition with field researchers in New York. Her adventures spring to life in the pages of Darwin's Fox and My Coyote. (Embedded image moved to file: pic24946.jpg) On the Channel Islands, Menino shadows a researcher trying to explain the sudden and almost complete disappearance of the island fox, a tiny but voracious predator that once sat atop the islands' food web. In Chile she helps gather data on the elusive Darwin's fox -- so named because Charles Darwin brought one's pelt back from his historic, New World voyage. In Panama, Menino traverses the treetops in search of nocturnal, raccoon-like mammals called kinkajous. Menino makes a good point towards the end of her book: "Somehow we need to put enough drag on land degradation to give wildlife management time to work through science -- and to give the animals a chance." This optimal integration of natural processes and scientific effort is Menino's take-home message, and it serves as the underlying theme for the issues she discusses in Darwin's Fox. She writes so compellingly of the field researchers' pursuit of information that will conserve species on the brink of extinction that the reader gets caught up in the quest. She documents the disappearance of the island fox with such acuity, you feel the loss reading her words. She considers, with equanimity, the science necessary to document the life of a small carnivore and the question of how studying a housecat-size Darwin's fox, whose population might be 600, is important to life on planet earth. Or why it's important to find and identify species in Panama before they're wiped out. Or why it's important to document the survival skills and threats to a suburban population of coyotes in upstate New York, and what the coyotes' survival skills tell us about the way we live our lives, the ways in which we are exploiting the planet. If I were teaching high school or even undergraduate biology, I would make Darwin's Fox required reading. Menino's words give urgency to the field work of biologists around the world who document the lives and needs of Earth's imperiled species. She writes in her final chapter, "Science is long, land is short." Menino misses the opportunity, however, to highlight a bright spot where one of the species she profiled seems to be benefiting from both science at the hands of humans and the equilibrium reached by natural systems: the island fox is making a comeback. The fox owed its near extinction to a human disturbance in the delicate island ecosystem it calls home. DDT pollution wiped out bald eagles from the largest of the Channel Islands -- Santa Cruz Island -- in the mid 1900s. The disappearance of the bald eagles opened a niche for the larger golden eagles, which swooped in and made meals of Santa Cruz Island's feral pigs and preyed on the island's foxes. There were less than 135 foxes on Santa Cruz Island by 2000. The US Fish & Wildlife Service, the National Park Service and the Nature Conservancy worked together to reintroduce bald eagles on Santa Cruz Island starting in 2002. The managers also eliminated the feral pigs, and relocated golden eagles to the eastern slopes of the Sierra Nevada. Also in 2002, a captive breeding program began for the island fox, which was officially listed as an endangered species two years later. Island foxes have since been reintroduced to Santa Cruz Island successfully. "We have ended the captive breeding program because we believe, based on evidence from the radio-collared foxes and other indications, that the current fox population on Santa Cruz Island is around 400," says Lotus Vermeer, the Nature Conservancy's point person on the Channel Island fox recovery program. Several breeding bald eagles are nesting, and nine endangered plant species endemic to the island also seem to be recovering, according to the Nature Conservancy. Oak trees are regenerating on the island for the first time in decades. The survival of Santa Cruz Island's biological diversity appears promising, and in at least one case that Menino chronicles in Darwin's Fox the animals have been given a chance. Margaret Guthrie mail at the-scientist.com Darwin's Fox and My Coyote. Holly Menino. University of Virginia Press, Charlottesville, 2008. 182 pp., $27.95. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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These whales were moving slowly, showing their backs and their flukes many times. They came close enough to the boat to treat the passengers to a sample of their exhalations. On the return, and offshore from City College only a few hundred yards, a shy mother and calf gray whale duo Spouted for us and showed their backs and tails briefly. A rewarding day! Gary Delanoeye **************Wondering what's for Dinner Tonight? Get new twists on family favorites at AOL Food. (http://food.aol.com/dinner-tonight?NCID=aolfod00030000000001) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From chrisjamescarlson at gmail.com Tue May 6 21:41:36 2008 From: chrisjamescarlson at gmail.com (Christopher Carlson) Date: Tue, 6 May 2008 21:41:36 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Condor Express 5/4 Trips! Message-ID: <29a91b7e0805062141h1f36267av6f0066afe8cb58c6@mail.gmail.com> Hey y'all! So this Sunday, May 4th, Ron Adamson, Barbara LaCorte, and I boarded the Condor Express for three trips of whale watching goodness. We had some great sightings. We had eclectic groups on each trip, hailing from Santa Barbara, Orange County, Minnesota, Georgia, and even Amsterdam! On each trip, we managed to see several humpback whales. The passengers were thrilled on the second trip when two humpbacks engaged in "tail throwing" and one trumpeted soon after, but were not as pleased when we were caught downwind of humpback breath. Ick! A very successful day aboard the Condor before they began their island trips. I can't wait! Chris Carlson chrisjamescarlson at gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Enjoy. http://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/visit/marine_forecast/welcome.html -- Brady Phillips National Constituent and Partnership Coordinator National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Office of National Marine Sanctuaries 1305 East-West Highway, Room 11163 Silver Spring, Maryland 20910 Tel: 301-713-7247 Cell: 240-429-8216 Fax: 301-713-0404 E-mail: Brady.Phillips at noaa.gov Website: http://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/ From leng4880 at sbcglobal.net Wed May 7 09:27:09 2008 From: leng4880 at sbcglobal.net (LaVaughn Engblom) Date: Wed, 7 May 2008 09:27:09 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [CINC] CX 5-6-08 Message-ID: <783443.9041.qm@web82203.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Greetings! 12+ humps 70+ Rissos 18 passengers 3 naturalists. Lola, Shirley (PID) and myself Cool and windy to start, but nice mid channel. Lots of spouts, several breeches in the distance with one close breech. Spent most of our time with a very friendly female hump. She rolled onto her back and swam the length of the boat several times, spy hopping, and lots of whale breath and trupmeting. On one rollover Capt. Matt announced our friend is definately female, something about "2 bumps". Great trip! LaVaughn Engblom -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From oaars at sbcglobal.net Wed May 7 10:21:54 2008 From: oaars at sbcglobal.net (Warren Glaser) Date: Wed, 7 May 2008 10:21:54 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [CINC] marine floating lab openings... Message-ID: <35363.98837.qm@web83105.mail.mud.yahoo.com> fellow naturalists... due to medical issues i will not be able to go out tomorrow, thursday, may 8, 11:30-1:30pm on the coral sea as well as friday, may 9, 10:00-1:30 on the ranger '85. anyone who can fill in on these trips will be greatly appreciated. warren "when you cease to make a contribution, you begin to die." first lady eleanor roosevelt From Shauna.Bingham at noaa.gov Wed May 7 15:17:30 2008 From: Shauna.Bingham at noaa.gov (Shauna Bingham) Date: Wed, 07 May 2008 15:17:30 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Additional CINC Lecture Opportunity: May 22 Message-ID: <48222A7A.9060002@noaa.gov> *Using Photo-identification **of Blue and Humpback Whales **to Study Population Trends *Thursday, May 22, 2008; 6:30 pm Channel Islands National Park Auditorium, Ventura John Calambokidis, founder of Cascadia Research Collective, will discuss the use of photo-identification as a tool to understand population dynamics of blue and humpback whales in the Eastern North Pacific and Santa Barbara Channel. He will also discuss photo-id data contributed by Channel Islands Naturalist Corps volunteers and answer questions for volunteers participating in the CINC photo-id effort. All CINC volunteers are welcome to attend this presentation. / *If you are interested in becoming trained to participate in photo-id you are strongly encouraged to attend this lecture. To participate in photo-id you will be required to attend a mandatory hands-on camera training, TBA/ June. You must have joined the CINC program prior to 2008 to sign-up for photo-id./* * -- 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... 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Sincerely, Catherine French cfrench1366 at aol.com 805.815.3523 -----Original Message----- From: Warren Glaser To: channel_islands_naturalist_corps at rain.org Sent: Wed, 7 May 2008 10:21 am Subject: [CINC] marine floating lab openings... fellow naturalists... due to medical issues i will not be able to go out tomorrow, thursday, may 8, 11:30-1:30pm on the coral sea as well as friday, may 9, 10:00-1:30 on the ranger '85. anyone who can fill in on these trips will be greatly appreciated. warren "when you cease to make a contribution, you begin to die." first lady eleanor roosevelt _______________________________________________ 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 trent_barnhart at hotmail.com Wed May 7 16:23:53 2008 From: trent_barnhart at hotmail.com (Trent Barnhart) Date: Wed, 7 May 2008 16:23:53 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Santa Rosa Island Update Message-ID: Greetings Fellow Naturalists, I just wanted to give a quick update on the Island Fox on SRI. I just got back from 12 days on the island working on a joint effort headed up by the Saint Louis Zoo with the NPS and supported by the Santa Barbara Zoo and Living Desert Museum. We are right in the middle/end of breeding season and there have already been 8 births between 4 females in the captive pens. Another 2 have been confirmed pregnant and could possibly give birth any day now. The techs are currently keeping track of around 40 collared adults with an estimated 70 wild adults. I believe about half of these individuals are females so we could expect to see lots of pups this year. This will be confirmed later this summer, when the pups are older and more active. We had some great days out on the island with clear skies, bright sun and NO wind, and of course we had the usual overcast windy island weather. We even had some winds up to 45 kph! Several elephant seals were seen through out the trip on the south side with a couple of harbor seals. The sea lions were out on the west side, but only heard from another volunteer. Many of the flowers were still in full bloom and made a great backdrop for the week. It was also opening weekend for IPCO boats to SRI so we also had several campers who enjoyed their guided hikes up to Torrey Pines and through Lobo Canyon. They also got a great presentation by Mike, an entomologist from SBMNH who was also out doing field work. Hope everyone has had some great whale watchings over the last couple of days! 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The sea lions feed on the spring run of chinook salmon, much to the annoyance of fisherman, so the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife had set traps to catch and remove the sea lions. Agency spokesman Rick Hargrave talks with Melissa Block about the investigation into the animals' deaths. LINK: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=90259919 === RELATED STORY: Endangered Seals Eating Endangered Salmon LINK: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=90213669 Scott -----Original Message----- >From: Polly Blackburn >Sent: May 5, 2008 11:04 PM >To: channel_islands_naturalist_corps at rain.org >Subject: [CINC] Update on Seal Shootings > >This just keeps getting stranger, and sadder. These are news links to >today's story on the elephant seal shootings in San Simeon. >http://www.ksby.com/Global/category.asp?C=100476&nav=menu544_9 >http://www.ksby.com/global/story.asp?s=8275016 > > >_______________________________________________ >Channel_islands_naturalist_corps mailing list >Channel_islands_naturalist_corps at rain.org >http://www.rain.org/mailman/listinfo/channel_islands_naturalist_corps From thusone at aol.com Wed May 7 19:51:26 2008 From: thusone at aol.com (thusone at aol.com) Date: Wed, 07 May 2008 22:51:26 -0400 Subject: [CINC] DD 5/7 Message-ID: <8CA7ECD8ABC05C7-1714-4C60@webmail-nc06.sysops.aol.com> Double Dolphin, May 7 Wednesday For 12 noon trip & 3pm trip together Seals & sealions One group of bottle nose dolphins We called a party and not much showed - BUT - pretty calm seas and lovely boat, crew and passengers. Shirley Johnson From withwind2 at avenuecable.com Wed May 7 09:17:21 2008 From: withwind2 at avenuecable.com (Larry Harris) Date: Wed, 7 May 2008 12:17:21 -0400 Subject: [CINC] Fw: Santa Cruz Island cleanup operation completed successfully Ventura Ventura Co Message-ID: <017601c8b05d$d4a29110$6401a8c0@larry> Mahalo and remember "Chance favors the prepared mind" therefore ... MAKE it a great day! Subject: Santa Cruz Island cleanup operation completed successfully Ventura Ventura Co FYI http://www.venturacountystar.com/news/2008/may/02/santa-cruz-island-cleanup-operation-completed/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Please note that you can participate as a CINC volunteer at the BioBlitz event in Agoura Hills on May 30 & 31. For sign-up opportunities, please see our online outreach calendar for May at: http://www.nps.gov/chis/supportyourpark/volunteer-schedules.htm#CP_JUMP_135762 _____________________________________________________________________ PRESS RELEASE Centennial Challenge Projects coming to Southern California National Parks Greater Los Angeles, CA -- The National Park Service Centennial Challenge will fund five education and science programs in Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area and Channel Islands National Park with an additional $800,000 this year. Each project is an opportunity to enhance the scientific knowledge about the natural resources or provide education and environmental stewards. The five funded programs are: * Outdoor Education will provide programs and bus transportation for 10,000 urban schoolchildren in the Santa Monica Mountains. This project is a partnership between LAUSD and the Santa Monica Mountains Fund and will begin May 15. * *BioBlitz! is 24-hour plant and animal inventory where families can scour the Santa Monica Mountains to see and learn about the different species. The BioBlitz is a cooperative effort with National Geographic and will bring over 80 scientists to work with visitors to identify the animals and plants in the mountains. May 30- 31, 2008.* * Mountain Lion Survey and Conservation will continue the research about mountain lions in the Santa Monica Mountains by tracking their activity through satellite and radio collars. The project is a cooperative effort with California Department of Parks and Recreation. * Watershed Restoration with Urban Youth brings 2,000 young people from Los Angeles to conduct their first restoration project in the Santa Monica Mountains. The project is cosponsored by the California Coastal Conservancy. * Biological Inventory of Channel Islands National Park will initiate an inventory of the lesser known plants and animals of the park islands with special focus on groups such as invertebrates, fungi, moss, and lichens. The inventory will include science workshops, research grants, and a public symposium. The Nature Conservancy is providing matching support in an ongoing partnership with the National Park Service. The Centennial Challenge provides matching funds to national parks with partners to conduct programs that enhance the learning by both visitors and the parks themselves. Each of the above programs has at least a 50% match by a park partner. The total cost of all the programs is close to $800,000, but more than half of this came from nongovernment sources. National Park Service Director Mary A. Bomar said, "With the nearly $25 million Congress has appropriated and nearly $27 million of matching commitments from our park partners, the Centennial Initiative today moves onto the landscape and into people's lives. It's a great day for the National Park Service and a great day for all who live near Santa Monica Mountains and Channel Islands National Parks." The National Park Centennial Initiative is a 10- year program to reinvigorate America's national parks and prepare them for a second century. The initiative includes a focus on increased funding for park operations plus a President's Challenge: up to $100 million a year in federal funds to match $100 million a year in philanthropic donations to the National Park Service. "This is how we put our Centennial goals on the ground and it's quite a beginning," Bomar said. "We have 110 programs and projects involving more than 130 individual, public, and non- profit partners benefitting 76 national park in 38 states and the District of Columbia." Director Bomar said, "We really have to get cracking. Many of our parks have a short construction seasons for the brick and mortar and trail projects and our rangers will need to quickly integrate new programs for the rush of summer visitors who arrive in a few short months." The National Park Centennial Initiative provides a framework for the National Park Service to engage the public in its mission. Its goals and strategies will embrace new constituents and gain support from a broad array of public and private partners to ensure America's national parks continue to thrive into the next 100 years. Centennial Challenge programs and projects for 2008 elsewhere in the United Sates include: * Lewis and Clark National Historical Park where park rangers and staff will adopt the Class of 2016, today's fourth- graders, and bring them into the park for special programs several times a year until they graduate from high school. * Nine national parks across the country will embark on a national effort to discover and catalog all plant and animal life in the national parks -- technically speaking, they will conduct all taxa biologic inventories. * Upgraded and new interpretive trails at San Antonio Missions National Historical Park, Valley Forge National Historical Park, Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park, Hagerman Fossil Beds\ National Monument, Point Reyes National Seashore, and other parks. * Restoration of ancient redwood forest and watershed in Redwood National and StateParks. * Water quality enhancement, restoration of endangered mussels, reintroduction of trumpeter swans, and wetland habitat learning experiences for visitors at Buffalo National River. * Creation of the Institute at the Golden Gate to Advance Preservation and Global Stability, Golden Gate National Recreation Area in San Francisco. * New or expanded Junior Ranger programs at many national parks. * Rejuvenate coral reefs with a community program at Biscayne National Park. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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A team based in Oakland will study the value of adding pieces of the sprawling 490,000-acre Rim of the Valley Corridor, an area that weaves around the Los Angeles Basin and includes parts of the Santa Monica, Santa Susanna, San Gabriel and Verdugo mountains. Completing a feasibility study with public comments may take years, and Congress would need to approve any change to the recreation area's size, currently 153,000 acres. Even then, the high cost of land could limit expansion. "If we don't act now with some foresight, those beautiful open-space areas are going to be gone," said Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank), acknowledging the "long road" ahead. "It's what drew a lot of people to our area. Once it's gone, it's gone." An expansion would be the first time the federal government has significantly stepped up its conservation efforts in the Los Angeles area since 1978, when the recreation area was created. "This bill will allow the [National] Park Service to study ways we can link up existing parklands [and] work with local governments, other state agencies and federal agencies to ensure a cohesive system of wildlife trails," said Rorie Skei, chief deputy director of the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy. Environmentalists hailed the move as a way to protect diminishing open space and vanishing biodiversity, but some landowners and developers expressed concerns about excessive government interference. The American Land Rights Assn., based in Battle Ground, Wash., calculated that the corridor includes 158,000 landowners in Los Angeles County and 11,000 in Ventura County. Executive Director Chuck Cushman promised to fight any "land grab." The National Park Service promised that no property would be taken under eminent domain. There is no assurance that new land will come under federal control as a result of Thursday's action. Smeck said about two-thirds of such studies do not result in expanded park service involvement. james.hohmann at latimes.com From Clare.Fritzsche at noaa.gov Fri May 9 12:37:51 2008 From: Clare.Fritzsche at noaa.gov (Clare Fritzsche) Date: Fri, 09 May 2008 12:37:51 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Conservation Working Group Meeting Thursday May 29 Message-ID: <4824A80F.6090106@noaa.gov> A PUBLIC MEETING NOTICE distributed by the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary on behalf of the Conservation Working Group of the Sanctuary Advisory Council ------------------- CONSERVATION WORKING GROUP * * *5/29/08 AGENDA* * * *Environmental Defense Center Conference Room,* *906 Garden Street**, Santa Barbara*** * *I. INTRODUCTIONS * **6:00* *II. OCEAN ACIDIFICATION 6:10* A. Draft CWG report B. SAC presentations *III. SAC MEETING AGENDA FOR 5/30 7:10* * *A. Blue Whale subcommittee recommendations B. Draft Notice and Supp. EIS re discharges C. 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Gary Delanoeye **************Wondering what's for Dinner Tonight? Get new twists on family favorites at AOL Food. (http://food.aol.com/dinner-tonight?NCID=aolfod00030000000001) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From nkvanslyke at verizon.net Sat May 10 07:05:29 2008 From: nkvanslyke at verizon.net (Noel and Kathy Van Slyke) Date: Sat, 10 May 2008 07:05:29 -0700 Subject: [CINC] sightings May 9 on the Vanguard Message-ID: <0K0N00JPYO8WGFX3@vms173005.mailsrvcs.net> Yesterday I was on a trip to Anacapa. On the way out we saw three humpbacks -- nice views but no tail flukes or anything spectacular. However, on the way back I saw the most outstanding sighting that I have seen in seven years as a naturalist -- a humpback whale repeatedly breaching - not once -- not twice -- not ten times but a total of 49 times according to a Los Angeles Times reporter that was sitting next to me on the Vanguard. While not all of those breeches were close to the boat many were. She started her counting as soon as the whale was spotted and continued until the whale could no longer be seen. Who knows how many more breaches there were. An that didn't include all the rolling, pec slaps and other spectacular behaviors. I think it is going to be hard to see anything that will surpass that. Hope that whale stays out there that active for others to see. I imagine the travel article that she is writing will have a lot about that. Kathy Van Slyke From staci at savzsea.com Sat May 10 12:37:49 2008 From: staci at savzsea.com (Staci Kaye-Carr) Date: Sat, 10 May 2008 12:37:49 -0700 Subject: [CINC] #1 National Park for Wildlife Viewing Message-ID: Hello fellow Naturalists, According to the Weather Channel list for "Top 10 National Parks for Wildlife Viewing". The number 1 National Park for Wildlife Viewing is..... http://www.weather.com/activities/recreation/outdoors/topten/wildlife1.html I just had to share this info...... Staci From ThusOne at aol.com Sat May 10 17:27:42 2008 From: ThusOne at aol.com (ThusOne at aol.com) Date: Sat, 10 May 2008 20:27:42 EDT Subject: [CINC] sightings May 9 on the Vanguard Message-ID: In a message dated 5/10/2008 7:14:18 AM Pacific Standard Time, nkvanslyke at verizon.net writes: > > Yesterday I was on a trip to Anacapa. On the way out we saw three > humpbacks -- nice views but no tail flukes or anything > spectacular. However, on the way back I saw the most outstanding > sighting that I have seen in seven years as a naturalist -- a > humpback whale repeatedly breaching - not once -- not twice -- not > ten times but a total of 49 times according to a Los Angeles Times > reporter that was sitting next to me on the Vanguard. While not all > of those breeches were close to the boat many were. She started her > counting as soon as the whale was spotted and continued until the > whale could no longer be seen. Who knows how many more breaches > there were. An that didn't include all the rolling, pec slaps and > other spectacular behaviors. I think it is going to be hard to see > anything that will surpass that. Hope that whale stays out there > that active for others to see. I imagine the travel article that > she is writing will have a lot about that. > > Kathy Van Slyke > Wow, that is unusual. 49 times? My first reaction would be of concern for this whale's welfare. Just goes to show how little we do know about them. Was she trying to get rid of a parasite? (not likely) Trying to straighten a twisted gut or something? Or dislodge something she ate by mistake? Thanks for sharing this. Shirley Johnson ************** Wondering what's for Dinner Tonight? Get new twists on family favorites at AOL Food. (http://food.aol.com/dinner-tonight?NCID=aolfod00030000000001) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From sallymarian at earthlink.net Sat May 10 19:31:18 2008 From: sallymarian at earthlink.net (Sally Narkevic) Date: Sat, 10 May 2008 19:31:18 -0700 Subject: [CINC] speedtwin Message-ID: <003001c8b30f$189d4320$2101a8c0@blackie> May 10th Huge two humpbacks with tail flukes and calf Sea Otters Grey Whale and calf All heading north Pacific Whitesided Dolphins -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From RDreher at roadrunner.com Sun May 11 09:13:05 2008 From: RDreher at roadrunner.com (Ron Dreher) Date: Sun, 11 May 2008 09:13:05 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Humpbacks Message-ID: <000001c8b381$e5bef7f0$0a00a8c0@DJX1D341> Email Story Print Story Beloved cetaceans: Humpback whales' return to area waters follows long absence I May 11, 2008 12:00 AM For many, the humpback whale is the most beloved of cetaceans. This is the singing whale of song and legend, the acrobatic whale, the friendly whale, the character. Until fairly recently, however, the humpback was seldom seen in the Santa Barbara Channel. A look at whaling records reveals the most likely cause: During the period 1956 through 1965, 841 humpbacks were killed off California. From 1966 through 1969, however, none was killed -- not because the whalers didn't try, but because they couldn't find any to kill. Anita Daugherty, who wrote a book on marine mammals for the California Department of Fish and Game in 1972, observed, "The last catches of the endangered blue whale, never large here, were made in 1965, as were those of the much more abundant humpback." This might have been an epitaph for the humpback in California. However, in 1970, legislation was passed protecting eight species of so-called great whales -- the largest ones -- and by the end of 1971, whaling had ended in America except for some subsistence hunting by American Indian peoples. In 1972, the Marine Mammal Protection Act was passed, giving protection to all species of marine mammals. I clearly remember a pair of humpbacks that appeared every summer off the west end of Santa Cruz Island. This was in the mid 1960s. Then one summer, they never showed up again. Since then, humpbacks were reported here and there off California, but it was not until 1987 that they began appearing in large numbers in the Santa Barbara Channel. Blue whales followed a couple of years later. By 1992, both species were so prevalent that the whale watch industry could offer year-round excursions. The present stock of humpbacks is estimated at nearly 1,400 animals. Considering that 841 humpbacks from a population once considered "much more abundant" were killed off California in a 10-year period, it seems clear that whalers nearly exterminated this species off California. The present regional stock, one of several worldwide, ranges from Central America and Mexico in the winter to California, Oregon and Washington from spring to fall. The calving grounds for this stock are most likely in the southern part of the range. Virtually all of the humpbacks seen here are adults and juveniles -- a few quite young. Humpbacks come here to feed, preying on small schooling fish such as anchovies and sardines, and on krill, shrimp-like crustaceans about the size of earwigs. They plunge into concentrated schools of prey, mouths agape, then close their mouths, forcing the food-laden water through their brush-like baleen plates, a bit like licking cookie crumbs off a mustache. Humpbacks, in fact, are mysticetes, literally meaning "mustache whales." An interesting phenomenon occurs while humpbacks are feeding. This is difficult to see unless many whales are observed or a video is played back in slow motion. When the lower jaw is extended for a gulp, the water fills the throat, expanding a row of pleats to allow a greater volume of water to be ingested. As this occurs, the lower jaw appears to widen, much like a catcher's mitt opening up. Some researchers believe that the lower jaw may hinge at the point of the chin, making a much wider scoop. Recordings made of feeding humpbacks sometimes catch a loud pop, which the researchers believe may be the jaw opening up. At any rate, when the lower jaw is fully open, it certainly doesn't look as though it would close completely into the upper jaw. The much showier and more obvious antics of humpbacks, including breeching, lobtailing and flipper slaps, make this species very popular with whale watchers. And for boats with hydrophones, listening to the underwater vocalizations can be a real treat. Humpbacks have been in the channel since February, along with gray whales, so now is a good time to see them. Peter Howorth is director of the Santa Barbara Marine Mammal Center. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From eradding at sbcglobal.net Sun May 11 09:34:35 2008 From: eradding at sbcglobal.net (EUGENE RADDING) Date: Sun, 11 May 2008 09:34:35 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [CINC] WW SAT. 5/10/08 CX Message-ID: <370546.23027.qm@web82905.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Just the facts Mam! 2 greys(mother & calf) just west of SB Harbor and then 1/2 way across the SBChannel, seven Humps with flukes, fin slapping, chin slap and tail flip (the last two as described by Capt. Mat) with other spouts off in the distance. After Painted Cave and on the way to SBH we spotted a lone Hump that was doing acrobatics including 13 breeches including a full (counted by Arthur Elfenbein) plus all sorts of twists and turns , fin slapping and you just name it. This all got us in close to 6pm but it was worth it according to the 35 passengers (including my son-in-law and 14 yr old grandson who think I created the whole scenario). Another you know what in Paradise! Regards and Happy Mothers Day to all. EUGENE RADDING -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gksully at pacbell.net Sun May 11 22:52:23 2008 From: gksully at pacbell.net (Karen Sullivan) Date: Sun, 11 May 2008 22:52:23 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [CINC] (no subject) Message-ID: <442467.17702.qm@web81704.mail.mud.yahoo.com> The noon and 3pm Speed Twin trips showed several Humpbacks, doing the usual fluking and breathing. Saw a couple of breaches off in the distance, but none up close. Saw one lunge feed on the 3PM trip. The little (really little) yellow bird made another appearance, landing on my head, and flying through the galley, landing on a few passengers heads and causing pandemonium.... I wish I knew what kind of bird it is. Looks a little like a yellow hummingbird, but a little bigger.... Very cold out there today, but still a pretty good day. Karen Sullivan -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From chrisjamescarlson at gmail.com Sun May 11 23:04:39 2008 From: chrisjamescarlson at gmail.com (Christopher Carlson) Date: Sun, 11 May 2008 23:04:39 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Double Dolphin 05-11-08 Trip! Bottlenoses! Message-ID: <29a91b7e0805112304rc9de31fu2437072863a0d7e4@mail.gmail.com> Howdy CINC crew, So today I headed out on one trip for a Mother's Day whale watching trip. The cloud cover was a solid 100% all day and there weren't too many beach goers or surfers in general. Captain Richard and first mate Athena were great handling the full boatload of around 50 or so, from all over Southern California, and even one group of 8 from Norway! The Norwegians were complaining about the cold weather... Explain that one! We stayed pretty close to the harbor, because we encountered a good number of Bottlenose Dolphins surface feeding, showing off their flukes, and slowly milling around the pier area. The people got a kick out of their aerobatics, so it was a good treat, even on a pretty cold sea! We didn't see any larger cetacean than that, but the people seemed satisfied, especially the kids aboard, who were quite...verbose in expressing their love and knowledge of all things ocean. The others were entertained just listening to these kids! And we all had good laughs at the California Sea Lions that couldn't quiiiiiiiite jump high enough to reach the buoys and just plummeted back into the water. Great Mother's Day trip, despite the lack of any "whale" action. But dolphins are more than entertaining enough to make up for it! In fact, there was one guy that Athena had nicknamed "Brownie" because he was a distinctively brown Bottlenose (I missed seeing him myself). She speculated it was the offspring a Bottlenose that had mated with a Common Dolphin. Oh, Nature! What games you play! I hope you all had a great weekend, and see you at the next meeting! :-) Chris Carlson chrisjamescarlson at gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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He will also share the Navy's lessons learned from past use of active sonar and how those lessons impact the Navy's use of sonar today, describe why the Navy is considered to be a world leader in marine mammal research, and explain the numerous protective measures taken to minimize risk to marine mammals. The Navy's Environmental Readiness Division shapes and leads the Navy's environmental programs to enable and sustain Navy readiness while protecting the environment. Below are some key points to consider: * Approximately 15,000 large ships make use of the world's oceans daily. In contrast, only about 125 U.S. Navy ships are presently underway,/ which is less than 1 percent of ships at sea/. * About 60 percent of U.S. Navy ships and all subs are equipped with active sonar, which is used sparingly because it reveals the sending ship's position. Navy vessels prefer to use passive sonar the majority of the time. * The U.S Navy recognizes that active sonar may affect marine mammals under certain conditions. Worldwide naval use of active sonar for all countries has been correlated with the stranding deaths of approximately 40 marine mammals during the 10-year period from 1996-2006. * More than 3,500 strandings occur each year on U.S. shores. In most cases, the causes of such strandings are unknown. However, the most common causes have been identified as pollution, disease, parasite infestation, ship strikes, trauma, and starvation. * The U.S. Navy exercises caution when operating in areas likely to contain marine mammals. Efforts to minimize potential effects on mammals include posting lookouts, listening for marine mammals, and reducing or ceasing use of active sonar when a marine mammal is detected at prescribed distances. * The U.S. Navy is a world leader in marine mammal research -- funding over* $18 million* on such research in FY07 alone. Such research is designed to determine the distribution and abundance of protected marine species and their habitats, improve understanding of effects of sound on marine mammals, and help improve marine mammal protection measures to lessen such effects, among other things. A question and answer session will follow Rice's presentation. Additional information can be found at _www.navy.mil/oceans_ . **Note this meeting is _in addition_ to our regularly scheduled CINC meeting on Tuesday, May 20 and is _separate_ from the May 14 /From Shore to Sea Lecture/ which will take place in Ventura the same evening as the Navy talk. If you wish to attend the May/ >From Shore to Sea Lecture/, it will also be offered on Tuesday, May 13 at the Santa Barbara Maritime Museum.* -- 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... 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He will also share the Navy's lessons learned from past use of active sonar and how those lessons impact the Navy's use of sonar today, describe why the Navy is considered to be a world leader in marine mammal research, and explain the numerous protective measures taken to minimize risk to marine mammals. The Navy's Environmental Readiness Division shapes and leads the Navy's environmental programs to enable and sustain Navy readiness while protecting the environment. Below are some key points to consider: * Approximately 15,000 large ships make use of the world's oceans daily. In contrast, only about 125 U.S. Navy ships are presently underway,/ which is less than 1 percent of ships at sea/. * About 60 percent of U.S. Navy ships and all subs are equipped with active sonar, which is used sparingly because it reveals the sending ship's position. Navy vessels prefer to use passive sonar the majority of the time. * The U.S Navy recognizes that active sonar may affect marine mammals under certain conditions. Worldwide naval use of active sonar for all countries has been correlated with the stranding deaths of approximately 40 marine mammals during the 10-year period from 1996-2006. * More than 3,500 strandings occur each year on U.S. shores. In most cases, the causes of such strandings are unknown. However, the most common causes have been identified as pollution, disease, parasite infestation, ship strikes, trauma, and starvation. * The U.S. Navy exercises caution when operating in areas likely to contain marine mammals. Efforts to minimize potential effects on mammals include posting lookouts, listening for marine mammals, and reducing or ceasing use of active sonar when a marine mammal is detected at prescribed distances. * The U.S. Navy is a world leader in marine mammal research -- funding over* $18 million* on such research in FY07 alone. Such research is designed to determine the distribution and abundance of protected marine species and their habitats, improve understanding of effects of sound on marine mammals, and help improve marine mammal protection measures to lessen such effects, among other things. A question and answer session will follow Rice's presentation. Additional information can be found at _www.navy.mil/oceans_ . **Note this meeting is _in addition_ to our regularly scheduled CINC meeting on Tuesday, May 20 and is _separate_ from the May 14 /From Shore to Sea Lecture/ which will take place in Ventura the same evening as the Navy talk. If you wish to attend the May/ >From Shore to Sea Lecture/, it will also be offered on Tuesday, May 13 at the Santa Barbara Maritime Museum.* -- 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 gksully at pacbell.net Tue May 13 08:32:27 2008 From: gksully at pacbell.net (Karen Sullivan) Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 08:32:27 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [CINC] Fw: Yellow Warbler Message-ID: <213361.2155.qm@web81704.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Hi all I've gotten several responses about the Yellow bird, and I'm forwarding this one from Scott Cuzzo. The link has a picture on the top left that looks like the bird I saw. The says it's about 4.5 inches long, which is bigger than the one I saw.... Scott on the Speed Twin did catch it, and planned to take it back to shore, to take to the bird sanctuary, or somewhere, but it escaped through a crack in a window in the wheelhouse. We were pretty far out, I'd say at least 5-6 miles, when it appeared, and if it's a warbler, I wonder what it's doing out there so far... ----- Forwarded Message ---- From: Scott Cuzzo To: Karen Sullivan Sent: Monday, May 12, 2008 7:56:04 AM Subject: Yellow Warbler I think that yellow bird is a yellow warbler. At least the one that was on my shoulder looked like it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_Warbler One of the other naturalists recommended trying to catch it and return it to shore.... Scott Cuzzo On May 11, 2008, at 10:52 PM, Karen Sullivan wrote: The noon and 3pm Speed Twin trips showed several Humpbacks, doing the usual fluking and breathing. Saw a couple of breaches off in the distance, but none up close. Saw one lunge feed on the 3PM trip. The little (really little) yellow bird made another appearance, landing on my head, and flying through the galley, landing on a few passengers heads and causing pandemonium.... I wish I knew what kind of bird it is. Looks a little like a yellow hummingbird, but a little bigger.... Very cold out there today, but still a pretty good day. 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 rustgarden at msn.com Tue May 13 10:54:09 2008 From: rustgarden at msn.com (Morgan Coffey) Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 10:54:09 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Fw: Yellow Warbler In-Reply-To: <213361.2155.qm@web81704.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <213361.2155.qm@web81704.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Message-ID: Howdy, as other naturalists who have been around for awhile can attest, these feathered freeloaders seem to show up just about this time of year every year. I believe we typically see Townsend's warblers and I'm told that on our foggy spring-early summer days, they can get disoriented, fly a bit too far out to sea, and find a passing boat to be a welcome place to rest. Their range is the Pacific Northwest, but since a population winters between Central America and Southwest US, it makes sense that we'd see them on their return home about this time of year (a totally amateur hypthesis to be sure!) I've seen about a dozen over the years, and have asked many questions myself. It seems that trying to catch the bird just gives it reason to stress and escape, possibly getting injured, possibly not finding another needed respite, while a bird left to hitch the ride it needs will stick around until land is in sight. Talented warbler wranglers may be able to ensure a safe return to shore, but do consider allowing the weary bird a bit of peace--it's amazing how well and how far they can handle themselves. Cheers, Morgan Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 08:32:27 -0700From: gksully at pacbell.netTo: channel_islands_naturalist_corps at rain.orgSubject: [CINC] Fw: Yellow Warbler Hi all I've gotten several responses about the Yellow bird, and I'm forwarding this one from Scott Cuzzo. The link has a picture on the top left that looks like the bird I saw. The says it's about 4.5 inches long, which is bigger than the one I saw.... Scott on the Speed Twin did catch it, and planned to take it back to shore, to take to the bird sanctuary, or somewhere, but it escaped through a crack in a window in the wheelhouse. We were pretty far out, I'd say at least 5-6 miles, when it appeared, and if it's a warbler, I wonder what it's doing out there so far... ----- Forwarded Message ----From: Scott Cuzzo To: Karen Sullivan Sent: Monday, May 12, 2008 7:56:04 AMSubject: Yellow WarblerI think that yellow bird is a yellow warbler. At least the one that was on my shoulder looked like it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_Warbler One of the other naturalists recommended trying to catch it and return it to shore.... Scott Cuzzo On May 11, 2008, at 10:52 PM, Karen Sullivan wrote: The noon and 3pm Speed Twin trips showed several Humpbacks, doing the usual fluking and breathing. Saw a couple of breaches off in the distance, but none up close. Saw one lunge feed on the 3PM trip.The little (really little) yellow bird made another appearance, landing on my head, and flying through the galley, landing on a few passengers heads and causing pandemonium.... I wish I knew what kind of bird it is. Looks a little like a yellow hummingbird, but a little bigger....Very cold out there today, but still a pretty good day.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 _________________________________________________________________ Stay in touch when you're away with Windows Live Messenger. http://www.windowslive.com/messenger/overview.html?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_Refresh_messenger_052008 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mommasisa at gmail.com Tue May 13 14:18:29 2008 From: mommasisa at gmail.com (Lisa Anderson) Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 14:18:29 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Fw: Yellow Warbler In-Reply-To: References: <213361.2155.qm@web81704.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <1f69dbb40805131418r176f631m3dd40a2c0404c5a3@mail.gmail.com> On a regular basis the Orange-Crowned Warblers have followed our dive boat out to the islands--more than I can count--they are terrestrial residents, and during the spring and fall they are transients on SBI---the Townsend Warbler is a spring and fall transient, but are winter visitors on SCI and SRI. It is not uncommon to see these guys fly out--in fact they will land on the boat rails if they need to rest. As a naturalist we should practice what we preach, and not touch the wildlife. On another note, this is bike to work week--employees of the park will be biking in from the mall. Enjoy, Lisa On 5/13/08, Morgan Coffey wrote: > > Howdy, > as other naturalists who have been around for awhile can attest, these > feathered freeloaders seem to show up just about this time of year every > year. I believe we typically see Townsend's warblers and I'm told that on > our foggy spring-early summer days, they can get disoriented, fly a bit too > far out to sea, and find a passing boat to be a welcome place to rest. > > Their range is the Pacific Northwest, but since a population winters > between Central America and Southwest US, it makes sense that we'd see them > on their return home about this time of year (a totally amateur hypthesis to > be sure!) > > I've seen about a dozen over the years, and have asked many questions > myself. It seems that trying to catch the bird just gives it reason to > stress and escape, possibly getting injured, possibly not finding another > needed respite, while a bird left to hitch the ride it needs will stick > around until land is in sight. > > Talented warbler wranglers may be able to ensure a safe return to shore, > but do consider allowing the weary bird a bit of peace--it's amazing how > well and how far they can handle themselves. > > Cheers, > Morgan > > ------------------------------ > Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 08:32:27 -0700 > From: gksully at pacbell.net > To: channel_islands_naturalist_corps at rain.org > Subject: [CINC] Fw: Yellow Warbler > > Hi all > I've gotten several responses about the Yellow bird, and I'm forwarding > this one from Scott Cuzzo. The link has a picture on the top left that > looks like the bird I saw. The says it's about 4.5 inches long, which is > bigger than the one I saw.... > Scott on the Speed Twin did catch it, and planned to take it back to > shore, to take to the bird sanctuary, or somewhere, but it escaped through a > crack in a window in the wheelhouse. > > > We were pretty far out, I'd say at least 5-6 miles, when it appeared, and > if it's a warbler, I wonder what it's doing out there so far... > > ----- Forwarded Message ---- > From: Scott Cuzzo > To: Karen Sullivan > Sent: Monday, May 12, 2008 7:56:04 AM > Subject: Yellow Warbler > > I think that yellow bird is a yellow warbler. At least the one that was > on my shoulder looked like it. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_Warbler > > > One of the other naturalists recommended trying to catch it and return it > to shore.... > > > Scott Cuzzo > > > > On May 11, 2008, at 10:52 PM, Karen Sullivan wrote: > > The noon and 3pm Speed Twin trips showed several Humpbacks, doing the > usual fluking and breathing. Saw a couple of breaches off in the distance, > but none up close. Saw one lunge feed on the 3PM trip. > > The little (really little) yellow bird made another appearance, landing on > my head, and flying through the galley, landing on a few passengers heads > and causing pandemonium.... I wish I knew what kind of bird it is. Looks a > little like a yellow hummingbird, but a little bigger.... > > Very cold out there today, but still a pretty good day. > > 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 > > > > > > ------------------------------ > Stay in touch when you're away with Windows Live Messenger. IM anytime > you're online. > > _______________________________________________ > 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 Clare.Fritzsche at noaa.gov Tue May 13 14:39:03 2008 From: Clare.Fritzsche at noaa.gov (Clare Fritzsche) Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 14:39:03 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Monthly meeting Tuesday, May 20, at CINP in Ventura Harbor at 6:30pm Message-ID: <482A0A77.7040306@noaa.gov> Greetings, Naturalists! We have our monthly meeting next *Tuesday, May 20th, at 6:30pm* at the national park headquarters in *Ventura Harbor*. Dr. Chuck Rennie will speak on "*Blue and Humpback Whales,*" which will offer invaluable information as we head into the summer season and have encounters with those critters. There will be June CINC calendars for whale watching, day hikes, and outreach events, so please bring your calendar. The June CINC calendars will become available for sign-ups at 6pm, but I will post them online for your reference this Friday afternoon. And we still have some opportunities for May that you can schedule at any time. Looking forward to seeing you next week! Clare -- Clare Fritzsche Volunteer Administration Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary Channel Islands National Park Schedule for week of May 12: MON-WED: 8am-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 Please call my cell phone if need be: (805) 729-0127 FAX: (805) 568-1582 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Be sure to click on NEXT PAGE at the bottom of each page of pictures; there are 5 pages in all. A lady found a hummingbird nest and got pictures all the way from the egg to leaving the nest. It took 24 days from birth to flight. Because you'll probably never in your lifetime see this again, enjoy; and please share. http://community.webtv.net/Velpics/HUM Is this amazing or what?! Jane ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ In a rush? Get real-time answers with Windows Live Messenger. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Plan your next roadtrip with MapQuest.com: America's #1 Mapping Site. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. 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Robertson Robertson Environmental Services 100 Springdale Ct Thousand Oaks, CA 91360 Ph: (805) 493-1142 Fax: (805) 493-0142 ************** Wondering what's for Dinner Tonight? Get new twists on family favorites at AOL Food. (http://food.aol.com/dinner-tonight?NCID=aolfod00030000000001) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From scott at scottcuzzo.com Wed May 14 08:31:54 2008 From: scott at scottcuzzo.com (Scott Cuzzo) Date: Wed, 14 May 2008 08:31:54 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Replacement-Speed Twin, Saturday Message-ID: All, I am looking for someone to cover this Saturday's Speed Twin shifts, all three of them from 9-5:30. Sadly, I'm not able to make it. Maybe a little yellow bird will come and sit on your shoulder! Let me know if you can cover for me? 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I got a new job and I have to work the weekend. If anyone can fill the spot please call me at 805-290-0327 any time. Thanks, Drew Picard............ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From oaars at sbcglobal.net Fri May 16 09:50:04 2008 From: oaars at sbcglobal.net (Warren Glaser) Date: Fri, 16 May 2008 09:50:04 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [CINC] late notice need for substitute at the sb children's festival saturday, the 17th. Message-ID: <56400.31255.qm@web83102.mail.mud.yahoo.com> fellow naturalists... i find myself still "grounded" thru the midle of next week and cannot make the children's fest in sb tomorrow. if you would like to take my place, please e-mail me and either i can give you the details or clare can. the even is being held in alameda park, sb. my shift is 9:00-1:30pm. there will be at least three others there. it is a great, fun, busy event, one of the best. thanks so much, warren "when you cease to make a contribution, you begin to die." first lady eleanor roosevelt From gizmo92067 at yahoo.com Fri May 16 10:41:03 2008 From: gizmo92067 at yahoo.com (Carol Celic) Date: Fri, 16 May 2008 10:41:03 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [CINC] Substitute needed for The Children's Festival Message-ID: <219652.63897.qm@web52312.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Greetings Naturalists, I am seeking a sub for my 1:30pm - 4:30pm outreach shift this Saturday for The Children's Festival in Santa Barbara. I've been sick the past few days and can't seem to shake it, I don't want to get the kids sick. Thank you, Carol Celic Sent from my iPhone From islandkayaker at earthlink.net Fri May 16 11:13:10 2008 From: islandkayaker at earthlink.net (islandkayaker at earthlink.net) Date: Fri, 16 May 2008 11:13:10 -0700 (GMT-07:00) Subject: [CINC] late notice need for substitute at the sb children's festival saturday, the 17th. Message-ID: <31913112.1210961591175.JavaMail.root@elwamui-hybrid.atl.sa.earthlink.net> Hi Warren, I will take this for you. Please send me some details on what to do what to do when I get there, directions to the location, what to expect, etc. Thanks! Scott -----Original Message----- >From: Warren Glaser >Sent: May 16, 2008 9:50 AM >To: channel_islands_naturalist_corps at rain.org >Subject: [CINC] late notice need for substitute at the sb children's festival saturday, the 17th. > >fellow naturalists... > >i find myself still "grounded" thru the midle of >next week and cannot make the children's fest in >sb tomorrow. > >if you would like to take my place, please e-mail >me and either i can give you the details or clare >can. > >the even is being held in alameda park, sb. my >shift is 9:00-1:30pm. there will be at least >three others there. > >it is a great, fun, busy event, one of the best. > >thanks so much, > >warren > >"when you cease to make a contribution, you begin to die." first lady eleanor roosevelt >_______________________________________________ >Channel_islands_naturalist_corps mailing list >Channel_islands_naturalist_corps at rain.org >http://www.rain.org/mailman/listinfo/channel_islands_naturalist_corps From islandkayaker at earthlink.net Fri May 16 11:21:32 2008 From: islandkayaker at earthlink.net (islandkayaker at earthlink.net) Date: Fri, 16 May 2008 11:21:32 -0700 (GMT-07:00) Subject: [CINC] Info on Buoys - Meeting Today (Fri.) --was-- : Commercial Fishing Working Group Meeting Friday May 16 Message-ID: <4829084.1210962093295.JavaMail.root@elwamui-hybrid.atl.sa.earthlink.net> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Questions about this list can also be directed to the SAC Coordinator at: michael.murray at noaa.gov. _______________________________________ Cinms-advisory-l mailing list Cinms-advisory-l at rain.org http://www.rain.org/mailman/listinfo/cinms-advisory-l From gizmo92067 at yahoo.com Fri May 16 16:30:55 2008 From: gizmo92067 at yahoo.com (Carol Celic) Date: Fri, 16 May 2008 16:30:55 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [CINC] Sub needed for Condor on Sunday Message-ID: <818796.25973.qm@web52308.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Greetings Naturalists, I have strep throat so I won't be able to do my whale watch shift @ 10am this Sunday on the Condor. Can anyone fill in for me? Thank you, Carol Celic Sent from my iPhone From ThusOne at aol.com Fri May 16 21:37:52 2008 From: ThusOne at aol.com (ThusOne at aol.com) Date: Sat, 17 May 2008 00:37:52 EDT Subject: [CINC] speed twin Fri May 16 Message-ID: Speed Twin, May 16, Fri One Jeuv. Gray very close to shore But to get over the cool ocean... who cares what we saw. We left at 3pm and I swear, it was at least 5 degrees warmer when we got back to SB at about 5:20pm. The 12 noon trip didn't go out. Lovely calm day with great international passenger group & crew aboard the Speed Twin. Shirley Johnson ************** Wondering what's for Dinner Tonight? Get new twists on family favorites at AOL Food. (http://food.aol.com/dinner-tonight?NCID=aolfod00030000000001) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Dave said he had seen this pair off and on feeding in the area for 6 weeks. At Scorpion, Dee Dee, a staff member on the boat, took the school kids on a hike, and I did the hike orientation, then lead a party of 10 to Cavern Pt. Outstanding views , but no fox sighting for the first time in 4 trips! However, most campers we ran into had seen them. A smaller number of my hikers went with me to Potato Harbor, which lead to further interp about the Kelp forests, reserves, and seabirds. We saw many dolphin off shore, and well over 100 Pelicans circling at multi-tiered levels of a thermo-cline near Potato.Dick Bellman shadowed me and then another hike leader on an afternoon hike. We came back on the other IPO boat at 4p.m., hooking up with a number of CINC members coming back from an educational outing from Prisoners. They had been lectured for three days by Chuck Renine about Santa Cruz Is plant life,through a class offered by the SB Batonic gardens. I could have used their help on my hike! I am just getting comfortable at identifying various plants "when the are flowering", but when they start going into the long dormant state, I am lost! Paul _________________________________________________________________ Make every e-mail and IM count. Join the i?m Initiative from Microsoft. http://im.live.com/Messenger/IM/Join/Default.aspx?source=EML_WL_ MakeCount From jkuizenga at linkline.com Sun May 18 14:34:24 2008 From: jkuizenga at linkline.com (john kuizenga) Date: Sun, 18 May 2008 14:34:24 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Exxon Denies Endangering Whales Message-ID: As most of you know a small population of Gray Whales lead a tenuous existence in the Western Pacific, sometimes referred to as the Okhotsk-Korean Gray?s and are in critical danger of extinction. Depending on whose figures you use, the population hovers somewhere between fifty to over a hundred individuals. These Gray?s feed primarily in the Sea of Okhotsk, west of the Kamchatka Peninsula (Russia) and migrate southwest past Sakhalin Island, into the Sea of Japan to their breeding/calving grounds in Korean Waters. The World Wildlife Fund Russia says, they believe the Sakhalin-1 (also a Sakhalin-2) oil and gas project is ?likely to deprive food for the Gray Whales? endangering this population. This population is also listed on the ?World Conservation Union?s Red List, as critically endangered?. Yesterday?s (5/17) edition of the SB New Press in the National and World News Section (B-6), under Briefs printed an article: ?Exxon Denies Endangering Whales?. However, the News Press doesn?t provide news service reports in their on-line publication, so I?ve included a link to the URL of another article referring the same situation, for those who may be interested: http://www.yuzno.com/news/1394 Because the link cited is lacking specifics, you may also want to open two additional links: http://www.pacificenvironment.org/article.php?id=2700&&printsafe=1 & http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw/general/default.aspx?oid=97444 - John -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From alexa.mutti at gmail.com Mon May 19 11:32:42 2008 From: alexa.mutti at gmail.com (Alexa Mutti) Date: Mon, 19 May 2008 11:32:42 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Speed Twin 5/17 Message-ID: - Sat. May 17; 12-2:30, 3-5:30 - Capt. Don's Speed Twin - 6+ humpbacks and many friendly sea lions - Santa Barbara Pier It was a beautiful day with many passengers and naturalist Cal Meuser on board. Unfortunately we started off a little late because we had to go back for a group that was late. We eventually found a humpback and stayed with it for the rest of the trip. It even breached maybe 100-150 yards off the bow! And I missed it!! I was and still am heartbroken. For the afternoon trip both naturalists Cal and Laura Shelton were on board (a little mix up, but there were enough passengers on board to put each of us to work!). This trip started off late as well for a group of 20 was 40 minutes late. But we were quickly rewarded with multiple blows in the distance of humpback whales who were tail lobbing/throwing, although they quieted down as soon as we reached them. We encountered a trio, and later a pair who were breaching and active as well but quieted down as soon as we reached them. Even as we made our way back to the harbor we were still surrounded by blows. It was quite an awesome day for this newbie naturalist. 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From Deb4nb at aol.com Mon May 19 20:29:56 2008 From: Deb4nb at aol.com (Deb4nb at aol.com) Date: Mon, 19 May 2008 23:29:56 EDT Subject: [CINC] Children's Festival Outreach 5/17/08 Message-ID: Greetings All, Event: Family Service Agency's 25th Annual Children's Festival Location: Alameda Park, Santa Barbara Time: 11am- 4pm Staff Member: Carol Peterson, CINPS Education Coordinator CINC Volunteers: Carol Shoemaker, Scott Dunn, Michelle Gibbs, and Debra Herring Our Booth Activities: A watershed model courtesy of the MERITO program (thanks Rocio!); Whale Photo ID Board identifying humpbacks, blues, and grays; The Matching Game (memory game) courtesy of CINPS; Make Your Own Binoculars; Fox models plus eagle and fox tracking devices; Color a Ranger coloring sheets; whale models, baleen, brochures, etc.; whale and turtle origamis! What a fun event! We stayed very busy and had a great time! If you have not been to Alameda Park, it is a beautiful spacious SB city park with huge trees supplying alot of shade. Other activities at the event included face painting, crafts, pony rides, kids karaoke, a dance lesson session, and much more. Nonprofits and governmental agencies were both in attendance. Debra **************Wondering what's for Dinner Tonight? Get new twists on family favorites at AOL Food. (http://food.aol.com/dinner-tonight?NCID=aolfod00030000000001) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From islandkayaker at earthlink.net Tue May 20 09:31:04 2008 From: islandkayaker at earthlink.net (islandkayaker at earthlink.net) Date: Tue, 20 May 2008 09:31:04 -0700 (GMT-07:00) Subject: [CINC] Children's Festival Outreach 5/17/08 Message-ID: <12701499.1211301064421.JavaMail.root@elwamui-cypress.atl.sa.earthlink.net> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From Clare.Fritzsche at noaa.gov Tue May 20 16:32:48 2008 From: Clare.Fritzsche at noaa.gov (Clare.Fritzsche) Date: Tue, 20 May 2008 16:32:48 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Press release- Bald eaglets driven from their nest Message-ID: <48335FA0.80003@noaa.gov> PRESS RELEASE CONTACT: Yvonne Menard, National Park Service, 805-658-5725 Gabrielle Dorr, MSRP, 562-980-3236 May 20, 2008 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Bald Eaglets Driven From Their Nest on the Northern Channel Islands Yesterday two seven-week-old bald eagle chicks were unexpectedly taken from their nest at Pelican Harbor on Santa Cruz Island by an attacking sub-adult bald eagle. Anxious eagle enthusiasts watched intently via the Channel Islands Live EagleCAM as the young eaglets attempted to defend themselves. Within minutes of their first encounter with the invading sub-adult bald eagle one of the chicks was snatched from the nest. About an hour later the second chick was knocked out of the nest falling 30 feet below?the entire episode left eagle watchers devastated. ?This is a rare occurrence, I have never seen anything like this in my career as an eagle biologist,? said Dr. Peter Sharpe with the Institute for Wildlife Studies (IWS). ?The EagleCAM allows us and enthusiasts to observe live bald eagle behavior and learn more than previously known.? As the incident unfolded, EagleCAM watchers quickly notified IWS biologists who were nearby, having just returned from conducting eagle surveys offshore. A team of four biologists briskly hiked out to the nest site and found the two young bald eagle chicks under brush on the ground below the nest. A quick assessment revealed that one of the young birds suffered a possible broken wing and the other a cracked bill. To calm the birds, the biologists placed hoods over their heads and carefully swaddled them for transport to a temporary care facility on the island. Today the pair are being flown to a veterinary facility in Orange County to fully assess the extent of their injuries. As IWS biologists arrived at the nest site yesterday they observed one of the parent bald eagles in aerial combat with the sub-adult intruder. Over the next few days they will be analyzing transmitter data hoping to identify which of the 8 to 12 sub-adults 501 W. Ocean Blvd. Suite 4470  Long Beach, CA 90802  562.980.3236 that reside on the northern Channel Islands is responsible for this attack to better understand this unusual behavior. The eagle chicks will not be returned to their nest near Pelican Harbor. Once the chicks have recovered from their injuries, they will likely be placed in a ?hack tower? on Santa Cruz Island. They will be fed by biologists until they fledge in late June. Today, nearly 40 bald eagles are in Channel Islands National Park as a result of a restoration program that released 61 eagles between 2002 and 2006. This spring there were four nests established on the northern Channel Islands, three on Santa Cruz Island and one on Santa Rosa Island. Only two of the nests produced chicks, including this nest at Pelican Harbor. On Catalina Island five nests have produced seven young eaglets this spring The EagleCAM is one of a number of educational opportunities offered as part of Channel Islands Live (CHIL), a cooperative partnership between Channel Islands National Park and the Ventura County Office of Education. The EagleCAM and associated discussion board can be found at: http://chil.vcoe.org/eagle_cam.htm. To see video of the nest incident go to: www.nps.gov/chis The bald eagle restoration efforts on the Channel Islands are funded by the Montrose Settlements Restoration Program (MSRP), a multi-agency government program dedicated to restoring natural resources harmed by DDTs and PCBs released into the environment. Further information on MSRP can be found at: www.montroserestoration.gov. The Institute for Wildlife Studies, a non-profit organization dedicated to the conservation of wildlife species, has conducted bald eagle restoration on Catalina Island for over 25 years, as well as efforts on the northern islands within Channel Islands National Park. For links to webcams on Catalina and Santa Cruz Islands go to: www.iws.org This publication is available online at: www.nps.gov/chis/parknews/newsreleases.htm From ginnyfischer at mac.com Wed May 21 10:34:54 2008 From: ginnyfischer at mac.com (Ginny Fischer) Date: Wed, 21 May 2008 10:34:54 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Need a naturalist to cover 6/14 Message-ID: <56C6C1D5-68CE-42D9-A5ED-C0ACA307C648@mac.com> Opps...I will be out of town 6/14 and need someone to cover for me on the CX 10-2:30. Ginny Fischer -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Clare.Fritzsche at noaa.gov Wed May 21 13:06:24 2008 From: Clare.Fritzsche at noaa.gov (Clare Fritzsche) Date: Wed, 21 May 2008 13:06:24 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Washington Post: Clean-Air Rules Protecting Parks Set to Be Eased Message-ID: <483480C0.8040102@noaa.gov> Washington Post May 16, 2008 front page Clean-Air Rules Protecting Parks Set to Be Eased By Juliet Eilperin Washington Post Staff Writer Friday, May 16, 2008; A01 The Bush administration is on the verge of implementing new air quality rules that will make it easier to build power plants near national parks and wilderness areas, according to rank-and-file agency scientists and park managers who oppose the plan. The new regulations, which are likely to be finalized this summer, rewrite a provision of the Clean Air Act that applies to "Class 1 areas," federal lands that currently have the highest level of protection under the law. Opponents predict the changes will worsen visibility at many of the nation's most prized tourist destinations, including Virginia's Shenandoah, Colorado's Mesa Verde and North Dakota's Theodore Roosevelt national parks. Nearly a year ago, with little fanfare, the Environmental Protection Agency proposed changing the way the government measures air pollution near Class 1 areas on the grounds that the nation needed a more uniform way of regulating emissions near protected areas. The agency closed the comment period in April and has indicated it is not making significant changes to the draft rule, despite objections by EPA staff members. Jeffrey R. Holmstead, who now heads the environmental strategies group at the law firm Bracewelll & Giuliani, helped initiate the rule change while heading the EPA's air and radiation office. He said agency officials became concerned that the EPA's scientific staff was taking "the most conservative approach" in predicting how much pollution new power plants would produce. "The question from a policy perspective was: Do you need to have models based on the absolute worst-case conditions that were unlikely to ever occur in the real world?" Holmstead said in an interview Thursday. "This has to do with what [modeling] assumptions you're required to do. This is really a legal issue and a policy issue." The initiative is the latest in a series of administration efforts going back to 2003 to weaken air quality protections at national parks, including failed moves to prohibit federal land managers from commenting on permits for new pollution sources more than 31 miles away from their areas and to protect air resources only for parks that are big and diverse enough to "represent complete ecosystems." For 30 years, regulators have measured pollution levels in the parks, over both three-hour and 24-hour increments, to capture the spikes in emissions that occur during periods of peak energy demand. The new rule would average the levels over a year so that spikes in pollution levels would not violate the law. A slew of National Park Service and EPA officials have challenged the rule change, arguing that it will worsen visibility in already-impaired areas, according to internal documents obtained by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. In one set of comments, the EPA's regional computer modeling staff wrote that the proposal "would allow for significant degradation" of the parks' air quality. An e-mail from National Park Service staff called aspects of the plan "bad public policy" that would "make it much easier to build power plants" near Class 1 areas, which include some Fish and Wildlife Service -protected land. When the committee chairman, Rep. Henry A. Waxman (D-Calif.), asked the EPA whether the rule would facilitate construction of more power plants near protected areas, Robert J. Meyers, principal deputy assistant administrator for the EPA's Office of Air and Radiation, replied in an April 24 letter that this was not the intention of the rule but that he could not rule it out. "We developed this proposal based on the need to clarify how increment consumption must be addressed, and not whether or not it would be easier to build power plants," Meyers wrote. "In the absence of any data or evidence provided by the National Park Service, we are unable to conclusively confirm or deny their suggestion." Yesterday, the National Parks Conservation Association, an advocacy group, issued a report estimating that the rule would ease the way for the construction of 28 new coal-fired power plants within 186 miles of 10 national parks. In each of the next 50 years, the report concludes, the new plants would emit a total of 122 million tons of carbon dioxide, 79,000 tons of sulfur dioxide, 52,000 tons of nitrogen oxides, and 4,000 pounds of toxic mercury into the air over and around the Great Smoky Mountains, Zion and eight other national parks. "It's like if you're pulled over by a cop for going 75 miles per hour in a 55 miles-per-hour zone, and you say, 'If you look at how I've driven all year, I've averaged 55 miles per hour,' " said Mark Wenzler, director of the National Parks Conservation Association's clean-air programs. "It allows you to vastly underestimate the impact of these emissions." Don Shepherd, an environmental engineer at the Park Service's air resources division in Denver, said of the new rule, "I don't know of anyone at our level, who deals with this day to day, that likes it or thinks it's going to make sense. "We really want to have clean air at national parks all the time, and not just at average times," Shepherd said in a telephone interview. "All of our national parks have impaired visibility. . . . It would really be a setback in trying to make progress." While the government has made progress in reducing haze-producing sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide pollution in recent decades, many of the nation's best-known parks still have poor visibility and air quality. In October, the Park Service published a 10-year analysis of air quality trends that found that sulfate concentrations in precipitation have declined on the East Coast because of the federal acid rain program, but that Western parks have not experienced similar reductions. The concentrations of ozone smog over an eight-hour period are worsening across almost all of the interior West, including "some of the most remote places in the nation," said Vicki Patton, deputy general counsel for the Environmental Defense Fund. Jim Renfro, an air resources specialist at Great Smoky Mountains National Park, said the park is suffering from a host of pollution problems, including smog and sulfur and nitrogen deposition. Visibility on summer days is 15 miles, rather than the nearly 80 it used to be, and the park now does not meet federal smog standards. "There are some days when it's unhealthy to breathe at the park, so that's a major concern. People come here to get away, and they can't believe that sometimes they're better off where they came from," Renfro said. "We've got a long way to go." Power plant emissions are also affecting vegetation and wildlife, making streams in Shenandoah more acidic and stripping nutrients out of the soil that sustains spruce firs at the Great Smoky Mountains' higher elevations. The Great Smokies have the highest levels of acid deposition of any monitored area in North America. Georgia Murray, a staff scientist at the Appalachian Mountain Club, an outdoor recreation and advocacy group, said emissions will have to drop significantly for ecosystems on the East Coast to improve. "It's the type of pollution that takes years to recover from," she said. Holmstead, however, said the administration's Clean Air Interstate Rule, implemented in 2005, will ultimately reduce pollution nationwide. "What you want to do is reduce the total amount that comes out of these power plants," Holmstead said. "There's no Class 1 area in the country that is only affected by a nearby power plant." David_Barna at nps.gov infozone 1.94.5 From Clare.Fritzsche at noaa.gov Wed May 21 14:12:18 2008 From: Clare.Fritzsche at noaa.gov (Clare Fritzsche) Date: Wed, 21 May 2008 14:12:18 -0700 Subject: [CINC] found missing ball cap Message-ID: <48349032.6040707@noaa.gov> Derek sends the following message: [At the park headquarters in Ventura Harbor] there is a cinc denim ball cap in lost and found that was found back in march. if anyone is missing one they can claim it by calling bill faulkner at 805-658-5736. Derek Lohuis Channel Islands National Park 1901 Spinnaker Dr. Ventura, CA 93001 805-658-5736 From rustgarden at msn.com Wed May 21 14:27:01 2008 From: rustgarden at msn.com (Morgan Coffey) Date: Wed, 21 May 2008 14:27:01 -0700 Subject: [CINC] squid-hunting whales Message-ID: Hi all,Here is an excerpt from an article about fascinating research on pilot and beaked whales from the online Oceanus magazine (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution). For the full article plus slides shows and diving animations for pilot whales and beaked whales, visit http://www.whoi.edu/oceanus/viewArticle.do?id=41906?ionid=1021~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Using innovative tags that monitor whale sounds and movements in the depths, a new study has shown that different whales have evolved different hunting styles. That lets them coexist in the same territory, much like cheetahs amid other big cats on the Serengeti Plains. Pilot Whales, Cheetahs of the Deep SeaResearchers reveal first glimpse of how whales dive deep at high speeds for squidUntil now, what happened in the depths where many whales hunt, stayed there. A new study has revealed that pilot whales are ?the cheetahs of the deep sea,? making 15-minute, high-speed, all-or-nothing, dives up to 3,280 feet (1,000 meters deep) to chase and catch large squid, before surfacing to catch their breath."They make colossal dives and must come back exhausted," said Natacha Aguilar de Soto, the study's lead author. "They have to spend time at the surface catching their breath before undertaking a new spring to catch prey."The pilot whales? hunting tactics contrast with beaked whales, another family of similar-sized, deep-diving squid-eaters that ply nearby waters in the Canary Islands, a research team involving scientists in three countries reported online in the Journal of Animal Ecology. Beaked whales dive slowly, conserving their breath so that they can remain at depth for 20 to 30 minutes hunting for smaller squid. Their dives can last up to 50 to 90 minutes.?We didn't expect such differences in tactics between deep-diving squid-eaters,? said Mark Johnson, an engineer at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) who designed innovative tagging devices that record whale sounds and movements in the deep and allowed this first glimpse of their hunting behavior. Perhaps the different species can coexist in the same territory because they have evolved different hunting styles, just as cheetahs have done to carve a niche on the same Serengeti Plains where other big cats hunt, he said.Rather than expending energy in a sprint for a big, one-time payoff as pilot whales do, beaked whales are more like endurance runners. Moving more slowly, they gather more, though smaller, prey. ?It?s more like picking berries,? said Aguilar de Soto of the University of La Laguna in Tenerife, Canary Islands. ??.The picture that emerges is this: Pilot whales dive down to about 1,640 feet (500 meters) and then level out to select a target??sort of like acoustic window shopping,? Johnson said. Once they have picked their prey, a chase starts that can take the whales down to around 3,000 feet (1,000 meters) and reach speed of 20 miles per hour (9 meters per second). (Their terrestrial counterparts, cheetahs, run up to 60 miles per hours, but only for 20 seconds, before they have to rest for long periods??and, of course, they can breathe all the time, whereas the pilot whales are working on just one lung-full of air,? Aguilar de Soto said.) ?. Pilot whales are known to eat several species of large deep-water squid, some of which get big enough to be worth chasing. Squid tentacles four feet long have been seen trailing from pilot whales? mouths after they have resurfaced. But even larger prey may be the whales? quarry.?We?ve found pieces of the arms of giant squid, Architeuthis dux, floating where the whales are coming up,? Johnson said. ?We have always imagined sperm whales hunting giant squid but maybe these tough pilot whales, one third the size of a sperm whale, are the ones showing up for the fight.? _________________________________________________________________ Keep your kids safer online with Windows Live Family Safety. http://www.windowslive.com/family_safety/overview.html?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_Refresh_family_safety_052008 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ThusOne at aol.com Wed May 21 18:22:06 2008 From: ThusOne at aol.com (ThusOne at aol.com) Date: Wed, 21 May 2008 21:22:06 EDT Subject: [CINC] squid-hunting whales Message-ID: Thanks a lot for posting this. What a neat web site. I want to give a heads up about the "different whale hunting styles" part... it has really cool audios of the pilot & beaked whales diving & hunting squid. Check out the rushing water on the pilot whale's dive - really dramatic. Shirley In a message dated 5/21/2008 2:34:30 PM Pacific Standard Time, rustgarden at msn.com writes: > > Hi all, > > Here is an excerpt from an article about fascinating research on pilot and > beaked whales from the online Oceanus magazine (Woods Hole Oceanographic > Institution). > > For the full article plus slides shows and diving animations for pilot > whales and beaked whales, visit > http://www.whoi.edu/oceanus/viewArticle.do?id=41906?ionid=1021 > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ************** Get trade secrets for amazing burgers. Watch "Cooking with Tyler Florence" on AOL Food. 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Santa Barbara, CA* *D R A F T A G E N D A* *9:00-10:00**AM** 1. Administrative Business and Announcements* *A. Introduction of New Council Members* *B. Comment on/Adoption of March 14, 2008 Draft Meeting Notes* (_Council Action Requested_) *C. Sanctuary Superintendent's Report* (_No Council Action Requested_) *D. Brief Council Member Announcements *(_No Council Action Requested_)** *10:00-10:30**AM** 2. Director's Report from the West Coast Regional Office, Office of National Marine Sanctuaries* *(William J. Douros)* (_No Council Action Requested_) ? An update on regional and national activities from the West Coast Regional Director of the Office of National Marine Sanctuaries ? Council questions and discussion *10:30-12:00**PM** 3. Report and Recommendations by Council Subcommittee on Large Cetaceans and Shipping *(_Council Action Requested_) ? The Council's Subcommittee on Large Cetaceans and Shipping will present a proposed /Emergency Response Plan for Reducing Ship Strikes on Large Cetaceans in the Santa Barbara Channel and Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary/. ? Council questions and discussion ? _Council Action Requested_: Decision on Endorsement of Subcommittee Plan. * 12:00-12:15**PM** 4. Public Comment *(1st of 2) (may be extended at the discretion of the Chair or used as a break)** *12:15-1:15**PM** LUNCH *(A group lunch option is offered for $10.00 per person. If interested, please let staff know early in the day)** *1:15-1:45**PM **5. Report on SAC Chairs Annual Meeting *(_No Council Action Requested_)** ? Report by Chair Dianne Black on the annual meeting of Council Chairpersons held in Newport News, VA from May 13-15, 2008 ? Council questions and discussion *1:45-2:15**PM **6. Council Letter on Marine Weather Buoys Slated for Decommissioning *(_Council Action Requested_)** ? Proposed comment letter to NOAA by Council Subcommittee regarding concerns about a planned decommissioning of the West Santa Barbara Channel and Point Arguello buoys. ? _Council Action_: Possible Adoption of Council Letter * 2:15-3:45**PM **7. Council Comment on Supplemental Draft EIS and Proposed Rule on Large Vessel Discharge of Graywater and Sewage* (_Council Action Requested_) A. Overview [20 min.] ? Staff will provide an overview of the proposed action and comments received to date ? Council questions B. Working Group Comments [20 min.] ? Any SAC Working Group comments developed on the SDEIS/Proposed Rule to be summarized by working group Chairs C. Council Comments [50 min.] ? Council members to comment on the SDEIS/Proposed Rule ? A consensus comment list will be created for those comments accepted by all, and a non-consensus comment list will be created for other comments ? _Council Action_: Approval of Council-generated comments and transmittal of both consensus and non-consensus comments by letter *3:45-4:00**PM** 8. Public Comment *(2nd of 2) (may be extended at the discretion of the Chair, or used as a break)** *4:00-4:25**PM** 9. Working Group Reports *(_No Council Action Requested_)** Brief reports from the Chairs of active SAC Working Groups that have recently met. A. Research Activities Panel (Bob Warner) (_Possible Council Action_) ? As previously requested by the Council, the RAP will share technical comments on a risk assessment about the status of black abalone. ? _Possible Council Action_: Decision to forward RAP comments to CINMS for use by National Marine Fisheries Services B. Chumash Community Working Group C. Conservation Working Group (Linda Krop) D. Recreational Fishing Working Group (Capt. David Bacon) E. Commercial Fishing Working Group (Jim Marshall) * 4:25-4:30**PM** 10. Future SAC Meeting Schedule, Meeting Close-Out* (_No Council Action Requested_) *A. Schedule reminder for remaining 2008 SAC meetings:* ? Friday, July 18, 2008: SAC Meeting, Ventura ? Friday, September 19, 2008: SAC Meeting, Santa Barbara ? Friday, November 14, 2008: SAC Meeting, Ventura * 4:30**PM** **ADJOURN* * _DIRECTIONS_** Casa Las Palmas, 323 E. Cabrillo Blvd., Santa Barbara, CA* 1) Take U.S. 101 north or southbound to Santa Barbara 2) Exit on GARDEN Street 3) Turn toward the ocean on GARDEN 4) Turn LEFT on CABRILLO Blvd. at the beach 5) Casa Las Palmas is on the left (inland) side within Chase Palm Park, at 323 E. 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So I was pretty floored when I saw an Associated Press article this morning about Calambokidis's research with the SPLASH project on the increasing humpback populations in the North Pacific. The link is at http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24788056/ and the article's text follows. Hope you all enjoy your Memorial Day weekend! Chris Carlson chrisjamescarlson at gmail.com Humpback whales make a dramatic comebackStudy: Once hunted to the brink of extinction, population now nears 20,000 HONOLULU - Once hunted to the brink of extinction, humpback whales have made a dramatic comeback in the North Pacific Ocean over the past four decades, a new study says. The study released Thursday by SPLASH, an international organization of more than 400 whale watchers, estimates there were between 18,000 and 20,000 of the majestic mammals in the North Pacific in 2004-2006. Their population had dwindled to less than 1,500 before hunting of humpbacks was banned worldwide in 1966. "It's not a complete success, but it's definitely very encouraging in terms of the recovery of the species," said Jeff Walters, co-manager of the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary. The study, sponsored by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, is the most comprehensive analysis ever of any large whale population, said David Mattila, science coordinator for the sanctuary. At least half of the humpback whales migrate between Alaska and Hawaii, and that population is the healthiest, Mattila said. But isolated populations that migrate from Japan and the Philippines to Russia are taking a longer to recover after whaling operations ceased, he said. "Whales are long-lived and give birth one at a time .... so if the population gets pushed too low, it may take quite awhile to come back. Maybe that's what's happening in the west," Mattila said. The whales are protected under federal laws that include the Marine Mammal Protection Act and the Endangered Species Act. *Endangered status to change?* Their resurgence could spark a debate over whether they should still be considered endangered, said Naomi McIntosh, superintendent for the humpback sanctuary. "Those discussions are bound to happen, and we knew that going into the study, we anticipated it," she said. "I think it's too early to make that call." The number of collisions between whales and boats has been increasing, probably because the population is larger, Walters said. Whale entanglements in marine debris, fishing gear and aquaculture structures also are a growing concern. The whale count was made based on data collected from Hawaii, Mexico, Asia, Central America, Russia, the Aleutians, Canada and the United States' northwest coast. 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URL: From Clare.Fritzsche at noaa.gov Fri May 23 14:59:36 2008 From: Clare.Fritzsche at noaa.gov (Clare Fritzsche) Date: Fri, 23 May 2008 14:59:36 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Lemonwood Eaglets Message-ID: <48373E48.5070605@noaa.gov> Yvonne Menard sends the following about the Santa Cruz Island Eaglets: I thought you would appreciate listening to a NPR broadcast yesterday on our bald eagles: http://www.kclu.org/ Today MSNBC national news reported that the eagle snatching video is a top favorite for U tube this week. -- Clare Fritzsche Volunteer Administration Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary Channel Islands National Park Schedule for weeks of May 26 & June 2: MON: Memorial Day Holiday TUE: 8am-4pm (9:30-11am CINMS staff meeting), Santa Barbara: (805) 966-7107 x366 WED: 9:30am-2:30pm, Oxnard: (805) 382-6149 x105 THU: 8am-12pm, Santa Barbara: (805) 966-7107 x366 FRI: Anacapa Island MON-FRI June 2-6: Washington, D.C. 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One of the three separated from the pod, and other spouts, perhaps as many as five, were seen at various positions and distances from the boat. The remaining two humpbacks put on quite a show for the next hour. Passengers were treated to one breach, numerous rollovers, spy hops, tail and pectoral slappings, and flukings. As the hour progressed these whales came closer and closer to the boat. The whales actually appeared to rub against the Condor at times! passengers got quite a workout running between the port and starboard sides as these whales swam under the boat repeatedly. Many satisfied, but cold and sea-tossed passengers napped in the cabin on the way back to Santa Barbara. Gary Delanoeye **************Get trade secrets for amazing burgers. Watch "Cooking with Tyler Florence" on AOL Food. (http://food.aol.com/tyler-florence?video=4&?NCID=aolfod00030000000002) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From RDreher at roadrunner.com Fri May 23 21:29:35 2008 From: RDreher at roadrunner.com (Ron Dreher) Date: Fri, 23 May 2008 21:29:35 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Little Yellow Bird Message-ID: <00bd01c8bd56$c766f670$0a00a8c0@DJX1D341> Yellow warblers are common, but hard to find Karen Bridgers The rust-colored streaks on the breast show this is a male yellow warbler. ROGER MILLIKAN PHOTO May 21, 2008 7:34 AM One of my favorite birds of the spring and summer is the yellow warbler, a tiny (about 5 inches long) bright yellow bird that spends its winters in Mexico, Central and South America, but spreads out over the U.S. and Canada to breed. In fact, yellow warblers are the most widespread of any North American wood warbler throughout the breeding season. Although about the same size as a goldfinch, there's no mixing these two birds up, as the warbler is longer, slimmer and has a narrow beak that is well adapted to eating insects. Also, yellow warblers will not come to feeders, but can be found in almost any riparian (streamside) habitat in the South Coast and North County. As you might imagine, finding one of these little birds skulking about can be difficult. Luckily, however, they have a big voice. Listen for a high, whistled song often described as ending with a clear "sweet, sweet, sweet!" Once you hear the song, look for the singer in the willows, a sycamore or cottonwood tree, or high in a silk oak, a tree favored by yellow warblers. The female yellow warbler is lemon yellow overall, without many distinguishing marks. The males, however, have a series of russet streaks on the breast that make them stand out from any other warbler that is yellow. The face is bright yellow, offset by a black eye and dark bill. The tail is rather short, but continues the yellow color scheme, with yellow tail spots and undertail coverts. Yellow warblers are often the victims of brown-headed cowbirds, which lay their eggs in the warbler's nest. The warblers, however, seem to recognize the cowbird's intrusion and will often respond by building another nest on top of the one containing the cowbird egg and laying another clutch of eggs. If the cowbird is persistent, the warbler may build two or three nests -- one on top of the other -- to foil the cowbird's attempts. Interestingly, it has been shown that yellow warblers that nest near colonies of red-winged blackbirds are not parasitized as much because the blackbirds will drive the cowbirds away. If you live near a creek or other body of water, you should be able to find yellow warblers in the neighborhood. Listen for their bright song and look for a flash of sunshine in the foliage. Yellow warblers will be fairly common here until late September or early October, when they go south for the winter. 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May 14 on the DD: 11:30 trip 14 passengers 1 humpback near the end of the trip - several flukes and we had to leave 2:30 trip 19 passengers no marine mammals May 20 - CX cancelled - high winds May 23 - Speed Twin Both trips cancelled - weather conditions carole Carole Rosales carole at earthlink.net Home:805 482 0259 Cell:805 405 1681 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From staci at savzsea.com Sat May 24 11:28:02 2008 From: staci at savzsea.com (Staci Kaye-Carr) Date: Sat, 24 May 2008 11:28:02 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Little Yellow Bird In-Reply-To: Message-ID: On 5/23/08 9:29 PM, "Ron Dreher" wrote: > Yellow warblers Hello All, Just thought I?d share this tidbit...... A group of yellow warblers are collectively known as "a stream", "a sweetness", and a "trepidation of warblers." Check out the yellow warblers call and so much more at..... http://identify.whatbird.com/obj/343/_/Yellow_Warbler.aspx Lots of easy to use bird identification info. 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We woke up wondering how it would play out with the funky weather and unpredictable forecast. Very shortly after leaving the Harbor we saw 6 Humpbacks around us. We were only 4 miles off shore. 2 were quite close to us and 4 others we maybe ? mile out in 2 directions (3 pairs total). The humpbacks that were near us were a cow/calve pair who showed us several flukes and a huge full body breach. Someone asked Mat if they ever breach onto the boat and he said ?not my boat? but also told of an accident a few years back were a gray breached in Avila in pea soup fog onto a fishing boat, hit the bow, causing a man over-board who was never found. 20 minutes later another pair surfaced 30 feet from us and were mixed with porpoising sea lions. Everyone got several whiffs of the whale breath. These 2 came straight toward us on the port side. They hung out with us for a while and seemed to snorkel in our area for quite a while. As we continued toward SCI we saw another pair and some flukes but were running late so only stayed about 5 minutes. 15 minutes later there were 5 more in 3 different directions so we headed toward a pair where we got lots of good whiffs and flukes. They surfaced 50 feet from the boat and we could still see the others off in the distance. There were whales everywhere you looked today. Except for the weather it was like August ? whales left, right, in front, behind you, below you. Mat said he could see this last pair make a deep dive and that he saw them directly under the boat at 600 feet with the fish finder. When they surfaced, they were again right next to us and we got more whiffs and several loud trumpeting calls, and another fluke. We then picked up speed and headed to the west end of SCI and once we reached Santa Cruz Channel we took at left turn at West Point and hugged the island all the way to Prisoners Harbor. By now the sun was out and the island was amazing. We saw sea lions everywhere: swimming and porpoising both in rafts and by themselves. Many were also seen on the rocks and little beaches. There were private boats in every little mini-harbor and Pelican Bay had so many boats Mat laughed. There must have been 20+ boats there. It was a bit surgy at Painted Cave so we didn?t go too far in, but saw several more sea lions at the entrance hauled out on the rocks and the large brightly colored sea stars. Many sea birds could be seen on the bluffs on the entire SCI hugging tour. If you are still reading, my most exciting part of the day was when we had left SCI, running 30-40 minutes late, and I saw something. I yelled at Mat with excitement and pointed; he turned the boat around and I saw my 1st Minke Whale. It surface 3 times and everyone got to see it. The Minke?s had always been elusive on my previous trips and I never saw one with my own eye?s. Another small raft of sea lions cruised by and then we saw a group of about 20 Pacific White Sided Dolphins that we watched for several minutes. We were on a good roll for seeing things not seen on every trip. On the way home we came across another cow/calf pair but had no time to stay and play. There were eager parents waiting on shore to see their kids and we needed to get back to home port. One couple I talked to mentioned at the end of the trip how lucky I was to live in Santa Barbara, such a beautiful and amazing place. He summed up the trip well. Cheers, Kevin Bailey -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From GaryDel at aol.com Sun May 25 08:40:56 2008 From: GaryDel at aol.com (GaryDel at aol.com) Date: Sun, 25 May 2008 11:40:56 EDT Subject: [CINC] breaching Message-ID: Several times now I have been reminded that humpback breaching behavior defies any definitive explanation. Communication, parasite relief and a variety of anthropomorphic motives provide popular rationales. So, I feel OK about offering yet another speculation that comes from the aquarium fish I used to keep and what I know about anchovies. First, danios, barbs and neons are small schooling aquarium fish, like anchovies. Tap on the glass and these little fish with nowhere really to go, tighten up their formation. Anchovies, similarly, swim in tight schools to reduce the risk to any one individual. Enter the humpback, who dines more efficiently on tightly schooled anchovies than on fish that have dropped out and dispersed. Humpbacks and other whales, the biggest things, all seem to dine on the smallest... those that act as if there is ?(individual) safety in numbers?. So, schooling is a defense mechanism for diminutive things, like anchovies, krill, etc. Their highly evolved ability to school, to swim in formation, may all come from the bits and pieces of the oceanic environment that they have come to perceive as threatening. Perhaps one of these bits and pieces of the environment is the great emanating sound that a huge whale makes when its tail, fin or body hits the water. Maybe breaching and slapping are behaviors that have evolved to keep small fish on edge, and balled up... and ready to eat. Even if humpbacks are not feeding, the sounds of their antics carry far in water and may benefit a hungry whale far away. As humpbacks demonstrate other cooperative feeding strategies, perhaps breaching and other noise-making sport have come to serve a more generalized, but similar purpose. What do you think? Or am I just... all wet? Gary Delanoeye **************Get trade secrets for amazing burgers. Watch "Cooking with Tyler Florence" on AOL Food. 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Message-ID: Can anyone take my slot on the Condor Express this Tuesday, May 27 from 10AM-2:30PM? Please let me know, Thanks, Polly From RDreher at roadrunner.com Sun May 25 18:17:54 2008 From: RDreher at roadrunner.com (Ron Dreher) Date: Sun, 25 May 2008 18:17:54 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Article Message-ID: <01cb01c8bece$5843adf0$0a00a8c0@DJX1D341> Domoic acid poisoning makes birthing difficult for sea lion Peter Howorth This sea lion pup had to be coaxed into the world by Santa Barbara Marine Mammal Center volunteers after its mother showed signs of domoic acid poisoning. COPYRIGHT PETER HOWORTH May 25, 2008 7:30 AM A volunteer at the Santa Barbara Marine Mammal Center last Wednesday said "something is wrong with this sea lion." I could see why she said that, but the only thing wrong was that the animal was giving birth about a month early. The sea lion had been poisoned with domoic acid, a neurotoxin that sometimes develops in microscopic marine plants called Psuedo-nitzschia . The plants are eaten by anchovies, which in turn are eaten by sea lions. When pregnant females are afflicted by this poison, they often give birth. The females usually recover two or three days after giving birth, but they abandon the pups. This may be just as well, since the milk could be tainted with the poison. The sea lion at the Marine Mammal Center was clearly having a tough time of it. Weakened by the toxin, she strained as best she could. What normally would take literally seconds or a few minutes at most was taking far too much time and draining her strength. I decided to break the water to ease the birth. In a fairly short time, the pup emerged. It broke out of the sac without problems, but the mother ignored the newborn. We tied off the umbilicus and cut it, then cleaned up. As we expected, the mother wanted nothing to do with the pup. We gave the pup its first bath, gently cleansing it in lukewarm water. Meanwhile, the pup was squalling for its first real meal. We began the first of what will become months of feeding the pup formula through a tube. We examined it carefully and found everything as it should be. After this, the pup, a female, dozed off. Like all newborns, I knew this one would holler for more food as soon as she awakened, demanding to be fed at all hours. This is not the only problem mothers face this time of year. Normally, their pup from last year will stay with them almost up to the time of the new arrival, which usually comes the third week of June. If the female is not pregnant, the pup may stay with it for as much as another year. Although the yearlings can catch their own fish after about three months of age, they sometimes have trouble finding enough to eat, especially when sea conditions are rough. When they are separated from their mothers, their backup food supply is cut off. Worse, the mothers will abandon them when they are poisoned, compounding the problem. According to the National Marine Fisheries Service, which has jurisdiction over most marine mammals, domoic acid poisoning may be limiting the pupping rate, so the problem is serious. The week before, we tried to rescue an emaciated yearling at Coal Oil Point. The animal had hauled out on a surf-washed rock. When we approached, it swam over to another rock. This happened a second time, but by then, one of the rescuers was hidden behind a rock as the other drove the animal into the trap. At this point, an overzealous amateur photographer completely ignored what was obviously a rescue effort and rushed up to the animal, frightening it into the water. The animal gave up trying to come ashore and headed reluctantly out to sea. The next day, the same animal came ashore. A volunteer watching the snowy plover colony at the point warned people away, but when she got off duty, beachgoers frightened the sea lion into the water moments before rescuers arrived. The following day, Michael Smith, who counts gray whales from the point, spotted the little sea lion again. He agreed to stay by it to keep people and dogs away. Unfortunately, the rescue vehicle was delayed an hour because of a crash on the freeway. Mr. Smith managed to keep two people away who wanted to scare it into the water, along with a man with a pit bull who wanted his dog to go after it. Thanks to Mr. Smith's gallant efforts, the rescuers were finally able to capture the animal, which was exhausted, extremely thin, and probably wouldn't have lasted many more days. Peter Howorth is director of the Santa Barbara Marine Mammal Center. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Ronald Adamson From: channel_islands_naturalist_corps-bounces at rain.org [mailto:channel_islands_naturalist_corps-bounces at rain.org] On Behalf Of GaryDel at aol.com Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2008 8:41 AM To: channel_islands_naturalist_corps at rain.org Subject: [CINC] breaching Several times now I have been reminded that humpback breaching behavior defies any definitive explanation. Communication, parasite relief and a variety of anthropomorphic motives provide popular rationales. So, I feel OK about offering yet another speculation that comes from the aquarium fish I used to keep and what I know about anchovies. First, danios, barbs and neons are small schooling aquarium fish, like anchovies. Tap on the glass and these little fish with nowhere really to go, tighten up their formation. Anchovies, similarly, swim in tight schools to reduce the risk to any one individual. Enter the humpback, who dines more efficiently on tightly schooled anchovies than on fish that have dropped out and dispersed. Humpbacks and other whales, the biggest things, all seem to dine on the smallest... those that act as if there is ?(individual) safety in numbers?. So, schooling is a defense mechanism for diminutive things, like anchovies, krill, etc. Their highly evolved ability to school, to swim in formation, may all come from the bits and pieces of the oceanic environment that they have come to perceive as threatening. Perhaps one of these bits and pieces of the environment is the great emanating sound that a huge whale makes when its tail, fin or body hits the water. Maybe breaching and slapping are behaviors that have evolved to keep small fish on edge, and balled up... and ready to eat. Even if humpbacks are not feeding, the sounds of their antics carry far in water and may benefit a hungry whale far away. As humpbacks demonstrate other cooperative feeding strategies, perhaps breaching and other noise-making sport have come to serve a more generalized, but similar purpose. What do you think? Or am I just... all wet? Gary Delanoeye _____ Get trade secrets for amazing burgers. Watch "Cooking with Tyler Florence" on AOL Food. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ppetrich39 at hotmail.com Sun May 25 22:37:56 2008 From: ppetrich39 at hotmail.com (Paul Jr. Petrich) Date: Sun, 25 May 2008 22:37:56 -0700 Subject: [CINC] breaching In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Gary, A very thoughtful theory. However, how often breaching, pect flapping, etc are displayed while humpbacks are observed feeding, as opposed to when they are obviously socializing with the boat and its occupants might be a good CINC observation point to make note of in the comment section to test it out? Just a thought from Rome. No Humpback sightings here yet. Paul From: GaryDel at aol.com Date: Sun, 25 May 2008 11:40:56 -0400 To: channel_islands_naturalist_corps at rain.org Subject: [CINC] breaching Several times now I have been reminded that humpback breaching behavior defies any definitive explanation. Communication, parasite relief and a variety of anthropomorphic motives provide popular rationales. So, I feel OK about offering yet another speculation that comes from the aquarium fish I used to keep and what I know about anchovies. First, danios, barbs and neons are small schooling aquarium fish, like anchovies. Tap on the glass and these little fish with nowhere really to go, tighten up their formation. Anchovies, similarly, swim in tight schools to reduce the risk to any one individual. Enter the humpback, who dines more efficiently on tightly schooled anchovies than on fish that have dropped out and dispersed. Humpbacks and other whales, the biggest things, all seem to dine on the smallest... those that act as if there is ?(individual) safety in numbers?. So, schooling is a defense mechanism for diminutive things, like anchovies, krill, etc. Their highly evolved ability to school, to swim in formation, may all come from the bits and pieces of the oceanic environment that they have come to perceive as threatening. Perhaps one of these bits and pieces of the environment is the great emanating sound that a huge whale makes when its tail, fin or body hits the water. Maybe breaching and slapping are behaviors that have evolved to keep small fish on edge, and balled up... and ready to eat. Even if humpbacks are not feeding, the sounds of their antics carry far in water and may benefit a hungry whale far away. As humpbacks demonstrate other cooperative feeding strategies, perhaps breaching and other noise-making sport have come to serve a more generalized, but similar purpose. What do you think? Or am I just... all wet? Gary Delanoeye Get trade secrets for amazing burgers. Watch "Cooking with Tyler Florence" on AOL Food. _________________________________________________________________ Make every e-mail and IM count. Join the i?m Initiative from Microsoft. http://im.live.com/Messenger/IM/Join/Default.aspx?source=EML_WL_ MakeCount -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From pollyblackburn at charter.net Mon May 26 11:51:45 2008 From: pollyblackburn at charter.net (Polly Blackburn) Date: Mon, 26 May 2008 11:51:45 -0700 Subject: [CINC] CX May 27 Taken Message-ID: I had 4 responses from naturalists wanting the Tuesday May 27 CX trip from 10-2:30. I got them in the following order (starting with the earliest): Arthur Elfenbein Hal Altman Gary Delanoeye Alexa Mutti Gary said he also offered to take Ginny Fischer's slot on the same trip, since she needs a sub as well. So, I guess I leave it to Clare to pick who is going? THANKS everyone for being so responsive. I have a terrible cold!! Polly From sally.eagle at cox.net Mon May 26 13:01:45 2008 From: sally.eagle at cox.net (Sally Eagle) Date: Mon, 26 May 2008 12:01:45 -0800 Subject: [CINC] CX May 27 Taken In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20080526190450.KQBR23549.fed1rmmtao105.cox.net@fed1rmimpo02.cox.net> I got a reply from Ginny which was forwarded to Clare that I was to take her spot on the CX on Tuesday 5/27 I arranged my schedule to do that. Sally Eagle From pollyblackburn at charter.net Mon May 26 13:33:17 2008 From: pollyblackburn at charter.net (Polly Blackburn) Date: Mon, 26 May 2008 13:33:17 -0700 Subject: [CINC] June 15 CX sub needed Message-ID: Hi - I goofed and signed up for the CX on a weekend that I'll be out-of-town. Any takers for my slot from 10-2:30 on Sunday, Jun 15th? Thanks, Polly From kensword at cox.net Mon May 26 17:10:54 2008 From: kensword at cox.net (Kenneth A. Tatro) Date: Mon, 26 May 2008 17:10:54 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Speed Twin, 24May08 Message-ID: Hi folks, Speed twin Owner/Captain Steve along with wife Celia running the galley and crewman Scott gave us warm welcome to the Captain Don's whale watch runs for the day, off of Sterns Wharf. The 9 AM run was canceled due to lack of passengers, so it was on to the afternoon runs for us all. Dino Dal Bon and I gave our presentation explaining the Channel, what we may see and passing around the Gray and Humpback models, Gray Whale Balene, and the jar of Krill at the beginning of each run and then the fun began. A cool day gave the 15 and 20 folks respectively on the 12PM and 3 PM runs calm seas, some early over cast and light rain giving way to bright sunshine toward the end of the first run. A nice treat was had with one Humpback on the 12 PM and two then three Humpbacks on the 3PM run. Many sea lion groups basking with flippers up were sighted on both outings, as well as small groups of common dolphin here and there, many joining us, to the passengers delightful ohhs and auhs, of a good bout of bow pressure wave riding. The 12 PM run had just the one Humpback, but it was a curious one circling us then going away and coming back to checking us out again and again. Many a tail flukes were offered, but not a big showy type, just curious and friendly, having fun with us as we were with it for a good hour. Toward the end of the run, this guy came up to the port stern and just hung there about 4 feet under water, not moving, and about 4-5 feet from the rear of the boat, as if just checking us out or begging for a hand out. Then it decided to go under the boat, with all the folks rushing to the starboard bow to see it come up. But alas, it was off to other doings and we needed to be heading back to the Wharf. Along with many sightings of Sea lions and Common Dolphins, the folks were well pleased. The 3 PM show was very similar, in that the two Humpbacks riding in tandem, were not very showy but quite content to have us along. They seemed to be going some where, then we noticed it was a big circle. Many flukes we offered and the folks took them in with delight. More Sea Lions groups basking in the Sun were often about. But a group of Common Dolphin were off the port, so we turned to go visit them. They then came to us and we had a good time taking in their fun filled activity. Soon, another blow was sighted and off to see who it was. Ah ha, it was no one else but our lone friendly of the earlier run, its quirky dorsal fin giving it away. So it came over and gave us another good show of circle around and under the boat, of course to the delight of the folks on board. Then toward the end of the run again it came up to the boat, but not really hanging there, instead giving us an up front and very personal blow. We talked about this possibility in our presentation, Crinkle Fin came through for us. Following this very nice blow, it was dive, with a very nice fluke show not 3 feet from the bow. Time to turn for port, a nice ride, became even more interesting as a nice size group of Common Dolphin joined us for a very long session of bow pressure wave riding. The folks were just ecstatic. Kind fun for us old salts as well. Yours, Ken tatro From scott at scottcuzzo.com Mon May 26 18:13:40 2008 From: scott at scottcuzzo.com (Scott Cuzzo) Date: Mon, 26 May 2008 18:13:40 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Dolphins Message-ID: <9611D137-89C4-407B-A225-6BF22B09E479@scottcuzzo.com> At the prompting of Kevin Bailey, I wanted to share that I finally saw the mega pod of common dolphin on Saturday during a shadow hike trip to Anacapa. I hadn't seen the mega pod in a couple months, after seeing them regularly, so thought it noteworthy. Also saw two humpies. One I saw from the cliffs of Anacapa ? it breached at least seven times. Then on the way home we found another one and got close views of it. Scott Cuzzo From dvabbott at verizon.net Mon May 26 19:02:38 2008 From: dvabbott at verizon.net (dvabbott) Date: Mon, 26 May 2008 19:02:38 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Dolphins In-Reply-To: <9611D137-89C4-407B-A225-6BF22B09E479@scottcuzzo.com> Message-ID: On Sunday's 8AM crossing to ESCI we also saw a mega pod of commons at the upwelling (near the drilling platform). Capt. Dave estimated it to be made up of approx. 2000 individuals. Quite a sight to behold, with plenty of brown pelicans and shearwaters all around the boat. As we were leaving, two humpbacks spouted a half-mile astern (4-5 puffs each) and sounded as we proceeded to ESCI. on 5/26/08 6:13 PM, Scott Cuzzo at scott at scottcuzzo.com wrote: > At the prompting of Kevin Bailey, I wanted to share that I finally > saw the mega pod of common dolphin on Saturday during a shadow hike > trip to Anacapa. I hadn't seen the mega pod in a couple months, > after seeing them regularly, so thought it noteworthy. Also saw two > humpies. One I saw from the cliffs of Anacapa ? it breached at least > seven times. Then on the way home we found another one and got close > views of it. > > 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 From dvabbott at verizon.net Mon May 26 19:10:55 2008 From: dvabbott at verizon.net (dvabbott) Date: Mon, 26 May 2008 19:10:55 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Dolphins In-Reply-To: <9611D137-89C4-407B-A225-6BF22B09E479@scottcuzzo.com> Message-ID: Just thought I should add: Visitor's aboard the ESCI noon boat said they saw no commons -- only a few seals. Don Abbott On Sunday's 8AM crossing to ESCI we also saw a mega pod of commons at the upwelling (near the drilling platform). Capt. Dave estimated it to be made up of approx. 2000 individuals. Quite a sight to behold, with plenty of brown pelicans and shearwaters all around the boat. As we were leaving, two humpbacks spouted a half-mile astern (4-5 puffs each) and sounded as we proceeded to ESCI. on 5/26/08 6:13 PM, Scott Cuzzo at scott at scottcuzzo.com wrote: > At the prompting of Kevin Bailey, I wanted to share that I finally > saw the mega pod of common dolphin on Saturday during a shadow hike > trip to Anacapa. I hadn't seen the mega pod in a couple months, > after seeing them regularly, so thought it noteworthy. Also saw two > humpies. One I saw from the cliffs of Anacapa ? it breached at least > seven times. Then on the way home we found another one and got close > views of it. > > 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 From kathleen.roos at navy.mil Tue May 27 08:05:30 2008 From: kathleen.roos at navy.mil (Roos, Dr. Kathleen S. NFI) Date: Tue, 27 May 2008 08:05:30 -0700 Subject: [CINC] May 25 Condor Express Message-ID: Beautiful Day and the assortment of species was: 8 Humpbacks breaching, fluking, cruising fast, cruising slowly, just appearing curious and comfortable with the boat 500-1,000 common dolphins doing what they do 100 white sided dolphins (really cool) 15 Dahls porpoises (Holy Moley! And they played with the boat) 1 Minke whale who displayed all the behaviors we are all told Minkes don't do. He/she came up really close to the boat several times, very fast, was able to get a good look though. 92 humans on the boat, most (one girl was text messaging through most of the sightings, I was in disbelief) totally enjoying the sights, almost pond surface of the ocean and the gorgeous overcast yet clear visibility day. If one were to order up a most perfect whale watch day, this one would have been it. Naturalist: Debbie Shelley and me, Eileen on Photo ID Condor Captain was Dave Several LA Cetacean Society members enjoying the day as well. Kathleen -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From eschelk at gmail.com Tue May 27 08:27:59 2008 From: eschelk at gmail.com (Kate Eschelbach) Date: Tue, 27 May 2008 08:27:59 -0700 Subject: [CINC] substitute for May 28 - Capt Don's Message-ID: Hi all! Help! Is there anyone interested in taking my trips on the Speed Twin tomorrow (noon-5:30pm)? Thanks!!! ~Kate -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Clare.Fritzsche at noaa.gov Tue May 27 09:14:12 2008 From: Clare.Fritzsche at noaa.gov (Clare Fritzsche) Date: Tue, 27 May 2008 09:14:12 -0700 Subject: [CINC] CX May 27 Taken In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <483C3354.8090402@noaa.gov> Since Arthur was the first to respond, he should be the one to take Polly's trip. Sally Eagle is covering for Ginny's slot. So Arthur and Sally will be the regular naturalists on the CX today. Whenever you confirm who is substituting for you, please reply to the RAIN list so that folks know the space is taken. And just so you know, you don't need my approval to assign the trip to someone. Thanks to all! Clare Polly Blackburn wrote: > I had 4 responses from naturalists wanting the Tuesday May 27 CX trip from > 10-2:30. I got them in the following order (starting with the earliest): > Arthur Elfenbein > Hal Altman > Gary Delanoeye > Alexa Mutti > > Gary said he also offered to take Ginny Fischer's slot on the same trip, > since she needs a sub as well. So, I guess I leave it to Clare to pick who > is going? THANKS everyone for being so responsive. I have a terrible cold!! > Polly > > > _______________________________________________ > Channel_islands_naturalist_corps mailing list > Channel_islands_naturalist_corps at rain.org > http://www.rain.org/mailman/listinfo/channel_islands_naturalist_corps > -- Clare Fritzsche Volunteer Administration Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary Channel Islands National Park Schedule for weeks of May 26 & June 2: MON: Memorial Day Holiday TUE: 8am-4pm (9:30-11am CINMS staff meeting), Santa Barbara: (805) 966-7107 x366 WED: 9:30am-2:30pm, Oxnard: (805) 382-6149 x105 THU: 8am-12pm, Santa Barbara: (805) 966-7107 x366 FRI: Anacapa Island MON-FRI June 2-6: Washington, D.C. Please call my cell phone if need be: (805) 729-0127 Santa Barbara FAX: (805) 568-1582 From razz442 at verizon.net Tue May 27 16:45:54 2008 From: razz442 at verizon.net (R. Schwartz) Date: Tue, 27 May 2008 18:45:54 -0500 (CDT) Subject: [CINC] FW: WDCS - Gray Whale Action Alert Message-ID: <7509106.4586231211931954756.JavaMail.javamailuser@localhost> Hi, all. I thought this alert from WDCS would be of great interest to all who haven't seen it (if you're not a member of WDCS, check their website and consider joining). While the WDCS estimate of the threat seems somewhat overstated compared to some of our more recent data here, it should nevertheless raise alarms. WDCS's suggestions for contacting your representatives is certainly worth taking to heart. On a related note, there was some news here lately about proposed threats to the Korean gray whale population in the western Pacific. I'll be with family in Seoul for the first two weeks in July and my brother-in-law is trying to put me in touch with activists there to see if we can be of any assistance to them in their work on the other side of the pond. I'll let you know if anything comes of it. Razz -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- An embedded message was scrubbed... From: Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society Subject: WDCS - Gray Whale Action Alert Date: Thu, 22 May 2008 12:25:57 -0400 (EDT) Size: 13642 URL: From staci at savzsea.com Tue May 27 17:44:53 2008 From: staci at savzsea.com (Staci Kaye-Carr) Date: Tue, 27 May 2008 17:44:53 -0700 Subject: [CINC] I HAVE TWO MOMS?! Message-ID: "I HAVE TWO MOMS!" What happens when there is a shortage of males and a female wants to have a family? My fellow Naturalist, this is not the name of, or a story about a new hit show on HBO's fall line up. Nor is it a very late April 1st letter from me... In the case of the Laysan albatross, females shack up with each other for years and take turns raising offspring, research now reveals. Such behavior might prove common not just with albatrosses, but many other seabirds as well, scientists added. Researchers have long known that same-sex couples are common in the wild kingdom. (I wonder if western gulls do this too? And if you are wondering if male birds do this also. Do you remember the story of, Roy and Silo, two male chinstrap penguins at New York's Central Park Zoo? They were a couple for about six years, during which they nurtured a fertilized egg together, given to them by a zookeeper and raised the young chick that hatched. More about Roy and Silo at the bottom of the page) I just had to share.... Staci http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24846610/ At the Kaena Point Natural Area Reserve on Oahu, Hawaii, researchers now find that roughly a third of Laysan albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis) nests are pairs of unrelated females. These females "behave just like male-female pairs," said researcher Lindsay Young, a doctoral student studying behavioral ecology at the University of Hawaii. "If a male comes up to one female in the pair, the second female gets really possessive." And partnered females groom each other, intimate behavior usually only seen between mated couples of males and females. "If you attempt to groom another bird that you're not paired with, you're in for a nasty surprise," Young told LiveScience. They have not seen the females try and copulate with each other yet, however. Two eggs, two moms The researchers first noticed these pairings after seeing that about a sixth of all nests each had two eggs. Albatrosses normally only have one egg per nest. After looking at the genes of the birds ? the only reliable way to tell sexes apart in these albatrosses ? they found nests with two eggs had paired females. As these albatrosses can only support one chick per year, in nests with two eggs ? seen with about half of all the female-female pairs ? one egg ultimately is lost. "They both lay eggs, and the one that is closest to the brood patch ? the area where all the feathers fall out on an incubating female, which has a lot of blood vessels to keep an egg warm ? is the egg that survives," Young said. "It seems to be just luck of the draw which egg survived. It doesn't seem to be a dominance thing between the birds, or whether it was the first laid or the second laid. It just seems to be a matter of whichever egg made it into the sweet spot." Overall, these same-sex parents raise fewer offspring than male-female pairs, but given the shortage of males, fewer chicks are better than none. Since these albatrosses raise just one chick each year, female partners stay together for multiple years for each to reproduce. "The longest we've seen them stay together so far is 19 years," Young said. "That's a pretty committed relationship." Albatrosses are often regarded as icons of monogamy. Still, 10 of the 16 chicks that belonged to female?female partners were fathered by males that cheated on their female mates. "These albatrosses do socially stay with the same partners for long periods of time. It's just that they don't always mate with their partners exclusively," Young said. Same sex couples are common in the wild. According to University of Oslo zoologist Petter B?ckman, roughly 1,500 animal species are known to practice same-sex coupling, including bears, gorillas, flamingos, owls, salmon and many others. This same-sex strategy may explain why Laysan albatrosses are successful at re-colonizing islands. Pairs of parents are essential to the survival of young albatrosses ? one parent stays at home to incubate eggs and guard offspring, while the other flies and gets food. "Although they nest in Hawaii, they forage near Alaska, up to thousands of miles away," Young said. "That's where their feeding grounds are ? the cooler water tends to be more productive, and they go for small fish and a lot of squid." This is the first time female?female pairing has been seen in albatrosses. But Young suspects they are far from unique. "A lot of albatrosses have been seen with two eggs in nests," she said. "And not just albatrosses, but other seabirds as well. This may be a lot more common than we realized, so the race is on to find out." The same-sex situation seen at this one Laysan albatross colony might not extrapolate to the species as a whole, Young said. "We're looking at a new colony that's trying to adjust to the availability of a certain sex, or lack thereof," she explained. "We want to compare multiple sites to figure out what kinds of forces are driving this behavior." "The species as a whole is probably flexible in terms of mating strategies," Young added. "It's just that in other places, it may not be as prevalent." Young and her colleagues Brenda Zaun and Eric VanderWerf detailed their findings online May 28 in the journal Biology Letters. They were funded by the Kilauea Point Natural History Association and the University of Hawaii Ecology, Evolution and Conservation Biology program research award through a National Science Foundation grant. Roy and Silo were a Chinstrap penguin couple in New York's Central Park Zoo. The pair were observed trying to hatch a rock as if it were an egg. When the zoo staff realized that Roy and Silo were both male, it occurred to them to give them the second egg of a mixed-gender penguin couple, a couple which previously had been unable to successfully hatch two eggs at a time. Roy and Silo hatched and raised the healthy young chick, a female named "Tango" by keepers. Their story is the basis for the children's book And Tango Makes Three by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell and illustrated by Henry Cole. Tango is now a healthy young female penguin. She has formed a relationship with Tazuni, another female penguin. The two have paired the last two mating seasons. [1] In 2005, Roy and Silo separated, after some six years of paired behavior, with Roy remaining single. Silo found another partner, a female called Scrappy. From maria at rasnowpeak.com Tue May 27 12:44:42 2008 From: maria at rasnowpeak.com (Maria G. Ornelas) Date: Tue, 27 May 2008 12:44:42 -0700 Subject: [CINC] CX Monday 5/26 Message-ID: Hi Naturalists, Captain Dave and his crew more than delivered for the 43 passengers on board yesterday. We had a spectacular day. It was cool and sunny. the ocean was calm and shimmered in the sunlight. All the animals we encountered were relaxed, curious, and very active. Barbara Le Cote was kept busy on photo ID. Lola Lynch and myself had no more than 40 minutes with the tourists before the first Humpback took over and dazzled everyone. It rolled on its side, lifted its' pectoral flipper, and slapped it on the water. It would also showed its' beautiful fluke as it dove. We stayed with it about 25 minutes, until Captain Dave spotted two spouts about a mile away. We caught with two full-grown humpbacks. They were massive and came within about 30 ft. from the boat, trumpeting as they spouted, blowing a "kiss" in our direction. There was a lone sea lion among them. They started spending lots of time down, so we left them and headed SW to the W side of SCI. At 11:47 we encountered a Humpback with part of its left side of its fluke missing, Captain Dave said it looked like the injury happened when the whale was quite young. This whale was very active and happy? swimming around playing? among clumps of kelp. Two more whales were spotted a short distance away and we moved towards them. About 10 minutes later, the lone Humpback came and joined these two to make a very compatible trio. These wales were putting on a beautiful show for us; rolling on one side, lifting its pectoral flipper, slapping the water, and doing the same thing on the other side. It looked like a swimmer doing the back stroke but going nowhere. They played with clumps of kelp. They showed beautiful flukes. They came within a few feet of the boat and blew kisses few appreciated. The whale with the incomplete/imperfect fluke was as "happy" and "spirited" as the others. Then, this whale separated from the other two, and we as well left for the Island part of the tour. We spent about 25 minutes on the W side of SCI, rode along the Is. to Painted Cave, were we saw a few sea lions and wet seals. An area of the rocky shore was covered with invertebrates; barnacles, bat and spiny sea stars, among others. We were introduced to Profile Rock, and Western Sea Gulls (thanks Barbara). On the way back to the harbor we encountered another Humpback whale with a damaged fluke. Just as the others, this one would lie on its back, raise its pectoral flipper, and slap the water. It would surface, fluke, and trumpet. There were a few sea lions, and to top it all up, a pod of about 20 white-sided dolphins doing their thing. I'm sure this will be a memorable trip for many years to come. Maria maria at rasnowpeak.com \ / \ / ??'?.??..><((((?>.???'?.??.???'?.?><((({?>?.???'?.?. ,. / \ / \ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From GaryDel at aol.com Tue May 27 19:42:34 2008 From: GaryDel at aol.com (GaryDel at aol.com) Date: Tue, 27 May 2008 22:42:34 EDT Subject: [CINC] Condor X 5/27 (CINC) Message-ID: First, the Readers' Digest version of channel fauna, 5/27/08... At least 6 humps, on 3 different occasions; 3 megapods of commons, 500, 1000+ and 2000+ respectively; 2 rafts of sea lions, maybe 50ish animals; Sooty shearwaters, pigeon guillemots, pelicans, cormorants and... 1 green night heron... go figure. The first 2 humps were spotted about 4 mile out... rather close for humps. This pair seemed to be a mother/calf combo with the calf being, perhaps a yearling. Not much dramatic behavior, but some nice mom/kid flukes. Then, about 500 common dolphins that amazed everyone... for about 15 minutes, when the Condor cruised through a pod of a 1000+ commons. The next lone hump was spotted closer to SC Island as it pec and tail slapped with some enthusiasm. This whale pt on a show for a while, slowly getting closer to the boat. A very entertaining whale! After an SC coastal cruise, including a peak inside Painted Cave, Capt. Matt turned back into the channel. Another not-quite-full grown hump showed signs of orca bites about its tail. Capt. Matt announced that about 20% of Channel humps show such marks. Heading back to SB, about in line with the oil platforms, a megagoogle (my neologism) pod of commons... 2000+ encountered plus 2 breaching, slapping humps that we did not have time to inspect further. The aforementioned pelicans and lone heron was guarding the bait barge in the harbor, lest a desperate fisherman need some bait. Folks from Ireland, Germany, the UK, Washington DC and other domestic home towns were righteously impressed! Gary Delanoeye **************Get trade secrets for amazing burgers. Watch "Cooking with Tyler Florence" on AOL Food. (http://food.aol.com/tyler-florence?video=4&?NCID=aolfod00030000000002) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kathleen.roos at navy.mil Wed May 28 08:39:40 2008 From: kathleen.roos at navy.mil (Roos, Dr. Kathleen S. NFI) Date: Wed, 28 May 2008 08:39:40 -0700 Subject: [CINC] May 25 Condor Express In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: An error in my reporting. It is Dall's porpoise (vice 'Dahl's, named after William H. Dall (thanks Catherine). Kathleen -----Original Message----- From: Roos, Dr. Kathleen S. NFI Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2008 8:06 To: (channel_islands_naturalist_corps at rain.org) Subject: May 25 Condor Express Beautiful Day and the assortment of species was: 8 Humpbacks breaching, fluking, cruising fast, cruising slowly, just appearing curious and comfortable with the boat 500-1,000 common dolphins doing what they do 100 white sided dolphins (really cool) 15 Dahls porpoises (Holy Moley! And they played with the boat) 1 Minke whale who displayed all the behaviors we are all told Minkes don't do. He/she came up really close to the boat several times, very fast, was able to get a good look though. 92 humans on the boat, most (one girl was text messaging through most of the sightings, I was in disbelief) totally enjoying the sights, almost pond surface of the ocean and the gorgeous overcast yet clear visibility day. If one were to order up a most perfect whale watch day, this one would have been it. Naturalist: Debbie Shelley and me, Eileen on Photo ID Condor Captain was Dave Several LA Cetacean Society members enjoying the day as well. Kathleen From MartyMPG at aol.com Wed May 28 17:38:56 2008 From: MartyMPG at aol.com (MartyMPG at aol.com) Date: Wed, 28 May 2008 20:38:56 EDT Subject: [CINC] Condor Express 5/28/08 Message-ID: It was a beautiful sunny and calm day on the Condor Express today with Mat as Captain and 38 passengers aboard. After first seeing a lone Minke, we got to observe seven Humpbacks during the trip, three pairs of two each and one single. One of the pairs were a mother and calf who were exceptionally friendly and came very close to the boat and stayed on the surface most of the time for great viewing by the delighted passengers. The lone Humpback put on the best show of pec slapping that I have ever had the pleasure of observing; continually slapping the water with its large mostly white pectoral fin. Besides myself, naturalists Cubby Winkel and Morgan Coffey (photo ID) were on board. Marty Garey **************Get trade secrets for amazing burgers. Watch "Cooking with Tyler Florence" on AOL Food. (http://food.aol.com/tyler-florence?video=4&?NCID=aolfod00030000000002) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From anthonynsocal at yahoo.com Wed May 28 18:57:53 2008 From: anthonynsocal at yahoo.com (Anthony Lombardi) Date: Wed, 28 May 2008 18:57:53 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [CINC] 5-28-2008 Islander Blue Whale!! Message-ID: <128186.48208.qm@web30301.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Had nice calm conditions again on the east channel. Lots of people ready for an amazing day on the island, had no idea what they were about to witness. Cruising towards the east end of Santa Cruz, a large body soon loomed on the surface directly in front of the Islander. With two large spouts and an eight minute down time and emerging for another surfacing a truly large Blue Whale is next to us again. It was definitely an adult unlike the earlier Blue that was seen on the 1st of May. It stayed on the surface and gave everyone a nice look at its massiveness. The whale didn't do too much deep diving, it was seen just subsurface kicking along to its next surfacing, leaving behind it the telltale flukeprints. It was nice to see that the Blues are coming in again and earlier again this year. The whale was heading east when we left him or her. As we continued towards Scorpion pier we were stopped again with a large megapod of Commons that seemed to be tailing the Blue. Great day on the water!! Capt. Anthony Lombardi Island Packers From loriharoldsen at yahoo.com Thu May 29 09:02:09 2008 From: loriharoldsen at yahoo.com (lori haroldsen) Date: Thu, 29 May 2008 09:02:09 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [CINC] Coral Sea 6/10 Message-ID: <514380.34147.qm@web38103.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Hi Everybody, I have a conflicting schedule on June 10th that can not be changed. Would someone like to cover my shift on the Coral Sea from 9:00 to 12:30? I'd really appreciate it! If so let me know and I'll notify Clare. Thanks, Lori H. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From garydel1 at cox.net Thu May 29 09:13:12 2008 From: garydel1 at cox.net (garydel@aol.com) Date: Thu, 29 May 2008 12:13:12 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [CINC] garydel@aol.com has a new email address Message-ID: <8382947.5309371212077592472.JavaMail.vmail@service14.colo.trueswitch.com> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Thanks Clare, for doing your best to be accommodating, so let's open this one up to someone else. We will look to July opportunities. OK, kindred Shadow Hikers, here is a good opportunity to get in a solid Shadow Hike. ESCI, 12 noon to 5 PM, Saturday, 7 June, 2008, via Island Packers, Ventura. As Clare said, Please arrive extra early that day since parking will be difficult. Being Clare will be out of the office from now through the 9th, I take it those interested get back to me, and first come will be first served. We will then notice everyone who is taking it. It should be a good one. Ken Tatro On May 29, 2008, at 11:38 AM, Clare Fritzsche wrote: > Hi Ken! > > There is no space on the 8am boat to ESCI on June 7, so I have put > you on the noon boat. You can shadow Eb that afternoon. If that > doesn't work for you, please reply to all so that Eb knows. > > Please arrive extra early that day since parking will be difficult. > > Thanks for your flexibility, Clare > > -- > > Clare Fritzsche > Volunteer Administration > Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary > Channel Islands National Park > Schedule for weeks of May 26 & June 2: > MON: Memorial Day Holiday > TUE: 8am-4pm (9:30-11am CINMS staff meeting), Santa Barbara: (805) > 966-7107 x366 > WED: 9:30am-2:30pm, Oxnard: (805) 382-6149 x105 > THU: 8am-12pm, Santa Barbara: (805) 966-7107 x366 > FRI: Anacapa Island > MON-FRI June 2-6: Washington, D.C. Please call my cell phone if need > be: (805) 729-0127 > Santa Barbara FAX: (805) 568-1582 > From laura_email2000 at yahoo.com Thu May 29 16:07:20 2008 From: laura_email2000 at yahoo.com (Laura Shelton) Date: Thu, 29 May 2008 16:07:20 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [CINC] June Captain Don's Schedule/ 5/29 Trip Message-ID: <533565.77640.qm@web35306.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Captain Steve mentioned that the Speed Twin WILL NOT be shifting to the 10-2 trips at this time. They will be sticking to their current schedule. Shauna asked me to remind anybody who is scheduled for a Speed Twin trip to call in. The number is 969-5217. We had 24 passengers-international and local and saw 7 humpbacks, with a lot of close looks. At the beginning of the trip, we could see several breaching whales in the distance. It was a great day of watching humpbacks! We saw lots of fluking, a spy hop, and 2 humpbacks lunge feeding together. We saw a Mother and a Calf as well. The seas were calm and it was a wonderful day. From mardanne at silcom.com Fri May 30 09:39:14 2008 From: mardanne at silcom.com (Marilyn Dannehower) Date: Fri, 30 May 2008 09:39:14 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Condor Express canceled Friday trip Message-ID: <372BA0B10E86405EA3622D904A61ACDC@MarilynPC> Unfortunately, our trip in the CX was canceled today. They only had 10 people signed up. I hope this is not a sign of the times. I participate in the Santa Barbara Arts and Crafts Show on Cabrillo Boulevard on Sundays and have seen a drastic drop in out of town visitors in the past 2-3 months. Oh well, let's hope for a fantastic summer on the boats!! Marilyn Marilyn Dannehower -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From scott at scottcuzzo.com Fri May 30 16:16:21 2008 From: scott at scottcuzzo.com (Scott Cuzzo) Date: Fri, 30 May 2008 16:16:21 -0700 Subject: [CINC] =?windows-1252?q?Casper_and_friends=96the_friendly_humpbac?= =?windows-1252?q?ks?= Message-ID: The short and sweet: When: Today, Friday, May 30 Where: Santa Barbara and the channel Who: Scott Cuzzo, Marty Flam, the friendly Speed Twin crew, two news crews, and fun passengers What: Three very friendly humpbacks, and dozen or so bottlenose Why: Why not? It was a spectacular day on the ocean! >>>>> The long and hopefully not too boring: Marty Flam and I carpooled to Santa Barbara to save gas and enjoy the great company. We boarded the Speed Twin early and observed a cameraman who was filming for a story. (Probably to be shown on channel 12 in S.B. next Friday at 6 p.m.) Plus there was another person there from channel 2, allegedly. Even though I was wary of the camera, I just had a higher sense of expectation today than usual. The boat had an assortment of locals, plus midwesterners, and numerous foreigners. There was a honeymooning couple from London and a little boy who only knew Russian, even though I kept speaking to him in English. Everyone seemed in a very upbeat mood. The day was beautiful. The ocean was calm with barely even a breeze. And Steve's wife, Celia had put the most delicious cherries out to eat! Steve, the Speed Twin captain, knew where to find those friendly humpbacks that we've heard a lot about from many other reports. As soon as we got about 6 miles out we found three humpies. As we got close, one quickly departed. But the other two stayed and decided to bond with us. Within minutes of getting near them, Steve stopped moving the boat and the two humpies came right to the boat and decided to enjoy our company for what was an hour or more. The humpies spyhopped so close to the boat we could nearly touch them. The blew at the bow so many times I stopped counting. They rolled over right at the side of the boat. They lifted their tails right at the bow causing the boat to shift substantially. They stuck their noses up and just looked at us over and over, as we looked at them. It felt like a real bonding moment for whales and humans alike. Two different species very curious about the other one, and trying to interact. During this hour or longer session the longest we wouldn't see a whale was about a minute or two at the most. There was no feeding, just two friendly whales who were as involved with checking us out as we were with them. One of these whales, who I'm calling "chewy" has a tail that looks chewed off. I've seen this whale a few times. The tail looks like only about 50% of the original tail remains. It has a very distinctive dive. It throws it's tail straight up (to 90 degrees) and then goes straight down. My theory is that because the chewed off tail no longer provides enough propulsion that it must get all of it's weight up in the air to try to dive deeper. If you see it dive, you'll know what I mean. The other whale had a normal tail, but has a "scar collar" around it's neck, behind the blowhole. Maybe it had been caught in a net or rope at one point. The scar looks pretty even and symmetrical like it's wearing a necklace. What great fun to see these two creatures up close and personal. How blessed I am to have been a witness to such majesty. Thanks for sticking with me to the end, if you got this far! Scott Cuzzo From kensword at cox.net Fri May 30 19:11:50 2008 From: kensword at cox.net (Kenneth A. Tatro) Date: Fri, 30 May 2008 19:11:50 -0700 Subject: [CINC] =?windows-1252?q?Casper_and_friends=96the_friendly_humpbac?= =?windows-1252?q?ks?= In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <68F72C7F-B8DA-4912-A38A-E8639C8396AC@cox.net> Great report Scott, enjoyed it thoroughly. Ken Tatro On May 30, 2008, at 4:16 PM, Scott Cuzzo wrote: > The short and sweet: > > When: Today, Friday, May 30 > Where: Santa Barbara and the channel > Who: Scott Cuzzo, Marty Flam, the friendly Speed Twin crew, two news > crews, and fun passengers > What: Three very friendly humpbacks, and dozen or so bottlenose > Why: Why not? It was a spectacular day on the ocean! > > >>>>> > > The long and hopefully not too boring: > > Marty Flam and I carpooled to Santa Barbara to save gas and enjoy > the great company. We boarded the Speed Twin early and observed a > cameraman who was filming for a story. (Probably to be shown on > channel 12 in S.B. next Friday at 6 p.m.) Plus there was another > person there from channel 2, allegedly. Even though I was wary of > the camera, I just had a higher sense of expectation today than > usual. The boat had an assortment of locals, plus midwesterners, > and numerous foreigners. There was a honeymooning couple from > London and a little boy who only knew Russian, even though I kept > speaking to him in English. Everyone seemed in a very upbeat mood. > The day was beautiful. The ocean was calm with barely even a > breeze. And Steve's wife, Celia had put the most delicious cherries > out to eat! > > Steve, the Speed Twin captain, knew where to find those friendly > humpbacks that we've heard a lot about from many other reports. As > soon as we got about 6 miles out we found three humpies. As we got > close, one quickly departed. But the other two stayed and decided > to bond with us. Within minutes of getting near them, Steve stopped > moving the boat and the two humpies came right to the boat and > decided to enjoy our company for what was an hour or more. > > The humpies spyhopped so close to the boat we could nearly touch > them. The blew at the bow so many times I stopped counting. They > rolled over right at the side of the boat. They lifted their tails > right at the bow causing the boat to shift substantially. They > stuck their noses up and just looked at us over and over, as we > looked at them. It felt like a real bonding moment for whales and > humans alike. Two different species very curious about the other > one, and trying to interact. During this hour or longer session the > longest we wouldn't see a whale was about a minute or two at the > most. There was no feeding, just two friendly whales who were as > involved with checking us out as we were with them. > > One of these whales, who I'm calling "chewy" has a tail that looks > chewed off. I've seen this whale a few times. The tail looks like > only about 50% of the original tail remains. It has a very > distinctive dive. It throws it's tail straight up (to 90 degrees) > and then goes straight down. My theory is that because the chewed > off tail no longer provides enough propulsion that it must get all > of it's weight up in the air to try to dive deeper. If you see it > dive, you'll know what I mean. > > The other whale had a normal tail, but has a "scar collar" around > it's neck, behind the blowhole. Maybe it had been caught in a net > or rope at one point. The scar looks pretty even and symmetrical > like it's wearing a necklace. > > What great fun to see these two creatures up close and personal. > How blessed I am to have been a witness to such majesty. > > Thanks for sticking with me to the end, if you got this far! > > 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 From camccleskey at yahoo.com Fri May 30 22:35:23 2008 From: camccleskey at yahoo.com (Carolyn McCleskey) Date: Fri, 30 May 2008 22:35:23 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [CINC] =?utf-8?q?Casper_and_friends=E2=80=93the_friendly_humpback?= =?utf-8?q?s?= In-Reply-To: <68F72C7F-B8DA-4912-A38A-E8639C8396AC@cox.net> Message-ID: <630463.54795.qm@web33402.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Just to get everyone up to speed about the whale with the scar, this one  appeared  a few years ago wearing a yellow polypropylene rope around it's middle and was seen often in the channel that summer. The next year it was seen without the rope which left a permanent mark so it has been referred to as "Rope" ever since.  Nice to know it is doing well.   Carolyn McCleskey --- On Fri, 5/30/08, Kenneth A. Tatro <kensword at cox.net> wrote: From: Kenneth A. Tatro <kensword at cox.net> Subject: Re: [CINC] Casper and friends?the friendly humpbacks To: "Scott Cuzzo" <scott at scottcuzzo.com> Cc: "Channel Islands Naturalist Corps Channel Islands Sanctuary Volunteers" <channel_islands_naturalist_corps at rain.org> Date: Friday, May 30, 2008, 7:11 PM Great report Scott, enjoyed it thoroughly. Ken Tatro On May 30, 2008, at 4:16 PM, Scott Cuzzo wrote: > The short and sweet: > > When: Today, Friday, May 30 > Where: Santa Barbara and the channel > Who: Scott Cuzzo, Marty Flam, the friendly Speed Twin crew, two news > crews, and fun passengers > What: Three very friendly humpbacks, and dozen or so bottlenose > Why: Why not? It was a spectacular day on the ocean! > > >>>>> > > The long and hopefully not too boring: > > Marty Flam and I carpooled to Santa Barbara to save gas and enjoy > the great company. We boarded the Speed Twin early and observed a > cameraman who was filming for a story. (Probably to be shown on > channel 12 in S.B. next Friday at 6 p.m.) Plus there was another > person there from channel 2, allegedly. Even though I was wary of > the camera, I just had a higher sense of expectation today than > usual. The boat had an assortment of locals, plus midwesterners, > and numerous foreigners. There was a honeymooning couple from > London and a little boy who only knew Russian, even though I kept > speaking to him in English. Everyone seemed in a very upbeat mood. > The day was beautiful. The ocean was calm with barely even a > breeze. And Steve's wife, Celia had put the most delicious cherries > out to eat! > > Steve, the Speed Twin captain, knew where to find those friendly > humpbacks that we've heard a lot about from many other reports. As > soon as we got about 6 miles out we found three humpies. As we got > close, one quickly departed. But the other two stayed and decided > to bond with us. Within minutes of getting near them, Steve stopped > moving the boat and the two humpies came right to the boat and > decided to enjoy our company for what was an hour or more. > > The humpies spyhopped so close to the boat we could nearly touch > them. The blew at the bow so many times I stopped counting. They > rolled over right at the side of the boat. They lifted their tails > right at the bow causing the boat to shift substantially. They > stuck their noses up and just looked at us over and over, as we > looked at them. It felt like a real bonding moment for whales and > humans alike. Two different species very curious about the other > one, and trying to interact. During this hour or longer session the > longest we wouldn't see a whale was about a minute or two at the > most. There was no feeding, just two friendly whales who were as > involved with checking us out as we were with them. > > One of these whales, who I'm calling "chewy" has a tail that looks > chewed off. I've seen this whale a few times. The tail looks like > only about 50% of the original tail remains. It has a very > distinctive dive. It throws it's tail straight up (to 90 degrees) > and then goes straight down. My theory is that because the chewed > off tail no longer provides enough propulsion that it must get all > of it's weight up in the air to try to dive deeper. If you see it > dive, you'll know what I mean. > > The other whale had a normal tail, but has a "scar collar" around > it's neck, behind the blowhole. Maybe it had been caught in a net > or rope at one point. The scar looks pretty even and symmetrical > like it's wearing a necklace. > > What great fun to see these two creatures up close and personal. > How blessed I am to have been a witness to such majesty. > > Thanks for sticking with me to the end, if you got this far! > > 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 _______________________________________________ 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 pollyblackburn at charter.net Sat May 31 23:13:47 2008 From: pollyblackburn at charter.net (Polly Blackburn) Date: Sat, 31 May 2008 23:13:47 -0700 Subject: [CINC] June 16 CX Message-ID: Debbie Shelley, you have my slot for this trip on CX June 15. Thanks do much for tqking it ! Polly