From Mary_C_Fritzsche at nps.gov Wed Jul 1 12:58:56 2009 From: Mary_C_Fritzsche at nps.gov (Mary_C_Fritzsche at nps.gov) Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 12:58:56 -0700 Subject: [CINC] IPCO sub needed for ww Sunday July 5 Message-ID: Greetings, Naturalists! We have an opening for a regular naturalist on the all day Island Packers whale watching trip this Sunday, July 5th. Kathy Van Slyke, who was going to go on the trip, is now helping us out on Santa Rosa instead, where we need a day hiker. So if you don't yet have an IPCO ww trip in July, please let me know if you would like to go. Thanks so much! Clare Clare Fritzsche Channel Islands National Park 1901 Spinnaker Drive Ventura, CA 93001 (805) 658-5733 FAX: (805) 658-5799 Mary_C_Fritzsche at nps.gov From Mary_C_Fritzsche at nps.gov Wed Jul 1 14:04:10 2009 From: Mary_C_Fritzsche at nps.gov (Mary_C_Fritzsche at nps.gov) Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 14:04:10 -0700 Subject: [CINC] IPCO sub needed for ww Sunday July 5 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Thanks to Kat Wasden, who now has the trip! Clare Fritzsche Channel Islands National Park 1901 Spinnaker Drive Ventura, CA 93001 (805) 658-5733 FAX: (805) 658-5799 Mary_C_Fritzsche at nps.gov Mary_C_Fritzsche@ nps.gov Sent by: To channel_islands_n channel_islands_naturalist_corps at ra aturalist_corps-b in.org ounces at rain.org cc Subject 07/01/2009 12:58 [CINC] IPCO sub needed for ww PM Sunday July 5 Greetings, Naturalists! We have an opening for a regular naturalist on the all day Island Packers whale watching trip this Sunday, July 5th. Kathy Van Slyke, who was going to go on the trip, is now helping us out on Santa Rosa instead, where we need a day hiker. So if you don't yet have an IPCO ww trip in July, please let me know if you would like to go. Thanks so much! Clare Clare Fritzsche Channel Islands National Park 1901 Spinnaker Drive Ventura, CA 93001 (805) 658-5733 FAX: (805) 658-5799 Mary_C_Fritzsche at nps.gov _______________________________________________ Channel_islands_naturalist_corps mailing list Channel_islands_naturalist_corps at rain.org http://www.rain.org/mailman/listinfo/channel_islands_naturalist_corps From miramarragamuffin at yahoo.com Thu Jul 2 08:27:47 2009 From: miramarragamuffin at yahoo.com (Deborah Lee Clark) Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2009 08:27:47 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [CINC] pec slaps galore Message-ID: <681544.91580.qm@web63404.mail.re1.yahoo.com> Wow, what a day! 2 small pods common dolphins 5 Mn 10 Bm up close ? Bm in the distance. The marine layer burned off after about an hour and the seas were " a jumpin' " off Santa Rosa Island. Nine sightings in all within 100 yards of the Condor Express along with a minimum of ten more blues in the distance. Thrilled by a close up viewing of a blue's baleen although the krill have gone down deeper (due to high pressure as suggested by Capt. Mat), one still showed us it's head. The star of the day was a Mn who pec slapped so many times we all stopped counting. It traveled closely with another Humpback who seemed content to play the straight man showing only numerous flukes while the showman rolled and slapped and spy hopped closer and closer to the CX. Calm seas, yummy sun and very happy customers. I did not envy a very hard working Hal Altman on PID trying dutifully to keep track of individuals-an impossible project but enviable situation. Deb Clark -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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A global endeavor for Cousteau, learning more about orcas required travel to both the northern and southern hemispheres in a critical examination of our environment and how the threats to killer whales intersect with human lives. (2009) Co-presented with the Carsey-Wolf Center for Film, Television, and New Media's Environmental Media Initiative and the Blue Horizons Summer Program for Environmental Media. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From cfrench1366 at aol.com Thu Jul 2 16:21:14 2009 From: cfrench1366 at aol.com (Catherine French) Date: Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:21:14 -0400 Subject: [CINC] Great Sea Lion Story in The Log Newspaper Message-ID: <8CBC982ED8148D6-B68-1ABB@WEBMAIL-MC09.sysops.aol.com> Fellow CINCers: Cut and paste the link below in your browser for an amusing California sea lion tale or go to www.thelog.com to read. Enjoy! http://thelog.com/news/logNewsArticle.aspx?a=4&b=14&x=9635 ? Sea Lion Takes Harbor Patrol Fireboat for a Ride By: Ambrosia Sarabia | Thursday, June 25, 2009 12:00:00 AM Last updated: Monday, June 29, 2009 2:02:00 PM Sincerely, Catherine French cfrench1366 at aol.com 805.815.3523 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Deb4nb at aol.com Fri Jul 3 09:56:57 2009 From: Deb4nb at aol.com (Deb4nb at aol.com) Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2009 12:56:57 EDT Subject: [CINC] Anacapa Island via IPCO 6/30 - 7/1/09 Message-ID: Greetings All, Anacapa via Island Adventure 6/30/09 Highlights: Three campers who stayed over the weekend cleaned up marine debris around AI on their kayaks. They brought back bags full of trash. Good work! The AI Landing Cove presently has a male garibaldi protecting a nest on the reef. This and other critters, such as a female spiny lobster with eggs, were viewed on the Channel Islands Live Dive. Thirty teachers from the South Coast Science Project (coordinated out of UCSB) were able to take the virtual kelp forest hike from the CINP VC. Sisters Phoebe and Skylar aced their JR booklets and received their badges after the trip. Anacapa via Vanguard 7/1/09 Highlights: Common Dolphins (long-beaked) were seen mid-crossing to AI, and a blue whale cow/calf pair on the way back. Lovely CINC volunteers Leeza Charleboix and Shirley Johnson came to AI for the "Anacapa Brushes." Coordinated through the Kelp Forest Monitoring Project, these brushes hang from the lower dock and gather information for water quality and recruitment studies. Some Western gull chicks are now "trampolining" which means continuous jumping up and down while flapping wings. They should be taking their first flights soon. Sisters Jacqueline and Julia completed JR booklets! Woo hoo! Debra -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jkuizenga at linkline.com Fri Jul 3 12:17:35 2009 From: jkuizenga at linkline.com (John Kuizenga) Date: Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:17:35 -0700 Subject: [CINC] FW: BBC E-mail: Gulls' vicious attacks on whales In-Reply-To: Message-ID: ------ Subject: BBC E-mail: Gulls' vicious attacks on whales A friend forwarded the following email from the BBC's Science & Environmental News!. The endangered Southern Right Whale has a nemesis, whose attacks have dramatically increase since 1974! Author and Whale Researcher Roger Paine, who wrote the highly acclaimed book, "Among Whales" and studied the Southern Right Whale for nearly twenty years off the coast of Argentina is, with good reason, concerned at what is taking place. Click on the following link for the story and photos. John ------ < http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/2/hi/science/nature/8116551.stm > ** BBC Daily E-mail ** Choose the news and sport headlines you want - when you want them, all in one daily e-mail < http://www.bbc.co.uk/email > ** Disclaimer ** The BBC is not responsible for the content of this e-mail, and anything written in this e-mail does not necessarily reflect the BBC's views or opinions. Please note that neither the e-mail address nor name of the sender have?been verified. If you do not wish to receive such e-mails in the future or want to know more about the BBC's Email a Friend service, please read our frequently asked questions. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/help/4162471.stm ------ End of Forwarded Message ------ End of Forwarded Message ------ End of Forwarded Message From chrisjamescarlson at gmail.com Sat Jul 4 05:25:00 2009 From: chrisjamescarlson at gmail.com (Christopher Carlson) Date: Sat, 4 Jul 2009 05:25:00 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Sub for Sunday, July 5? Message-ID: <29a91b7e0907040525u66a5d4f5m4b4b46900d17a261@mail.gmail.com> Hi CINC crew, Because of a persistent fever that hit me all of a sudden this holiday weekend, I may have to forfeit my trip aboard the CX on Sunday, July 5. Anyone want to take it? Just let me know. Thanks a lot, and happy 4th! Chris Carlson chrisjamescarlson at gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From eradding at sbcglobal.net Sat Jul 4 08:01:02 2009 From: eradding at sbcglobal.net (EUGENE RADDING) Date: Sat, 4 Jul 2009 08:01:02 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [CINC] CX Fri. 7/3/09 Message-ID: <326095.35375.qm@web180315.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> Due to the quality of the performance by the one Humpback we encountered, the Blue Whale count was only three nearby our Humpback viewing. Further Blue Whale spouts were off in the distance but the 147 (wow) passengers were happy since we completed the journey with 300+ Common Dolphins on the way back. Capts. Mat & Dave along with Jacques?gave their usual outstanding performance. WW volunteers ViVi Teston and Shirley Johnson PID were kept very busy.? A really satisfying day. EUGENE RADDING -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From chrisjamescarlson at gmail.com Sat Jul 4 14:20:38 2009 From: chrisjamescarlson at gmail.com (Christopher Carlson) Date: Sat, 4 Jul 2009 14:20:38 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Sub for Sunday, July 5? In-Reply-To: <29a91b7e0907040525u66a5d4f5m4b4b46900d17a261@mail.gmail.com> References: <29a91b7e0907040525u66a5d4f5m4b4b46900d17a261@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <29a91b7e0907041420t3cd812a5mfa4ac11c48914248@mail.gmail.com> Hi again CINCers, Scott Cuzzo has come to my rescue and agreed to take my trip. Thanks again Scott, and have a good time trying to find some fireworks tonight, everyone! I hear a lot of cities are cutting back on them, so I hope you can make some sparks yourselves! Chris Carlson chrisjamescarlson at gmail.com On Sat, Jul 4, 2009 at 5:25 AM, Christopher Carlson < chrisjamescarlson at gmail.com> wrote: > Hi CINC crew, > > Because of a persistent fever that hit me all of a sudden this holiday > weekend, I may have to forfeit my trip aboard the CX on Sunday, July 5. > Anyone want to take it? Just let me know. Thanks a lot, and happy 4th! > > Chris Carlson > chrisjamescarlson at gmail.com > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ppetrich39 at hotmail.com Sat Jul 4 22:50:09 2009 From: ppetrich39 at hotmail.com (Paul Jr. Petrich) Date: Sat, 4 Jul 2009 22:50:09 -0700 Subject: [CINC] 4th of July in Brijuni Nacionalni Park, Croatia Message-ID: Fellow Volunteers, Yesterday, the 4th of July, marked the 25th birthday of this beautiful national park in northern Croatia, consisting of 14 islands and islets in the northern Adriatic. The park lies adjacent to the Istrian peninsula near Pula. It has only 7.3 sq km of land area, but expands to 36.3 sq km with the marine belt included surrounding all the islands. Marine life in the park is said to be the best preserved in the north Adriatic. The water quality here, as is true for most all of the Croatian coast, is scientifically determined to be nearly pollution free. Plus. plastics are not an eye-sore! The cultural preservation aspect of the Park's duty here is lengthy: going back to archeological digs including the Illyrians, Romans, and Byzantine. Austrian-Hungarian Empire rule here starting at the end of the 18th century, introduced this location to aristocracy as a beautiful nature resort. It seems to continue with a bit of an aristocratic flavor now, with a "use" ideology that might not fly in the United States; only quests at the few green hotels on the main island are allowed to swim or dive in surrounding waters. The other multitudes that visit on daily tours are not allowed these privileges, to make overuse and pollution in the surrounding sea a non-issue. Last night we few "aristocrats" were treated to a wonderful 25 year Birthday Celebration! The main focus was the Rock Classic performance done outside by the Zagreb Philharmonic. The beautiful renditions of pop music that have lasted through generations included California Dreamin, Get Back (by the Beatles), and Imagine ( John Lennon ). The final classics brought the crowd to a standing ovation that encouraged an encore: Bridge Over Troubled Waters and Good Vibrations! As I gathered, with my poor understanding og Croation, the beginning tributes included reference to the contribution of Abraham Lincoln to the National Park idea with his signing of the act that gave California the responsibility to save Yosemite Valley to "be held for public use, resort, and recreation...inalienable for all time." KEEP ON VIBRATING, CINC! Paul Petrich _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail? has ever-growing storage! Don?t worry about storage limits. http://windowslive.com/Tutorial/Hotmail/Storage?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_Tutorial_Storage_062009 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From scott at scottcuzzo.com Sun Jul 5 17:37:09 2009 From: scott at scottcuzzo.com (Scott Cuzzo) Date: Sun, 5 Jul 2009 17:37:09 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Condor, today. Message-ID: <2DD5EF09-C6EA-459E-9007-1BA9A562C9F8@scottcuzzo.com> Sightings ? 7-10+ blue whales 1 humpback mother + one calf two clusters of common dolphin sea lions (which seem to get no respect!) one glorious day >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> We found a small pod of common dolphin shortly after leaving the harbor, closer to shore than as is most common. Everyone loves to see these guys so it was nice to start quickly with the sightings. We got close to the west end of SCI and no spouts! We had to head further west, much further along SRI than usual to find our first spouts. We were seeing krill at the surface, despite the sun, which I though usually triggered them to head deeper. Before seeing our first spout we found another group of commons in a decent-sized feeding frenzy with birds and sea lions in the mix. After leaving these dolphins we found spouts on the horizon. First one blue whale, then two more popped up, then a third charged over, then a fourth and fifth came charging over. Some seemed to have rung the dinner bell! There was some lunge feeding seen, but no really great views of this close to the boat, though there were some close approaches. More whales kept showing up. Everyone got to see lots of blue whales!!! And there were spouts all over the horizon in all directions. Hard to say exactly how many whales were there. Towards the end of our time with these whales I caught a glimpse of a black whale dorsal area. Humpbacks! Indeed, we had a mother and calf that had come to join the blue whale congregation! We got pretty good views of mom and baby as they stayed near the surface. We then left the whales for dip into painted cave. And yes there were sea lions along the way. Who doesn't love a sea lion??? Sadly they seem to be in ranking somewhere with your basic sea gull. :( Fun to be on the Condor as the passengers always range from all over the place! I love when I walk up to some folks and start talking...for a while...only to realize they don't speak English! No matter...watching whales seems to some sort of universal wordless language. Sally Eagle was on photo ID doing her best to try to keep all the whales straight!!! Not easy to do today! Regards, Scott Cuzzo ><============;> From kat at recycledgoods.com Sun Jul 5 22:53:09 2009 From: kat at recycledgoods.com (Kathryn Wasden) Date: Sun, 5 Jul 2009 22:53:09 -0700 Subject: [CINC] IPCO Islander Message-ID: <000001c9fdfe$0b3b0e70$21b12b50$@com> Two pair of cow/calf humpbacks 7-10 Blues 10+/- Risso's All the way into Painted Cave A bit of a rough go out in the channel, to the back side of SCI which was a bit calmer for the 63 aboard. Three different sightings of common dolphins to that point. As we traveled the back route into the gap between SRI and SCI we found nothing but choppy seas. Finally, a good distance on the north side of SMI we spotted spouts and the Condor X. We saw the same blues and humpback pair as Scott's boat did. In addition to that another cow calf pair with the calves learning feeding behaviors of the cow. It was great fun to see these "little" mouths opening up for krill visible from the surface. The crew even did a plankton tow to show to the passengers, species which was considerably smaller than the jar I brought around earlier! Passengers had good views of Risso's intermixed with the two species of whales. The closest encounters were quite a thrill with the cow/calf swimming right under the bow and one "mid" sized blue swimming inches from the starboard side (awesome.what was he/she thinking?). Finally, a first for me all the way inside painted cave. The passengers landed a great trip today, Cpt. Alex and Andrea great on the microphone. Probably 90% off the passengers asleep on the way back in, cute J (a bit of visual overload or a rocking boat syndrome). Fun day.I am a bit talked out! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Mary_C_Fritzsche at nps.gov Mon Jul 6 08:48:54 2009 From: Mary_C_Fritzsche at nps.gov (Mary_C_Fritzsche at nps.gov) Date: Mon, 6 Jul 2009 08:48:54 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Devils Hole Desert Pupfish Presentation - date change Message-ID: Please note that the lecture below at the national park has been changed to July 8th. To All, The Devil's Hole Desert Pupfish talk is changed to July 8th, Weds., 5pm in the auditorium. Thanks, Dave Stoltz Pacific West Region Dive Officer Channel Islands National Park 1901 Spinnaker Drive Ventura, CA 93001 dave_stoltz at nps.gov From ggrow at serviceobjects.com Mon Jul 6 09:15:16 2009 From: ggrow at serviceobjects.com (Geoff Grow) Date: Mon, 6 Jul 2009 09:15:16 -0700 Subject: [CINC] CX - Wednesday - 7/8/2009 Message-ID: <17986D14D16C5049818B1BE8C2D71DD30D40D2E25F@micky.serviceobjects.net> Hi Folks, I am seeking a Photo ID replacement for Condor Express on July 8, 10 AM - 2:30 PM. Interested? E-mail me. Sincerely, Geoff Grow Service Objects, Inc. Insight on Demand 133 E. De la Guerra St., #10 Santa Barbara, CA 93101 Tel: 805.963.1700 x 717 Fax: 805.963.9179 www.serviceobjects.com ggrow at serviceobjects.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Maryann.Johansson at dcs.ucsb.edu Mon Jul 6 09:28:29 2009 From: Maryann.Johansson at dcs.ucsb.edu (Maryann Johansson) Date: Mon, 06 Jul 2009 09:28:29 -0700 Subject: [CINC] July 4th on board the CX Message-ID: <0DB4B3CAA20DFBB6999A8CC6@fm2.fis.ucsb.edu> Beautiful weather in the channel once we got out of the SB fog. We had a group of about 60-some as far away as Sweden who had never seen whales, especially not Blues. We saw one blue about 1 hour out just wallowing in the abundance of surface Krill. Lung feeding which was a treat!! Further on out we caught spouts in the distance-definitedly Blues. We watched a group of about 3 to 4 with good close ups. A mother and calf were part of the shallow feeding- So much krill-the crew scooped some up for the passengers to see close up. Not a dolphin in sight and no other life except for an elephant seal. Maryann ------------------------------ Maryann Johansson RA Associate Director Design & Construction Services 805-893-2661X 2207 cell:805-451-1545 From ggrow at serviceobjects.com Mon Jul 6 11:23:13 2009 From: ggrow at serviceobjects.com (Geoff Grow) Date: Mon, 6 Jul 2009 11:23:13 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Winner: CX - Wednesday - 7/8/2009 In-Reply-To: <8CBCC7449C96E3B-1174-A82@MBLK-M38.sysops.aol.com> References: <17986D14D16C5049818B1BE8C2D71DD30D40D2E25F@micky.serviceobjects.net> <8CBCC7449C96E3B-1174-A82@MBLK-M38.sysops.aol.com> Message-ID: <17986D14D16C5049818B1BE8C2D71DD30D40D2E263@micky.serviceobjects.net> Hi Folks, Gary Delanoeye was the first to respond to my e-mail. Have fun Gary. Geoff Grow -----Original Message----- From: Geoff Grow To: 'channel_islands_naturalist_corps at rain.org' Sent: Mon, Jul 6, 2009 9:15 am Subject: [CINC] CX - Wednesday - 7/8/2009 Hi Folks, I am seeking a Photo ID replacement for Condor Express on July 8, 10 AM - 2:30 PM. Interested? E-mail me. Sincerely, Geoff Grow Service Objects, Inc. Insight on Demand 133 E. De la Guerra St., #10 Santa Barbara, CA 93101 Tel: 805.963.1700 x 717 Fax: 805.963.9179 www.serviceobjects.com ggrow at serviceobjects.com _______________________________________________ Channel_islands_naturalist_cor ps mailing list Channel_islands_naturalist_corps at rain.org http://www.rain.org/mailman/listinfo/channel_islands_naturalist_corps ________________________________ A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ginnyafischer at me.com Mon Jul 6 08:53:36 2009 From: ginnyafischer at me.com (Ginny Fischer) Date: Mon, 06 Jul 2009 08:53:36 -0700 Subject: [CINC] new email address Message-ID: <0D175E5E-7723-4508-B6B7-70B91694B95F@me.com> My old email address was: ginnyfischer at mac.com Here is my new address: ginnyafischer at me.com thanks, ginny fischer From betsy.crowfoot at verizon.net Tue Jul 7 10:45:30 2009 From: betsy.crowfoot at verizon.net (Betsy Crowfoot) Date: Tue, 07 Jul 2009 10:45:30 -0700 Subject: [CINC] CINC in Carpinteria? In-Reply-To: <0D175E5E-7723-4508-B6B7-70B91694B95F@me.com> References: <0D175E5E-7723-4508-B6B7-70B91694B95F@me.com> Message-ID: <000601c9ff2a$b9957960$2cc06c20$@crowfoot@verizon.net> Is there a naturalist in Carpinteria? I have two shirts & a jacket I would like to give to someone as I am moving. Thanks - Betsy # 448 1439 From Shauna.Bingham at noaa.gov Tue Jul 7 12:58:21 2009 From: Shauna.Bingham at noaa.gov (Shauna.Bingham at noaa.gov) Date: Tue, 07 Jul 2009 12:58:21 -0700 Subject: [CINC] CINC in Carpinteria? In-Reply-To: <000601c9ff2a$b9957960$2cc06c20$%crowfoot@verizon.net> References: <0D175E5E-7723-4508-B6B7-70B91694B95F@me.com> <000601c9ff2a$b9957960$2cc06c20$%crowfoot@verizon.net> Message-ID: Thank you Betsy! Please be advised that there are new Navy uniforms for the CINC volunteer program and all royal uniforms have been retired. ----- Original Message ----- From: Betsy Crowfoot Date: Tuesday, July 7, 2009 10:54 am Subject: [CINC] CINC in Carpinteria? To: 'Channel Island' > Is there a naturalist in Carpinteria? I have two shirts & a jacket I would > like to give to someone as I am moving. > Thanks - Betsy # 448 1439 > > > _______________________________________________ > Channel_islands_naturalist_corps mailing list > Channel_islands_naturalist_corps at rain.org > From carolemurrell at ymail.com Tue Jul 7 19:24:44 2009 From: carolemurrell at ymail.com (Carole Murrell) Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2009 19:24:44 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [CINC] Condor Express 7-7-09 Message-ID: <444006.95741.qm@web112307.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> 50 plus common dolphins 3 Blues ( first sighting pair, second large loner) 2 Humpbacks ( Mom and calf) 50 plus passengers from Holland, Florida, Colorado, Germany and other parts of this wonderful world. Winds picked up and the sea made for a uncomfortable journey for some while others delighted in seeing on and off the magnificent sea creatures gliding through the water. As always the crew and Captain Matt were right on with great info and concern for those not feeling well. The Naturalists were Carole Murrell, Alexa Mutti and Sally Eagle on PID. From sally.eagle at cox.net Wed Jul 8 10:05:24 2009 From: sally.eagle at cox.net (Sally Eagle) Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2009 10:05:24 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Stump the naturalist Message-ID: A girl on the CX yesterday asked me "which dolphin plays with the Orcas and could kill one if they wanted to?" Any takers? Sally -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ppetrich39 at hotmail.com Thu Jul 9 12:44:05 2009 From: ppetrich39 at hotmail.com (Paul Jr. Petrich) Date: Thu, 9 Jul 2009 12:44:05 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Stump the naturalist In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi All from the Adriatic, I don't know what factually will come up, but I hope we share with the girl, that very, very seldom do any marine creatures "kill when they want to":only humans do that regularly just for sport. Even the playful dolphin kill, for survival, things smaller then themselves. Hope we let the little girl realize there are no "bad guys and good guys" under the sea. Out here in the Tyrannian and Ionian Seas, as well as the Adriatic, only one marine mammal on lots and lots of boat trips in six months, and that one was spotted from shore. Tell her they are all gone here, not because they killed each other! Food for thought when considering Kathrine French's whale news request. Paul From: sally.eagle at cox.net To: channel_islands_naturalist_corps at rain.org Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2009 10:05:24 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Stump the naturalist A girl on the CX yesterday asked me "which dolphin plays with the Orcas and could kill one if they wanted to?" Any takers? Sally _________________________________________________________________ Insert movie times and more without leaving Hotmail?. http://windowslive.com/Tutorial/Hotmail/QuickAdd?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_Tutorial_QuickAdd_062009 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From maria at rasnowpeak.com Thu Jul 9 19:59:58 2009 From: maria at rasnowpeak.com (Maria G. Ornelas) Date: Thu, 9 Jul 2009 19:59:58 -0700 Subject: [CINC] CX Monday July 6 Message-ID: <06F90C91-E81A-4D13-BF30-E4D840D83172@rasnowpeak.com> Hi Fellow Naturalists, I just realized I sent this to the old RAIN, but here it is. 2 pods Common Dolphins: ~ 30 and 300-400 2 huge Humpbacks 1 smaller Humpback We left harbor where 100's of pelicans were congregating. Captain Matt plus crew, Hal Altman on PID, myself as roaming naturalist, and 53 passengers from Cambridge England, Spain, Detroit, los Angeles, among others. Ten minutes later we encountered the small pod of Common Dolphins. Matt slowed down for a few minutes for people to take pictures. Seas got choppy pretty quickly. Captain knew exactly where to go, far into the Santa Cruz Channel, closer to SRI. Beaufort was a sure 4 at 16 kts according to Matt. It was a hard ride and quite a few people were nauseous, but the unaffected were treated to a spectacular encounter with the 2 humpbacks, moving slowly, coming very close to the boat, to give us a whiff of their meal. Then they slapped the water powerfully. They were massive and at ease in the high swells. People were gratified. The smaller Humpback as well came close to the boat and dove a couple of times showing his beautiful fluke. The passengers were treated briefly to Painted Cave, and on our departure ~ 1:30 p.m. back to the harbor, we encountered the larger pod of commons, keeping passengers busy with their cameras. Another great day out at sea. Maria G. Ornelas maria at rasnowpeak.com \ / \ / ??'?.??..><((((?>.???'?.??.???'?.?><((({?>?.???'?.?. ,. / \ / \ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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What a joy being around young enthusiasts! The day gig ended with an outstanding Devil's Hole Pupfish lecture, 5pm@ CINP VC auditorium. The visiting speakers were Death Valley National Park scientists Mike and Kevin, who got to stay 2 days on Anacapa Island. Our own CINP Dave Stoltz has helped train them diving in Devil's Hole (Nevada) where the water temp is 90 degrees Fahrenheit. There are only 38 known DH Pupfish left! Best Fishes, Debra -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Shauna.Bingham at noaa.gov Fri Jul 10 09:43:45 2009 From: Shauna.Bingham at noaa.gov (Shauna.Bingham at noaa.gov) Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2009 09:43:45 -0700 Subject: [CINC] July 14 & 15 FSTS Lecture: Understanding the MLPA Initiative in So.CA Message-ID: Channel Islands National Park News Release July 10, 2009 For Immediate Release Yvonne Menard, Channel Islands National Park (805) 658-5725 Shauna Bingham, Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary (805) 382-6151 #102 Understanding the Marine Life Protection Act Initiative in Southern California Kelly Sayce, Marine Life Protection Act (MLPA) Initiative Public Outreach and Education Coordinator, and Dr. Satie Airam?, MLPA Science Advisor, will be the featured speakers at the July "From Shore to Sea" lecture series. Together, they will discuss the Marine Life Protection Act Initiative planning process in the south coast region. The Marine Life Protection Act (MLPA) was passed into California state law in 1999 (AB 993). It directs the state to reexamine and redesign California?s system of marine protected areas (MPAs) to, among other things, protect marine life, habitat, ecosystems, and natural heritage. Sayce will explain the MLPA Initiative, a public-private partnership developed to help the State of California achieve the MLPA goals. She will provide updates on how MPA proposals are being developed to meet these goals through active public involvement in the study region. Sayce will also describe frequently asked questions and common misunderstandings about the initiative and describe the role of the public in this stakeholder-driven process. Airam? will discuss scientific guidelines for designing MPA networks to meet the goals of the MLPA Initiative. Additionally, she will present results from the five-year review of the existing Channel Islands MPAs. The Channel Islands MPAs are not being redesigned as part of the MLPA Initiative. Evaluating the effectiveness of existing MPAs contributes to our understanding of how this ecosystem management approach protects our oceans. Sayce has worked in the field of informal education and public outreach for local organizationsincluding Reef Check Foundation, Cabrillo Marine Aquarium, and the Aquarium of the Pacific. She is the co-founder of Strategic Earth, LLC, an environmental consulting firm based in Los Angeles. Sayce received a MS in Marine Biodiversity and Conservation from Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego. Since 2002, Airam? has served as a marine policy coordinator for PISCO (Partnership for Interdisciplinary Studies of Coastal Oceans) at the University of California, Santa Barbara. For the past ten years Airam? has worked on the Channel Islands MPAs process including coordinating efforts to determine potential locations, developing ecological monitoring plans, and managing the five-year review of the Channel Islands MPAs. 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 current research on the Channel Islands and surrounding waters. The lectures occur at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, July 14, 2009, at Santa Barbara Maritime Museum, 113 Harbor Way in the Santa Barbara Harbor and Wednesday, July 15, 2009, at the Channel Islands National Park Robert J. Lagomarsino Visitor Center, 1901 Spinnaker Drive in the Ventura Harbor. The programs are free and open to the public. For more information about the MLPA Initiative, visit www.dfg.ca.gov/mpla. This publication is available on line at: www.nps.gov/chis/parknews/newsreleases.htm -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dbellman at dock.net Fri Jul 10 20:07:42 2009 From: dbellman at dock.net (Dick Bellman) Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2009 20:07:42 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Islander 7/10 Message-ID: The hard facts: * Common dolphins (pods of 200, 1,000 and assorted small numbers) * Dall's Porpoise - 2 * Humpbacks - 12 * Blue Whales - 12 * Undocumented nearby spouts - at least 20 and probably more Needless to say today was a great day aboard the Islander. Captain Dave, along with Anthony decided since there had been minimal sightings the past few days to head as far west as possible along what Dave described as a "coastal cruise." He had noted some temperature changes quite a distance to the west and thought that would create greater likelihood of whales being present. As promised it was somewhat bumpy along the way. We had minimal sightings of the 200 common's and 2 Dall's. We went all the way to the west Santa Barbara channel weather buoy and then made a left turn, heading for San Miguel. Shortly thereafter the excitement began. We had numerous encounters with both blues and humpbacks as we headed towards Miguel. In the gap between San Miguel and Santa Rosa it went crazy. Spouts were virtually everywhere. We had documented encounter after documented encounter. It was hard to keep up with the documentation because we were having so many spouts. People were delighted to have the Islander go all of the way into Painted Cave. Captains Dave and Anthony, along with Danielle received a loud round of applause as we returned to Ventura Harbor. It was delightful to work with Ken Katro who was on PID. It is always a pleasure to work with Ken. As busy as I was logging sightings you can imagine how challenging it was for Ken to keep on top of the picture shooting. Yes, it was a great day. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Keith Hale _________________________________________________________________ Bing? brings you health information from trusted sources. Try it now. http://www.bing.com/search?q=pet+allergy&form=MHEINA&publ=WLHMTAG&crea=TXT_MHEINA_Health_Health_PetAllergy_1x1 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From greywhalejewelry at hotmail.com Fri Jul 10 22:30:42 2009 From: greywhalejewelry at hotmail.com (Keith Grey Hale) Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2009 22:30:42 -0700 Subject: [CINC] I need a sub for Tomorrow on the Condor X sat The 11th 10:00 to 14:30 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I am in a lot of pain it could be a kidney stone. So if some one would like my spot?? I had a couple of good trips this month and feel awful that I can't make this one. Keith Hale From: greywhalejewelry at hotmail.com To: channel_islands_naturalist_corps at rain.org Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2009 22:04:46 -0700 Subject: [CINC] I need a sub for Tomorrow on the Condor X sat The 11th 10:00 to 14:30 I feel really sick. It just hit me maybe it's a stomach bug?? But I definitely won't make the trip tomorrow. Could one of you wonderful naturalist please take my spot. Thanks all just let me know. Keith Hale Bing? brings you health information from trusted sources. Try it now. _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live?: Keep your life in sync. http://windowslive.com/explore?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_BR_life_in_synch_062009 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From greywhalejewelry at hotmail.com Sat Jul 11 07:59:40 2009 From: greywhalejewelry at hotmail.com (Keith Grey Hale) Date: Sat, 11 Jul 2009 07:59:40 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Sub found! I need a sub for Tomorrow on the Condor X sat The 11th 10:00 to 14:30 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Thank you Cubby for taking over for me. Have a wonderful trip!!! Keith From: greywhalejewelry at hotmail.com To: channel_islands_naturalist_corps at rain.org Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2009 22:30:42 -0700 Subject: Re: [CINC] I need a sub for Tomorrow on the Condor X sat The 11th 10:00 to 14:30 I am in a lot of pain it could be a kidney stone. So if some one would like my spot?? I had a couple of good trips this month and feel awful that I can't make this one. Keith Hale From: greywhalejewelry at hotmail.com To: channel_islands_naturalist_corps at rain.org Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2009 22:04:46 -0700 Subject: [CINC] I need a sub for Tomorrow on the Condor X sat The 11th 10:00 to 14:30 I feel really sick. It just hit me maybe it's a stomach bug?? But I definitely won't make the trip tomorrow. Could one of you wonderful naturalist please take my spot. Thanks all just let me know. Keith Hale Bing? brings you health information from trusted sources. Try it now. Windows Live?: Keep your life in sync. Check it out. _________________________________________________________________ Lauren found her dream laptop. Find the PC that?s right for you. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/choosepc/?ocid=ftp_val_wl_290 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gksully at pacbell.net Sat Jul 11 16:02:46 2009 From: gksully at pacbell.net (Karen Sullivan) Date: Sat, 11 Jul 2009 16:02:46 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [CINC] Condor 7/11 Message-ID: <524379.85345.qm@web81708.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Common dolphins 200 100 moving really fast Blue Whale- 1 Humpback whales- 10, 12, 15? Trip started off under foggy skies with 4 naturalists on board, Dino Dal Bon on PID, Cubby Winkel, Betsy Haywood and myself.... (turns out I was the odd man out. I'm scheduled on tomorrows trip and got the days mixed up...what can I say, I'm old!) I'm really glad I went as we had a great day. Capt Mat, Dave, and Jaques did their usual excellent job. 93 passengers from Holland, Switzerland, Germany, Ireland, Michigan, Vermont, Arizona, plus...and those were just the ones I talked to... We started with a sighting of commons, not far out of the harbor. The fog began lifting very quickly and visibility was good. Our first whale sighting was 2 humpbacks, hanging out, coming close to the boat. Our next sighting was a blue, no wait it's a humpback, no it's a blue, no it's both. Beautiful sight of a blue and a humpback very close together . It really made the size difference apparent. The blue was rather elusive, and we were soon joined by several more humpbacks. Stayed with them for awhile, and then Capt Mat headed off in search of more blues....Turns out we saw lots more humpies. Everywhere. I counted 10 who came right to the boat, at different times, and there were spouts in the distance every where you looked. Lots of whiffs of whale breath, and one lovely sighting of whale poop -he'd been clearing eating krill. One whale would dive but his tail flukes would stay near the surface, and it appeared he was just hanging upside down..... Good deep look at Painted cave, then a quick crossing home. We saw a group of 100+ commons traveling very very fast. We stayed with them for awhile, and then left them to their travels. They were either running away from something, or toward something, in a big hurry. Pretty to see. Another lovely day in paradise. My husband Gary has graciously offered to take the trip I was supposed to do tomorrow.... Karen Sullivan -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gksully at pacbell.net Sun Jul 12 14:50:11 2009 From: gksully at pacbell.net (Karen Sullivan) Date: Sun, 12 Jul 2009 14:50:11 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [CINC] Condor 7/11 In-Reply-To: <524379.85345.qm@web81708.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <524379.85345.qm@web81708.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <557131.39345.qm@web81704.mail.mud.yahoo.com> And just in case anyone was wondering, I had no idea it wasn't my day to go out, until I was getting ready to leave the harbor, called home, and my sweet husband informed me of my error.... Had I known when I got there, I would have come home, and gone out on Sunday... If my fellow blue shirted folks knew, they were too kind to tell me....;-) Karen Sullivan ________________________________ From: Karen Sullivan To: channel_islands_naturalist_corps at rain.org Sent: Saturday, July 11, 2009 4:02:46 PM Subject: [CINC] Condor 7/11 Common dolphins 200 100 moving really fast Blue Whale- 1 Humpback whales- 10, 12, 15? Trip started off under foggy skies with 4 naturalists on board, Dino Dal Bon on PID, Cubby Winkel, Betsy Haywood and myself.... (turns out I was the odd man out. I'm scheduled on tomorrows trip and got the days mixed up...what can I say, I'm old!) I'm really glad I went as we had a great day. Capt Mat, Dave, and Jaques did their usual excellent job. 93 passengers from Holland, Switzerland, Germany, Ireland, Michigan, Vermont, Arizona, plus...and those were just the ones I talked to... We started with a sighting of commons, not far out of the harbor. The fog began lifting very quickly and visibility was good. Our first whale sighting was 2 humpbacks, hanging out, coming close to the boat. Our next sighting was a blue, no wait it's a humpback, no it's a blue, no it's both. Beautiful sight of a blue and a humpback very close together . It really made the size difference apparent. The blue was rather elusive, and we were soon joined by several more humpbacks. Stayed with them for awhile, and then Capt Mat headed off in search of more blues....Turns out we saw lots more humpies. Everywhere. I counted 10 who came right to the boat, at different times, and there were spouts in the distance every where you looked. Lots of whiffs of whale breath, and one lovely sighting of whale poop -he'd been clearing eating krill. One whale would dive but his tail flukes would stay near the surface, and it appeared he was just hanging upside down..... Good deep look at Painted cave, then a quick crossing home. We saw a group of 100+ commons traveling very very fast. We stayed with them for awhile, and then left them to their travels. They were either running away from something, or toward something, in a big hurry. Pretty to see. Another lovely day in paradise. My husband Gary has graciously offered to take the trip I was supposed to do tomorrow.... Karen Sullivan -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Mike along with Dawn and 84 passengers from around the world. A couple of people had recognized us from being on the boat previously and are regulars on the whale watching circuit. Our 1st stop was the buoy outside the Ventura harbor which was completely covered with sea lions and had a waiting list nearby. We counted 17 on the buoy and 12 immediately around it waiting for an open spot and thermoregulating as they waited to haul out. 20 minutes later we saw a megapod of sea lions! There must have been 200+ sea lions all swimming in a tight group with a purpose - porpoising along like they were being chased by the Orcas we never saw. A little later we saw about 20 common dolphins who must have been the scouting group for the 1000+ we saw an ? hour later that were spread out over at least a square mile. Once we got into the shipping lane we saw our first humpbacks. For the next hour we had whales all around us off SCI before the SCI/SRI gap. The krill was everywhere. I have not seen so much krill before. The water was red/brown all over from all the krill at the surface. In total we saw 6 Blues and 9 Humpbacks within a couple hundred yards and other spouts in the distance. Since the krill was at the surface it did not make for an easy PID day. Flukes were very few and very lazy flops if at all. The Blues only showed a dorsal fin once. All the whales were just snorkeling around ? we even thought some of the humpbacks could be sleeping since they were so slow and just hanging out at the surface. Mike did a plankton tow and pulled in some live krill which was more exciting than the cheerios in a jar. With all the krill everywhere, the sooty shearwaters were fat and happy. They were out in full force and were so full of krill they could not even fly. In addition to humpback whale breath we were also treated to both blue and humpback poop ; maybe that was their way of saying ?these are my krill , stay away?. After over an hour of whales we headed to The Cave and went deeper inside the cave than we have ever been. Way to go Alex! Then he turned the boat around while still not completely out of the cave. That was cool to see! We then cruised alongside the island and stopped to pick up some Prisoners before headed back to home base. On the home stretch crossing we had another commons experience of about 200 animals. Kevin Bailey -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Some of the specimens in our kits are difficult to replenish and it can be costly to replace whale models and field guides that are lost or damaged. To help us maintain these materials for as long as possible, please only pull items out of the kits when you are actively using them to educate passengers. Please do not leave items unattended, or on display in the cabin or top decks, this will also help prevent loss or damage. In the event you find something missing or broken let us know as soon as possible. And remember to always pack the materials up at the end of the trip and place the baleen on top. Thank you again for your support! Shauna -- Shauna Bingham Volunteer and Outreach Coordinator NOAA Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary 3600 S. Harbor Blvd. #111 Oxnard, CA 93035 Shauna.Bingham at noaa.gov (805) 382-6149 ext. 102 Fax (805) 382-9791 http://channelislands.noaa.gov ??`?.??..><((((?>???`?.??..><((((?>???`?.??..><((((?>???`?.??.. From Shauna.Bingham at noaa.gov Mon Jul 13 13:47:55 2009 From: Shauna.Bingham at noaa.gov (Shauna Bingham) Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2009 13:47:55 -0700 Subject: [CINC] SAC Meeting July 17 Message-ID: <4A5B9D7B.8000408@noaa.gov> A public Meeting Announcement ****************************************** c h a n n e l i s l a n d s n a t i o n a l m a r i n e s a n c t u a r y Sanctuary Advisory Council Meeting *Friday, July 17, 2009 * *9:00 am -- 3:30 pm* *Robert* * J. Lagomarsino Visitor Center Auditorium, Channel Islands National Park Headquarters * *1901 Spinnaker Drive* * ? Ventura Harbor , CA * * D R A F T A G E N D A * /All times are subject to possible adjustment / *9:00-9:30**AM** 1. Administrative Business and Announcements * *A. Comment on/Adoption of May 15, 2009 Draft Key Outcomes* ( Council Action Requested )* * *B. Sanctuary Superintendent's Report* ( No Council Action Requested ) *C. Brief Council Member Announcements *( No Council Action Requested ) * **9:30-10:45**AM** 2. Ship Strike Case Studies* ( No Council Action Requested )* * ? The Council's ship strike subcommittee will present findings from four case studies: o Protecting Right Whales by Reducing the Risk of Mortality by Ship Strike in the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary and on the Eastern Seaboard , USA o Vessel Management Tools to Reduce the Risk of Humpback Whale Harassment, Injury and Mortality in Glacier Bay National Park , Alaska o Protecting Humpback Whales by Reducing the Risk of Mortality by Ship Strike in the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary o Green Flag Program at the Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles ? Council discussion * 10:45-11:00**AM** 3. Public Comment *(1st of 2) (may be extended at the discretion of the Chair or used as a break)* * * 11:00-12:30**PM** 4a. Ship Strike Panel Discussion *( No Council Action Requested) * * ? Expert panelists will present information on whales, shipping and ship strikes, field questions, and comment on possible management actions to reduce ship strikes in the Santa Barbara Channel area. A. John Calambokidis, Cascadia Research (invited, pending) B. Megan McKenna, Scripps Institution of Oceanography * *C. Shannon Bettridge, National Marine Fisheries Service, Office of Protected Resources D. T. L. Garrett, Pacific Merchant Shipping Association E. Port of LA/LB or Shipping Industry Representative (pending) * * *12:30-1:30**PM** LUNCH Break* * * *1:30-2:00**PM **4b. Wrap Up of Ship Strike Discussions *( No Council Action Requested) * * ? Additional time, if needed, to discuss next steps in the process of developing management recommendations * 2:00-2:30**PM** 5. Summer 2009 Whale Season Update *( No Council Action Requested )* * ? Brief report on the status of whales in the Santa Barbara Channel based on surveillance flights and vessel-based observations (Sean Hastings) ? Quick update on current outreach to shipping industry, and the US Coast Guard's Local Notice to Mariners (Sean Hastings, Julie Bursek) ? Whale research activities in the Santa Barbara Channel area (staff, or visiting scientist) *2:30-3:00**PM** 6. CINMS Enforcement Working Group Report *( Possible Council Action )* * ? Dayna Matthews (NOAA Office for Law Enforcement; Working Group Chair), will report on development of a CINMS Enforcement and Compliance Plan ? Possible Council Action : Comments/input/feedback on enforcement plan *3:00-3:15**PM** 7. Public Comment *(2^nd of 2) (may be extended at the discretion of the Chair or used as a break)* * *3:15-3:30**PM** 8. Proposed Support Letter for NOAA Twin Otter Aircraft *(Council Action Requested)* * ? Following discussions at the last SAC meeting, the Council will review and be asked to vote on a proposed letter to NOAA supporting west coast/CINMS flight hours for the NOAA Twin Otter aircraft ? Possible Council Action : Vote to approve letter of support *3:30**PM** 9. Meeting Close-Out* (No Council Action Requested)* * ? *Schedule for 2009 meetings and events: * o Friday September 18, 2009 (SAC meeting, Santa Barbara ) o Friday November 20, 2009 (SAC meeting, Ventura ) *3:30**PM** **ADJOURN* -- 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 jjwinkel at cox.net Mon Jul 13 16:20:59 2009 From: jjwinkel at cox.net (Cubby Winkel) Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2009 16:20:59 -0700 Subject: [CINC] CX 7/13 Message-ID: <033001ca0410$95241c40$bf6c54c0$@net> 7 Humpbacks 1 Blue 400 Long beaked common dolphins Capt. Dave immediately headed West to find us some whales. About 55 min. out just as Capt Dave was about to change course what should pop up but a lone Humpie. Wow what a whale! She approached the boat and entertained, or should I say exercised, everybody. She would surface on the left side of the boat then submerge and come up on the right side of the boat then submerge and surface at the bow. She continued this behavior for about an hour when Capt. Dave decided to slowly move away from her in search of a Bue. Within a few minutes Capt. Dave thought he spied a blue blowing in the distance. However, when we arrived it turned out to be another Humpie. Another treat for the guests as this Humpie was lunge feeding on krill. Shortly after this Capt. Dave spotted the blow from the Blue again. He moved a short distance so we could all see the Blue. Then the lunge feeding Humpie joined us so we were watching both the Blue and Humpie at the same time. From this show Capt. Dave headed towards Painted Cave. Unfortunately, there was a small craft anchored in the mouth of the cave so we didn't get in very far. But the guests did get to see the cave. On the way home what should Capt. Dave see but a pod of long beaked common Dolphins so he altered course a bit so that everybody could get their Dolphin fix. All in all is was just another great day on the water! Hope your trip is as good next time out! La Vaughn Engblom PID, Don Gilles & Cubby Winkel -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From davidchubb at cox.net Mon Jul 13 17:32:31 2009 From: davidchubb at cox.net (David Chubb) Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2009 17:32:31 -0700 Subject: [CINC] NY Times article: Watching Whales Watching Us Message-ID: Yesterday I posted a link to an article "Watching Whales Watching Us" published in the NY Times Magazine. I received a few nice comments about the article from other CINCers. Terry Gross interviewed the author today (Monday) on "Fresh Air." One volunteer wanted to read the article but couldn't open the link because she was not registered with the NY Times. There is no cost to register with the NY Times, but if you want to read the article and don't want to register, I have printed it as a PDF file which I can email to you. Contact me at davidchubb at cox.net. David Chubb -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ggrow at serviceobjects.com Tue Jul 14 12:45:13 2009 From: ggrow at serviceobjects.com (Geoff Grow) Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2009 12:45:13 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Looking for Replacement on Truth for Wednesday, July 15, 2009 Message-ID: <17986D14D16C5049818B1BE8C2D71DD30D415C330A@micky.serviceobjects.net> Hi Hikers, I am scheduled on the Truth for a day trip to SCI on Wednesday. The trip is a lot of fun, and you get to see parts of the island you've never seen before. I am seeking a replacement. If I can't find a replacement, no worries, I still will go. It's going to be a gorgeous day. Maybe we can trade? Sincerely, Geoff Grow ggrow at serviceobjects.com Hikers! A few of you have asked about the Truth Aquatics day trips this summer to Painted Cave, when passengers will either go snorkeling or kayaking. We are only letting certified hikers sign up at this point, although there won't be any landings for you to hike. But we appreciate the depth of knowledge you have about the islands in order to do interpretation. You will find these trips listed on our online calendars in the Island Day Hike section. http://www.nps.gov/chis/supportyourpark/volunteer-schedules.htm As I mentioned in my earlier email, you are welcome to snorkel, kayak or swim if you sign up for one of these trips. But for any of these water activities, we wouldn't be able to cover you with our liability insurance. Truth tells me that if you plan to rent a kayak or snorkel gear--each costs $30--you would need to notify them at least by the day before your planned trip. And as always, it is wise to call the day before in order to confirm that the trip is going out as planned. Their number is 963-3564. As a bonus, Truth will feed you lunch when you are out there! Thanks for all you do, Clare Clare Fritzsche Channel Islands National Park 1901 Spinnaker Drive Ventura, CA 93001 (805) 658-5733 FAX: (805) 658-5799 Mary_C_Fritzsche at nps.gov -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From susiewilliams at sbcglobal.net Wed Jul 15 07:10:53 2009 From: susiewilliams at sbcglobal.net (susiewilliams at sbcglobal.net) Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2009 07:10:53 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [CINC] Virtual expedition to Bering Sea Message-ID: <876071.47801.qm@web81105.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Check this out! http://www.polartrec.com/ PolarTREC expeditions to the Arctic and Antarctica are underway! Be sure to check out the Virtual Base Camp to follow teachers and researchers! PolarTREC is an educational research experience, funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation and managed by the Arctic Research Consortium of the U.S., in which K-12 teachers participate in polar research, working closely with scientists as a pathway to improving science education. In celebration of the International Polar Year (2007-2009), a global scientific campaign to advance our understanding of the polar regions, thirty-six U.S. teachers will spend two to six weeks working with a research team in the Arctic or Antarctic, exploring the environments, cultures, history, and science. PolarTREC teachers will learn about cutting-edge scientific research on topics ranging from atmospheric chemistry to seabird ecology and will share their experiences with scientists, educators, communities, and hundreds of students of all ages across the globe. The current expedition is Seabird Telemetry - Bering Sea Integrated Ecosystem Research Program. July 15 - August 15, 2009 to Pribilof Islands, Alaska. From kat at recycledgoods.com Wed Jul 15 08:56:39 2009 From: kat at recycledgoods.com (Kathryn Wasden) Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2009 08:56:39 -0700 Subject: [CINC] condor express 14th july Message-ID: <002a01ca0564$d7b7dce0$872796a0$@com> 1 blue 1 minke Many many humpbacks With just a bit of trepidation I boarded the busy condor x with marty g and marty f. it was busy right away with common dolphin sightings and a shy humpback and minke a few miles from the harbor. Beyond the shipping lane in front of SCI capt. Dave had all kinds of multi tasking and crowd control with whales all around us. The passengers (just shy of 70) were quite pleased with all the whales. One humpback had a very distinctive bite in its fluke, and another a large portion taken away from the right side of its fluke (I think they have been viewed this season.I might be wrong). The blue was mid-sized and just staying along the surface where the food was. But, to the delight of my inaugural PID trip even this guy cooperated and showed a tail fluke (twice). We had two sea lion pups returned to the sea just offshore SCI from the rescue group based in Santa Barbara, a quick peek into painted cave and then headed home. The one main problem with this trip was we had to come back to harbor, I could have watched all day and not blinked. Well I am hoping the logging in for the PID book will be above satisfactory for my first PID trip. It was fun to work with the two Martys, Cpt. Dave and crew. I understand today's views will be online tomorrow via "condor express photos.com" Just a "terribly" fun day. Even the man who had me take his and his son's photo 5 times (and asked me to stand up taller when I do so the waves will show in the background) made me smile.his son (well into late 40's) was horrified. I am still laughing ..kat. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From vfo at mindspring.com Wed Jul 15 18:46:14 2009 From: vfo at mindspring.com (Valerie Olson) Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2009 18:46:14 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Condor on 15 July Message-ID: Hi All, ? Common Dolphins; one relatively small pod (100) and one large (1000) ? Humpbacks: 14 ? Blue Whale: 1 Glorious, even though not sunny, day on the channel for 89 passengers ... most of whom were from out of our area. A feeding frenzy of sea lions, birds, dolphins and whales ... tons and tons of krill! Lots of tail flukes, some pectoral fin action and extremely close approach by one humpback. All this went on significantly east of the usual spots near Santa Cruz and Santa Rosa. Joined today by Shauna, Tina and a crew shooting an educational film ... hopefully to eventually be seen on Discovery. Great, great day!! Valerie Olson and Sally Eagle on PID ... don't know how Sally could keep up with the amount of action we had! From ThusOne at aol.com Wed Jul 15 19:28:38 2009 From: ThusOne at aol.com (ThusOne at aol.com) Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2009 22:28:38 EDT Subject: [CINC] Condor on 15 July Message-ID: In a message dated 7/15/2009 6:53:49 PM Pacific Standard Time, vfo at mindspring.com writes: > > Hi All, > > ? Common Dolphins; one relatively small pod (100) and one large (1000) > ? Humpbacks: 14 > ? Blue Whale: 1 > > Glorious, even though not sunny, day on the channel for 89 > passengers ... most of whom were from out of our area. A feeding > frenzy of sea lions, birds, dolphins and whales ... tons and tons of > krill! > Lots of tail flukes, some pectoral fin action and extremely close > approach by one humpback. All this went on significantly east of the > usual spots near Santa Cruz and Santa Rosa. > > Joined today by Shauna, Tina and a crew shooting an educational > film ... hopefully to eventually be seen on Discovery. > > Great, great day!! > > Valerie Olson and Sally Eagle on PID ... don't know how Sally could > keep up with the amount of action we had! > It is interesting, these reports of humpbacks feeding on krill this year. All previous years of my brief volunteering, we thought they were always feeding on schooling fish. I got the impression from one of our lectures (can't remember exactly which one), that records of humpback stomachs from whalers seemed to indicate that they would perhaps switch between krill & schooling fish... but something like a few years they would only find fish in their scomachs, followed by a few years by krill... not like a humpback would take a breakfast of krill and lunch & dindin of schooling fish.... or krill each day except for fish on friday. ;-) Shirley ************** Can love help you live longer? Find out now. (http://personals.aol.com/articles/2009/02/18/longer-lives-through-relationships/?ncid=emlweu slove00000001) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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They act as nursery beds to many common sport and game species but are easily harmed by sedimentation, coastal runoff and pollution...." http://www.sbck.org/ OUTREACH The August outreach event sign-up sheet has been posted online at the park Web site, and will be available at the meeting. The Ventura County Fair starts on August 5 (be sure to visit our booth in the ag building at the fairgrounds) w/our partners CINP, Santa Monica Mountains National Rec Area and CA State Parks. There is also an opportunity to participate on August 23 at the Watershed Resource Center at Hendry's Beach in Santa Barbara at a special ribbon-cutting ceremony and community reception. Please note there were no events scheduled in July. http://www.nps.gov/chis/supportyourpark/upload/AUG_Outreach_2009.pdf Thank you for your great work CINCers! Tina From judyw88 at hotmail.com Thu Jul 16 20:33:41 2009 From: judyw88 at hotmail.com (judy w) Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2009 20:33:41 -0700 Subject: [CINC] krill fishing ban In-Reply-To: <887de12a0907132050g456c860rb5f743cbeced8c2c@mail.gmail.com> References: <887de12a0907132050g456c860rb5f743cbeced8c2c@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: > > Federal ban on krill fishing off West Coast > No one fishes for krill off the West Coast, and federal fisheries > managers want to keep it that way so the tiny shrimp-like creatures > remain as plentiful as possible as food for whales, salmon, and > seabirds. > http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31896169/from/ET/ _________________________________________________________________ Lauren found her dream laptop. Find the PC that?s right for you. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/choosepc/?ocid=ftp_val_wl_290 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Some divers report tentacles enveloping their masks and yanking at their cameras and gear. Stories of too-close encounters with the alien-like cephalopods have chased many veteran divers out of the water and created a whirlwind of excitement among the rest, who are torn between their personal safety and the once-in-a-lifetime chance to swim with the deep-sea giants. The so-called Humboldt squid are native to the deep waters off Mexico, where they have been known to attack humans and are nicknamed "red devils" for their rust-red coloring and mean streak. Those who dive with them there chum the water with bait and sometimes get in a metal cage or wear chain mail to avoid being lashed by tentacles. The squid hunt in schools of up to 1,200, can swim up to 15 mph and can skim over the water to escape predators. "I wouldn't go into the water with them for the same reason I wouldn't walk into a pride of lions on the Serengeti," said Mike Bear, a local diver. "For all I know, I'm missing the experience of a lifetime." The squid are too deep to bother swimmers and surfers, but many longtime divers say they are staying out of the surf until the sea creatures clear out. Yet other divers, including Shanda Magill, couldn't resist the chance to see the squid up close. On a recent night, Magill watched in awe as a dozen squid with doleful, expressive eyes circled her group, tapping and patting the divers and gently bumping them before dashing away. One especially large squid suspended itself motionless in the water about three feet away and peered at her closely, its eyes rolling, before it vanished into the black. A shimmering incandescence rippled along its body, almost as if it were communicating through its skin. But the next night, things were different: A large squid surprised Magill by hitting her from behind and grabbing at her with its arms, pulling her sideways in the water. The powerful creature ripped her buoyancy hose away from her chest and knocked away her light. When Magill recovered, she didn't know which direction was up and at first couldn't find the hose to help her stay afloat as she surfaced. The squid was gone. "I just kicked like crazy. The first thing you think of is, 'Oh my gosh, I don't know if I'm going to survive this. If that squid wanted to hurt me, it would have," she said. Other divers have reported squid pulling at their masks and gear and roughing them up. Roger Uzun, a veteran scuba diver and amateur underwater videographer, swam with a swarm of the creatures for about 20 minutes and said they appeared more curious than aggressive. The animals taste with their tentacles, he said, and seemed to be touching him and his wet suit to determine if he was edible. "As soon as we went underwater and turned on the video lights, there they were. They would ram into you, they kept hitting the back of my head," he said. "One got ahold of the video light head and yanked on it for two or three seconds and he was actually trying to take the video light with him," said Uzun, who later posted a 3-minute video with his underwater footage on YouTube. "It almost knocked the video camera out of my hands." Scientists aren't sure why the squid, which generally live in deep, tropical waters off Mexico and Central America, are showing up off the Southern California coast ? but they are concerned. In recent years, small numbers have been spotted from California to Sitka, Alaska and are increasingly being spotted off the San Diego coastline ? an alarming trend that scientists believe could be caused by anything from global warming to a shortage of food or a decline in the squid's natural predators. In 2005, a similar invasion off San Diego delighted fishermen and, in 2002, thousands of jumbo flying squid washed up on the beaches here. That year, workers removed 12 tons of dead and dying squid. This summer, the wayward squid have also been hauled up by fisherman in waters off Orange County, just north of San Diego. Research suggests the squid may have established a year-round population off California at depths of 300 to 650 feet, said Nigella Hillgarth, executive director of the Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Divers this summer have been encountering them at about 60 to 80 feet down, they said. No one knows how many squid are in the shallow waters, but one biologist estimated they could number in the hundreds, or possibly thousands. "Usually where there's one squid, there's a lot of squid, so I would assume that there's a good number," said John Hyde, a biologist with the National Marine Fisheries Service in San Diego. Their presence off the coast ? and the subsequent die-offs ? may occur when their prey moves to shallow waters and the squid follow, and then get trapped and confused in the surf, said Hillgarth, who saw a dying squid on the beach last weekend. "It was an amazing privilege to touch a creature like that and see how amazingly beautiful it was," she said. "They have these wonderful eyes. ... They look all-seeing, all-knowing." That's the kind of description that pulls veteran divers such as Raleigh Moody back to the pitch-black water, despite the danger. "My usual dive buddy, he didn't want to come out," said Moody, as he prepared for a night dive with another friend. "There are some divers (who) just don't want to deal with it and there are some like me that, until they hear of something bad happening, I'm going to be an idiot and go back in the water." -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Marilyn Marilyn Dannehower please visit my websites: www.maddreams.net www.bridalcrystaldirect.com 805-967-8975 Toll Free: 1-800-524-2075 >>><))))))?>~~~>>><))))))?>~~~>>><))))))?>~~~>>><))))))?>~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ----- Original Message ----- From: LaVaughn Engblom To: CINMC Sent: Saturday, July 18, 2009 8:21 AM Subject: [CINC] sub needed CX 7/20/09 Good Morning, Is anyone interested in taking the PID spot on the Condor Monday, 7-20, 1000-1430? Please e-mail if interested. Thanx, LaVaughn ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ 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 klez18 at sbcglobal.net Sat Jul 18 16:19:41 2009 From: klez18 at sbcglobal.net (klez18 at sbcglobal.net) Date: Sat, 18 Jul 2009 16:19:41 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [CINC] IPCO S. Rosa & Afternoon Return Friday 07/17/09 Message-ID: <117346.91048.qm@web83208.mail.mud.yahoo.com> 2 Blues 6 Humpbacks 500 Common Dolphins I had the pleasure of?Susie Williams' help on our?hike to SRI's Torrey Pines where we?pondered seemingly?everything including "Were those Dudleyas Munchkins?" (We hadn't reached East Point, I saw no yellow brick road, but it looked like Kathy d-O's photo to me) and "When?do we get to the midden?"?? ? After wet skiff loading from Becher's Bay Beach at Water Canyon?back onto?IPCO's Island Adventure en route to Painted Cave,?hard working Captains Jimmy,?Lee?and crew?came?upon,?in the bumpy sweet spot several miles north of S. Cruz Island's west end, a caetaean banquet with some of the six?Humpbacks lunge feeding on afternoon high water column krill, two massive Blues?feasting on the same delicacies. Others dramatic hydro and aerokinetic animals present: Common Dolphins; many fast flapping Sooty, Pink-footed and Black-vented Shearwaters; and the intra and interspecific cleptoparasitic Larus occidentalis. ? Turning back south, we traveled what seemed further into The Painted Cave than I recall before. Just after somebody pointed out the "400 year old swallows' nest" I saw Pigeon Guillemots flying into them (any comments?). ? What a wonderful day.? I slept well?last night. ? Marty -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Ken Tatro On Jul 19, 2009, at 2:58 PM, Cubby Winkel wrote: > Hi all, > > If you would like to carpool to the meeting in Ventura Tuesday night > please meet at La Cumbre Plaza between 4:30 and 4:45 near > Starbucks. Please send me an email with your cell number if you > plan to carpool so we don't wait till 5:00 thinking somebody else > might show up and get caught in traffic like last time. The last > vehicle will leave from Starbucks at 4:45. We will only wait past > that if we've received an email from you saying you wish to carpool > and you are tardy. > > Regards, > > Cubby > _______________________________________________ > Channel_islands_naturalist_corps mailing list > Channel_islands_naturalist_corps at rain.org > http://www.rain.org/mailman/listinfo/channel_islands_naturalist_corps -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From scott at scottcuzzo.com Sun Jul 19 18:28:17 2009 From: scott at scottcuzzo.com (Scott Cuzzo) Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2009 18:28:17 -0700 Subject: [CINC] 7/19 Island Packers Message-ID: The weather was beautiful today and seas were calm. Captain Anthony guided our adventure today, which included 1 fin whale, 1 blue whale, 14 or so humpbacks, many pods of common dolphin, and one pod of about 20-30 Risso's dolphins. (There were other spouts in the distance too....) The highlight was one humpback that came close to the boat and did repeated pec slaps for about 15 minutes. This same whale was breaching in the distance before we got close to it. Anthony took the boat deep into Painted Cave, which is always exciting. Bill Weinerth was on PID and is always great fun to work with!!! Happy Sightings! Scott Cuzzo From jjwinkel at cox.net Sun Jul 19 20:00:35 2009 From: jjwinkel at cox.net (Cubby Winkel) Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2009 20:00:35 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Dolphins fishing in the surf Message-ID: <020e01ca08e6$41175970$c3460c50$@net> Enjoy! Recommend full screen http://www.4shared.com:80/file/82099379/51433528/--_Dolphins_on_the_Beach_-- .html -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mr.zalophus at gmail.com Mon Jul 20 06:37:18 2009 From: mr.zalophus at gmail.com (Mr Zalophus) Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2009 06:37:18 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Documentary "The Cove" to open in LA on July 31st Message-ID: *I'm not sure if this is an appropriate email for our CINC email list, I hope so...and if not, I apologize for sending a semi-political message to all. * *Bob* ** ** *A Call to Save the Annual Slaughter of Dolphins *The Save Japan Dolphins Coalition needs your help to end the slaughter of dolphins and whales in Japan. This summer, the film "The Cove" is premiering in Los Angeles. It is a new documentary on the work of our Coalition in Taiji, Japan, where the largest remaining annual slaughter of dolphins on the planet still occurs today. Check out the film at: * http://festival.sundance.org/2009/film_events/films/cove *. We need volunteers to commit to 4-hour shifts at the Landmark Theater in Los Angeles the weekend of Friday, July 31 to Sunday, August 2nd to hand out informational brochures about the annual dolphin slaughter so that the public will be further informed about the issue. The theater is at 10850 West Pico & Westwood Blvd. We're looking to put together a group of 20 volunteers by the end of next week. Each volunteer will receive a 100% organic "Save Japan Dolphins" t-shirt and cap by EcoJoia. We are also looking for a volunteer "Cove Captain" to serve as volunteer coordinator for LA. If you are interested in volunteering at the Los Angeles location, either for a shift or as LA Cove Captain, please respond as soon as possible to: Leslie Chang, *lchang7 at stanford.edu*, (510) 859-9160. Please don't hesitate to email or call with any questions. Also, it would be greatly appreciated if you could forward this email to anyone who might be interested in volunteering for this effort. Attached below is the national e-flyer with more extensive information about the dolphin slaughter and "The Cove," as the documentary is also opening in other cities around the US this summer. In the US, we are urging people who see ?The Cove? movie to: ? Send e-mailgrams to President Obama and Vice President Biden, urging them to make Japan stop the slaughter of dolphins and whales; ? Send a message to the Japanese Ambassador in the US protesting the slaughter of dolphins and whales, emphasizing the dangerous levels of mercury in coastal dolphin and whale meat. ? Spread the word about ?The Cove? and urge their friends and neighbors to see ?The Cove? and take action. The movie opens July 31st in theaters in New York and Los Angeles; on August 7th, ?The Cove? opens in more US markets. The more people that see it, the greater the pressure on Japan. (We expect ?The Cove? to open in theaters outside the US this coming fall.) ? Don?t buy tickets to dolphinarium or swim-with-dolphins tourist attractions. Don't buy tickets to any facility that has captive dolphins or whales. The worldwide zoo and aquarium industry must stop facilitating the trafficking in live dolphins from Taiji and other cruel live captures. ? Go to our *http://www.SaveJapanDolphins.org ** > *website, and ?The Cove? movie action website * http://www.TakePart.com/thecove ** > *where there are more actions for people to take. In other countries, we are urging people to take the same actions with their own heads of state and Japanese Ambassadors. In Japan, we are urging the Japanese public to contact their leaders and the Japan Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare to stop the sale of contaminated dolphin and whale meat. We are also working on getting a version of ?The Cove? movie, dubbed in Japanese, to be distributed in Japan. (The Save Japan Dolphins Coalition consists of Earth Island Institute, Elsa Nature Conservancy of Japan, Ocean Care, In Defense of Animals, Campaign Whale, and the Animal Welfare Institute) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From cfrench1366 at aol.com Mon Jul 20 13:29:14 2009 From: cfrench1366 at aol.com (Catherine French) Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:29:14 -0400 Subject: [CINC] Fwd: Oceans for life In-Reply-To: <9E2AC33E5B25204A9D218627C84634D259D9AA@PJSINUEXCH04.jsinu.jsu.local> References: <9E2AC33E5B25204A9D218627C84634D259D9AA@PJSINUEXCH04.jsinu.jsu.local> Message-ID: <8CBD78FE1BB6C0D-1364-14D@WEBMAIL-MA19.sysops.aol.com> >From my friend Lt. Commdr. Nicole Shue who is stationed currently at the Pentagon and working for General Petraeus. See the pdf of his letter in support of Oceans for Life. Sincerely, Catherine French cfrench1366 at aol.com 805.815.3523 -----Original Message----- From: Shue, Nicole JCS LCDR DOM To: Catherine French Sent: Mon, Jul 20, 2009 9:38 am Subject: Oceans for life Just so you know..... Hope all is well! Nikki -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: OFL_GenPetraeus_Letter.pdf Type: application/octet-stream Size: 48763 bytes Desc: not available URL: From Deb4nb at aol.com Mon Jul 20 14:42:23 2009 From: Deb4nb at aol.com (Deb4nb at aol.com) Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2009 17:42:23 EDT Subject: [CINC] Boat Kits Message-ID: Greetings All, Please let kit monitors know when brochures are getting low on boats, especially if you give out the last one. If we can't get there, then we can find an alternative solution. The Condor Express may not get any until Wed. IPCO Boats: Contact Lisa Anderson at _mommasisa at gmail.com_ (mailto:mommasisa at gmail.com) SB Boats: Contact Debra Herring at _deb4nb at aol.com_ (mailto:deb4nb at aol.com) Many thanks, Debra -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ppetrich39 at hotmail.com Mon Jul 20 15:23:37 2009 From: ppetrich39 at hotmail.com (Paul Jr. Petrich) Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2009 15:23:37 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Final Score: Italy 1-Croatia 0 Message-ID: CINC Volunteers, I have completed my work and vacation time on the shores and seas of Sicily, southern Italy, and most of the Dalmatian coast of Croatia. My last seafaring was through the Kornat Islands National Park of Croatia. These ialands and islets number between 140-150: they are not sure, as some are merly rocks barely visable above water.The sea is clear and not poluted throughout the park, and the undersea plantlife is abundant. On two long day boat trips into the islands, this sadly amazing fact remains : I have seen only ONE marine mammal in my entire 6+ months of enjoying the local seas via recreation or at least seashore viewing almost every day! The depletion of marine mammal numbers in these seas is shocking. Polution is not the problem here, but fish stocks are greatly depleted from recorded historic highs. Croatia, once had tremendously productive and healthy fisheries, is now listed as a nation with poor fishing resources. The seas around Sicily reflect the same history, with the added problem of areas with seamingly high polution. Your daily reports about marine mammal counts in and around the CINMS have been a source of amazement to a number of ocean lovers I shared them with here in Italy and Croatia. The old timers remember better sightings, but the younger generation have no clue as to what was and can be! Keep on @creating good vibrations! Paul _________________________________________________________________ NEW mobile Hotmail. Optimized for YOUR phone. Click here. http://windowslive.com/Mobile?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_CS_MB_new_hotmail_072009 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From ppetrich39 at hotmail.com Wed Jul 22 20:29:24 2009 From: ppetrich39 at hotmail.com (Paul Jr. Petrich) Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2009 20:29:24 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Bad news for the harbor seals in San Diego In-Reply-To: <21708036.1248200085220.JavaMail.root@elwamui-huard.atl.sa.earthlink.net> References: <21708036.1248200085220.JavaMail.root@elwamui-huard.atl.sa.earthlink.net> Message-ID: All Volunteers, From the view of someone who just came back from a region of our planet once heavily populated with marine mammals, and where children no longer have a chance to see real seals in the local seas, I see this as no big problem. The fact that the seals are there, to interact one way or the other with children, is a blessing when looking at the big picture. Thank God for the fact that a Sea World existed here to release seals back into nature. Too late in Italy and Croatia, because interactions between seals and humans there, without educational input by people from aquatic centers, always led to seal mortality. Our concern and capabilities to think things out can surely bridge seals and children wanting the same habitat. Paul Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2009 11:14:45 -0700 From: islandkayaker at earthlink.net To: gizmo92067 at yahoo.com; channel_islands_naturalist_corps at rain.org Subject: Re: [CINC] Bad news for the harbor seals in San Diego All - Those of us who sit on the Marine Life Protection Act Initiative council have heard quite a bit about this issue, and as a result have heard all sides of this story. You should know that there is compelling evidence that the presence of these seals at Children's Pool was created by man. (The pool was created so children had a safe place to swim and be introduced to the ocean, which it is not safe to do now). The evidence shows that the seals presence is due to Sea World releasing seals from their facilities near by, seals that were made accostomed to man's close proximity. This creates quite a quandry for me and a great many others. I will try to chase down some more info. If anyone is interested, feel free to email me. Regards, Scott -----Original Message----- From: "Carol C." Sent: Jul 21, 2009 9:19 AM To: CINC Rain List Subject: [CINC] Bad news for the harbor seals in San Diego http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/jul/21/federal-court-could-intervene-after-governor-signs/?metro _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live? SkyDrive?: Store, access, and share your photos. See how. http://windowslive.com/Online/SkyDrive?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_CS_SD_photos_072009 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From ppetrich39 at hotmail.com Thu Jul 23 09:26:56 2009 From: ppetrich39 at hotmail.com (Paul Jr. Petrich) Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2009 09:26:56 -0700 Subject: [CINC] FW: Bad news for the harbor seals in San Diego In-Reply-To: <24399791.1248322406002.JavaMail.root@mswamui-chipeau.atl.sa.earthlink.net> References: <24399791.1248322406002.JavaMail.root@mswamui-chipeau.atl.sa.earthlink.net> Message-ID: From: ppetrich39 at hotmail.com To: islandkayaker at earthlink.net Subject: RE: [CINC] Bad news for the harbor seals in San Diego Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2009 09:25:03 -0700 Scott, and others interested, I think a solution should learn from the seals and the kids. That solution should involve a legion of volunteers, like our CINC or the Carpinteria Bluff volunteers who monitor and educate about the local rookery, that could be trained by Sea World. These volunteers would educate kids and families at the swim area about the plight of seals world wide. Another man made area could be funded by the community and or Sea World, for the seals, similar to the one they like. A Nature Conservancy type of movement might be necessary to purchase the adjacent land, but the complimenting joys and objectives would be popular in that region. It would be a great educational vehicle promoting marine ecology. The fact seals would be using man made facilities should be no concern, since they have indicated so. Paul Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2009 00:13:25 -0400 From: islandkayaker at earthlink.net To: ppetrich39 at hotmail.com; gizmo92067 at yahoo.com; channel_islands_naturalist_corps at rain.org Subject: RE: [CINC] Bad news for the harbor seals in San Diego Paul, I agree in principle, but these kids really don't have any other safe place in the area to get acquainted with the ocean by swimming in it. There are certain merits to being able to get in the water and bond with the ocean in that manner. I am torn as to which is the better experience for the long run. After all, Sea World is right around the corner... Scott -----Original Message----- From: "Paul Jr. Petrich" Sent: Jul 22, 2009 11:29 PM To: Scott , gizmo92067 at yahoo.com, channel_islands_ naturalist_corps Subject: RE: [CINC] Bad news for the harbor seals in San Diego All Volunteers, From the view of someone who just came back from a region of our planet once heavily populated with marine mammals, and where children no longer have a chance to see real seals in the local seas, I see this as no big problem. The fact that the seals are there, to interact one way or the other with children, is a blessing when looking at the big picture. Thank God for the fact that a Sea World existed here to release seals back into nature. Too late in Italy and Croatia, because interactions between seals and humans there, without educational input by people from aquatic centers, always led to seal mortality. Our concern and capabilities to think things out can surely bridge seals and children wanting the same habitat. Paul Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2009 11:14:45 -0700 From: islandkayaker at earthlink.net To: gizmo92067 at yahoo.com; channel_islands_naturalist_corps at rain.org Subject: Re: [CINC] Bad news for the harbor seals in San Diego All - Those of us who sit on the Marine Life Protection Act Initiative council have heard quite a bit about this issue, and as a result have heard all sides of this story. You should know that there is compelling evidence that the presence of these seals at Children's Pool was created by man. (The pool was created so children had a safe place to swim and be introduced to the ocean, which it is not safe to do now). The evidence shows that the seals presence is due to Sea World releasing seals from their facilities near by, seals that were made accostomed to man's close proximity. This creates quite a quandry for me and a great many others. I will try to chase down some more info. If anyone is interested, feel free to email me. Regards, Scott -----Original Message----- From: "Carol C." Sent: Jul 21, 2009 9:19 AM To: CINC Rain List Subject: [CINC] Bad news for the harbor seals in San Diego http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/jul/21/federal-court-could-intervene-after-governor-signs/?metro Windows Live? SkyDrive?: Store, access, and share your photos. See how. _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live? SkyDrive?: Store, access, and share your photos. See how. http://windowslive.com/Online/SkyDrive?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_CS_SD_photos_072009 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Also remember to only take items out of the kit when in use, not as a table outreach item. PIDers: If you are going to take the completed PID sheets off the boat, please send me a quick note. Hopefully someone took them to Josh Tues. night? Otherwise please leave them there (as per Josh) - we defintely don't want to lose any. If the red binder gets too full before checked, let me know and I will take them. Besides the extra blank PID sheets in the binder, there are extra sheets in the kit, stored in a white envelope. Hope this helps, Debra -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Tina.Johnson at noaa.gov Thu Jul 23 14:12:34 2009 From: Tina.Johnson at noaa.gov (Tina Johnson) Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2009 14:12:34 -0700 Subject: [CINC] AUGUST OUTREACH Message-ID: <4A68D242.4050707@noaa.gov> CINC, thanks to everyone who signed up for outreach at the upcoming Ventura County Fair and Watershed Resource Center in Santa Barbara. We have the following openings left: FAIR Set-up Monday, August 3, 9 am-1 pm Friday and Saturday August 7 & 8, 4-9 pm shifts Tuesday August 11, 4-9 pm Saturday August 15, 4-9 pm WATERSHED RESOURCE CENTER, ART-FROM-SCRAP Sunday August 23, 2:30-4:30 pm The updated outreach sign-up sheet for August has been posted. http://www.nps.gov/chis/supportyourpark/upload/AUG_Outreach2_2009.pdf Please let me know if you can fill any of the remaining shifts. There will not be many opportunities for community outreach until October, with the exception of September 19, Coastal Clean-up Day. Thanks! Tina -- Tina Johnson Ventura County Field Office Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary 3600 S. Harbor Blvd., #111 Oxnard, CA 93035 (805) 382-6149 x 100 (805) 382-9791 Fax Tina.Johnson at noaa.gov http://channelislands.noaa.gov From cfrench1366 at aol.com Thu Jul 23 18:39:47 2009 From: cfrench1366 at aol.com (Catherine French) Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2009 21:39:47 -0400 Subject: [CINC] Private Boater Collides with Blue Whale Message-ID: <8CBDA16C31190A9-1980-1735@WEBMAIL-DZ25.sysops.aol.com> Click on the link or paste in your browser. Too bad we can't get the whale's side of the story. http://thelog.com/news/logNewsArticle.aspx?a=4&b=14&x=9716 Sincerely, Catherine French cfrench1366 at aol.com 805.815.3523 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The wildlife encounters began just after the speedy Island Packers catamaran Islander left Ventura Harbor and circled a buoy covered with barking sea lions jockeying for space in the sun. We then cruised among playful dolphins. Many rode the boat?s wake, and others leaped out of the water, to the delight of passengers. Farther out, we encountered humpback whales feeding on orange patches of krill, and the volunteer naturalists scooped some of the shrimp-like creatures from the surface for a closer look. Humpbacks skimmed along the water, sucking up krill like giant vacuum cleaners. As one popped its head into the air, we had the thrill of seeing into its mouth. The humpbacks sometimes lifted their tails completely out of the water for a dive, and a mother and calf surfaced next to the boat, to the excitement of passengers. The blue whales we spotted farther out in the channel were a more sublime spectacle. When one surfaced for a breath of air, we could sense the enormity of the creature under the water, even though we could see only a tiny portion of the largest mammal species that?s ever lived. A love of nature inspired Santa Barbara resident Toni Bailey to volunteer with the Channel Islands Naturalist Corps. ?I love to talk about the animals that live in the channel, the whales and the dolphins and the seals and the sea lions. And I find from my everyday life that not enough people really seem to know about it,? says Bailey. ?It?s my hope and my belief that once they understand what?s in the channel, they?ll begin to love the channel and want to help protect the channel.? Bailey says, even though she?s seen lots of whales, she gets a thrill every time. ?I still get really excited. It?s that anticipation when the captain says, ?Oh I see a blow. There?s a whale around here,? so everybody?s looking, and it builds up a little bit of excitement looking for the whale. And then everybody sees the blow, and people say ?ooh.? It?s exciting to see the whale,? says Bailey. In addition to serving on the whale watching trips, the volunteers also engage the public through educational events at schools, fairs and Earth Day celebrations. More information about volunteering is available on the internet at www.channelislands.noaa.gov. The trip concluded with a close-up look at Santa Cruz Island, where we traveled deep into colorful Painted Cave, believed to be the world?s largest marine cave, which completely enveloped the Islander. Along the coast, we saw hundreds of seabirds and rare endemic plants found nowhere else on earth. The official tally on the trip was six blue whales, nine humpbacks and more than 1,000 dolphins. Krishna Alladi of Camarillo said he enjoyed the trip. ?It?s very exciting to watch. It?s amazing how they live in the sea for such a long time. It?s very inspiring,? says Alladi. Alladi also had good words about the staff and volunteers aboard the Islander. ?The boat is fantastic. It?s very comfortable,? says Alladi. ?They?re doing a good job explaining exactly how the whales live and how they migrate.? _________________________________________________________________ NEW mobile Hotmail. Optimized for YOUR phone. Click here. http://windowslive.com/Mobile?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_CS_MB_new_hotmail_072009 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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We have the > following openings left: > > FAIR > Set-up Monday, August 3, 9 am-1 pm > Friday and Saturday August 7 & 8, 4-9 pm shifts > Tuesday August 11, 4-9 pm > Saturday August 15, 4-9 pm > > WATERSHED RESOURCE CENTER, ART-FROM-SCRAP > Sunday August 23, 2:30-4:30 pm > > The updated outreach sign-up sheet for August has been posted. > http://www.nps.gov/chis/supportyourpark/upload/AUG_Outreach2_2009.pdf > Please let me know if you can fill any of the remaining shifts. There will > not be many opportunities for community outreach until October, with the > exception of September 19, Coastal Clean-up Day. > > Thanks! > Tina > > -- > Tina Johnson > Ventura County Field Office > Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary > 3600 S. Harbor Blvd., #111 > Oxnard, CA 93035 > (805) 382-6149 x 100 > (805) 382-9791 Fax > > Tina.Johnson at noaa.gov > http://channelislands.noaa.gov > > _______________________________________________ > 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 garydel at aol.com Fri Jul 24 13:53:54 2009 From: garydel at aol.com (garydel at aol.com) Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2009 16:53:54 -0400 Subject: [CINC] Sub Needed Condor 7/27 Message-ID: <8CBDAB7FD8DD0F3-2E8-5AB@FWM-M28.sysops.aol.com> Hello out there.... Anyone up for subbing for me on the Condor next Monday, July 27? I must be out of town... Let me know... Gary Delanoeye -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Deb4nb at aol.com Fri Jul 24 17:07:24 2009 From: Deb4nb at aol.com (Deb4nb at aol.com) Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2009 20:07:24 EDT Subject: [CINC] Anacapa Island Trips 7/14, 7/21, & 7/22/09 Message-ID: Greetings, Below are some notes from recent Anacapa Island trips: 7/14/09 - Islander There were 100 people at departure, with approx. 83 landing. The large group to Anacapa consisted of kids and chaperones with SIMBA (Spontaneous Integrity Marine Biology Adventures) guided by fearless leader Joan Woodward, otherwise known as "The Crab Lady." She wore her festive oversized red crab hat throughout the day. Joan and her colleague Teri McDaniel (who wore her frog hat) are part of The Camarillo Branch of the American Association of University Women. They have been bringing this kids' summer program to AI for years to teach responsibility, integrity, stewardship, and Native American education. In addition to this group, there was an open party of a delightful Mom and 2 daughters. All enjoyed the day, and common dolphins were seen homeward bound. There were many pelican fledglings at Frenchy's, along with many Western gull fledglings on AI's North Shore. 7/21/09 - Islander A group of 40+ visitors were landers. "Where is your Dad?" was my frequently asked question of one wandering 6 year old explorer. During the day I found this young lad alone on the trails 3 times, including near the cliff edge at Inspiration Point. Long story short and without further commentary, I was relieved when they both made it down together for the CHIL dive program. Common dolphins were seen during the crossings. 7/22/09 - Vanguard We departed with a full boat with yours truly forgetting to hand over my boarding before departure. A good reminder to fellow volunteers: Don't forget to give a crew member your pass. That way they won't spend time wondering who is missing. (Uugh...sorry guys!) Approx. 40 visitors landed on East AI including a Girl Scout Troop from Phoenix, and Cummins Preschool and Daycare from Thousand Oaks. We had Junior Lifeguards on board landing at Frenchy's to practice skills and snorkel. (I enthusiastically informed their instructor Bill about the eelgrass habitat we just learned about in our Tues. night CINC lecture.) All had great fun especially during the CHIL Dive program. A two-spot octopus appeared wowing visitors with its camouflage strategy. Happy Trails, Debra -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Deb4nb at aol.com Fri Jul 24 17:22:32 2009 From: Deb4nb at aol.com (Deb4nb at aol.com) Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2009 20:22:32 EDT Subject: [CINC] Added Sighting for 7/22/09 Message-ID: Greetings, Forgot to mention we had a good sighting of a Minke whale mid-channel homeward bound on the Vanguard 7/22/09. Debra -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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With 76 passengers, some from Holland and Belgium, we saw the following: 8 Blues 8 Humpers 7 Rissos Naturalists were Carolyn Mc Cleskey and Ginny Fischer From eradding at sbcglobal.net Sat Jul 25 08:58:55 2009 From: eradding at sbcglobal.net (EUGENE RADDING) Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2009 08:58:55 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [CINC] CX 7/24/09 Message-ID: <540779.55393.qm@web180303.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> Marty Flam, Garry Sullivan and I greeted some 79 passengers on our visit to the wilds of the SBC with 3 Blue whales, 5 humpbacks and approx. 500 Common Dolphins. One of the Humpbacks put on a performance seen now and then with swimming next to, around the boat, and under the boat along with whales breath and even some whales's poop. It was quite a performance. Capt Mat, Capt Dave, Jacques and photo person Bob Perry? were doing their usual outstanding job. In particular, I want to commend Capt Mat and the crew for their attentive and caring assistance to my guests including two husbands in wheel chairs. They will long remember this experience. ? Remember, whalewatchers live longer and better. ? EUGENE RADDING ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ThusOne at aol.com Sun Jul 26 20:53:19 2009 From: ThusOne at aol.com (ThusOne at aol.com) Date: Sun, 26 Jul 2009 23:53:19 EDT Subject: [CINC] Moby Blue! Albino cx 7/26 Sunday Message-ID: CX 7/26 approx. -lots of spouts all around & some far some pretty close, which do you count? 2 groups commons on the way out & one group on the way in 10 Humpbacks? close some revisited 8 Blues AND, the fog did lift! Our first Humpback was elusive, and Capt. Mat, very wisely, as the day would soon prove, said let's not use our time here - onward. A little further west, we encountered the sweet spot - many whale spouts. A pair of Blues stayed at the surface quite a while (3 more blues a little further off) and both of them fluked more than once. Then, all of the sudden after the 2 Blues had dove, we had a Humpback breach, not too far to our left. I saw the big splash... darn! Just call me Splash; I always turn my head in time to only see the splash. Because the Blues were still close (i.e., whale traffic!), capt Mat slowly turned the boat towards the Humpbacks. Another breach! Two Humpbacks, Mom & Baby. Baby Breached, then Mom breached, then baby breached again, then Mom.... HEY, I actually saw a full breach that wasn't on the horizon, and more than one! As the boat got closer, Mom and Baby were doing peck slaps and rolling over. We could hear them quite clearly, and one could appreciate the size of those pecs and the whales. Mom didn't just lift her peck up vertically and slap forward, she slapped forward, and then lifted and slapped back. The whale was actually slapping at her own back! Gimme five! Not only down into the water, but up and back again. I never knew that before. And Baby was copying Mom. So cuuuuute. And one time we went over to one or two Humpbacks and found ourselves surrounded! Five of them came very close to the boat. A larger one with a flatish dorsal fin ridged white, which Mat thought he had seen before. (I may be getting the order mixed a little here.) And as we were in the middle of the Humpbacks, one could watch those mysterious glistening small islands gently appearing and disappearing in the distance - the Blues. And then an island erupted, white water --- a Blue making an aggressive surface. We reencountered the five friendly Humpies I think once again and the pair of Blues who tended to fluke, and snorkel ... exhale under water again, too. THE ALBINO To cap the day off... Mat said, well we should be turning for home now, but that he had seen a very light colored Blue Whale, and it might be the albino, and he would check it out. They think perhaps there are 6 albino blue whales in the world, and one of them visits our channel, but he had not seen it in 3 years. Wow, talk about ghostly glowing. It was the albino and one could see it 50 feet down. Beautiful and dramatic. It was a much brighter appearance than the other Blues under the water, but not as white as a Beluga whale. For me, I am glad Casper is still doing well and returned once again to our SB channel. Whew, what a day. With a capacity CX, 140+ passengers from all over, including a musicians academy, seemed to appreciate that, despite somewhat "swelly seas" they had all had the fortune to experience something very grand and unusual, indeed, on our planet. And this just a few miles off the city of Santa Barbara. In addition to Mat, Dennis & the ever gracious and lovely Amanda crewing the CX, our volunteers were Richard Hauge, Shirley Johnson and Morgan Coffey doing PID. Best to all, Shirley Johnson ************** A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! 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Ken Tatro On Jul 26, 2009, at 8:53 PM, ThusOne at aol.com wrote: > CX 7/26 approx. -lots of spouts all around & some far some pretty > close, which do you count? > > 2 groups commons on the way out & one group on the way in > > 10 Humpbacks? close some revisited > > 8 Blues > > AND, the fog did lift! Our first Humpback was elusive, and Capt. > Mat, very wisely, as the day would soon prove, said let's not use > our time here - onward. A little further west, we encountered the > sweet spot - many whale spouts. A pair of Blues stayed at the > surface quite a while (3 more blues a little further off) and both > of them fluked more than once. > > Then, all of the sudden after the 2 Blues had dove, we had a > Humpback breach, not too far to our left. I saw the big splash... > darn! Just call me Splash; I always turn my head in time to only > see the splash. Because the Blues were still close (i.e., whale > traffic!), capt Mat slowly turned the boat towards the Humpbacks. > Another breach! Two Humpbacks, Mom & Baby. Baby Breached, then > Mom breached, then baby breached again, then Mom.... HEY, I > actually saw a full breach that wasn't on the horizon, and more than > one! As the boat got closer, Mom and Baby were doing peck slaps > and rolling over. We could hear them quite clearly, and one could > appreciate the size of those pecs and the whales. Mom didn't just > lift her peck up vertically and slap forward, she slapped forward, > and then lifted and slapped back. The whale was actually slapping > at her own back! Gimme five! Not only down into the water, but up > and back again. I never knew that before. And Baby was > copying Mom. So cuuuuute. > > And one time we went over to one or two Humpbacks and found > ourselves surrounded! Five of them came very close to the boat. > A larger one with a flatish dorsal fin ridged white, which Mat > thought he had seen before. (I may be getting the order mixed a > little here.) And as we were in the middle of the Humpbacks, one > could watch those mysterious glistening small islands gently > appearing and disappearing in the distance - the Blues. And then > an island erupted, white water --- a Blue making an aggressive > surface. > > We reencountered the five friendly Humpies I think once again and > the pair of Blues who tended to fluke, and snorkel ... exhale under > water again, too. > > THE ALBINO > To cap the day off... Mat said, well we should be turning for home > now, but that he had seen a very light colored Blue Whale, and it > might be the albino, and he would check it out. They think perhaps > there are 6 albino blue whales in the world, and one of them visits > our channel, but he had not seen it in 3 years. > > Wow, talk about ghostly glowing. It was the albino and one could > see it 50 feet down. Beautiful and dramatic. It was a much > brighter appearance than the other Blues under the water, but not as > white as a Beluga whale. For me, I am glad Casper is still doing > well and returned once again to our SB channel. > > Whew, what a day. With a capacity CX, 140+ passengers from all > over, including a musicians academy, seemed to appreciate that, > despite somewhat "swelly seas" they had all had the fortune to > experience something very grand and unusual, indeed, on our planet. > And this just a few miles off the city of Santa Barbara. > > In addition to Mat, Dennis & the ever gracious and lovely Amanda > crewing the CX, our volunteers were Richard Hauge, Shirley Johnson > and Morgan Coffey doing PID. > > Best to all, > Shirley Johnson > > > > > ************** > A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. 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URL: From anthonynsocal at yahoo.com Mon Jul 27 15:45:17 2009 From: anthonynsocal at yahoo.com (Anthony Lombardi) Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2009 15:45:17 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [CINC] Albino Blue Whale Message-ID: <857342.3082.qm@web30306.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Glad to hear the albino is still staying close, ?I failed to post some info a couple weeks ago. ?I took a plane up a couple weeks ago to photograph some Blue and Humpbacks and saw many many whales on that flight and took many pics, ?indeed the albino was out and about and I have some pictures online on my website, ?the albino is swimming alongside another whale so you can see how light the skin coloration is. ?I also have some aerial shots of this whale from two years ago, ?and it was during the huge summer population explosion, and it has a tag from Bruce Mate on the whale. ?It is an amazing site to see this whale from above and below. ?I am still going through my pics, ?but just to explain what was seen from above, ?indeed Humpbacks and Blues feeding very close to each other, probably not cooperative but one Blue whale with a fully distended lower jaw just below the surface with a Humpback right next to him filling his lower jaw as well, hope to have that pic up soon. ?There were a lot of Humpbacks and Blues whales in close proximity of each other and yes even the Humpies were pooping the red krill.The pics are on my website: ? www.liquidpix.comThere are two galleries one is the aerial Blues recently from 2009 and the other from 2007. 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Thank you for contacting me to express your concern for current whaling practices and your support of?the International Whale Conservation and Protection Act of 2009 (H.R. 2455). As your Representative, I appreciate hearing from you on this issue. ? Like you, I strongly disapprove of commercial whaling practices, including scientific, special permit, coastal, and community-based whaling.? Earlier this year, I joined my colleagues in sending a letter to President Obama urging the Administration to resume its historic leadership within the International Whaling Commission (IWC) to end all commercial whaling and close the current loopholes that?Japan,?Norway, and?Iceland have consistently exploited.? ? In addition to addressing commercial whaling, H.R. 2455 aims to mitigate other threats to whales, including noise pollution, vessel strikes, and entanglements in fishing gear.? The bill also makes important investments in research, establishing initiatives to study whale mortality and habitat use, anthropogenic noise, ecosystem changes due to climate warming, and fishing methods. ? H.R. 2455 has been referred to the House Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife, on which I sit.? As a member of the Committee, I will continue to work to ensure the greatest protection of these magnificent leviathans and to reassert?United States global leadership in whale conservation. ? Again, thank you for contacting me, and please keep in touch. Sincerely, LOIS CAPPS Member of Congress If you would like to receive email updates or subscribe to my newsletter, please visit my website at: http://capps.congressnewsletter.net/mail/util.cfm?mailaction=profile ? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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It's in the Agriculture Building at the fairgrounds starting August 5. More details will follow to those that signed up. Thank you! Tina =========================================================== CINC, thanks to everyone who signed up for outreach at the upcoming Ventura County Fair and Watershed Resource Center in Santa Barbara. We have the following openings left: FAIR Set-up Monday, August 3, 9 am-1 pm KATHY VAN SLYKE Friday August 7 4-9 pm shifts YOUTH DAY - BILL WEINERTH & and Saturday August 8, 4-9 pm shifts SANDRA SQUIRES Tuesday August 11, 4-9 pm SALLY NARKEVIC Saturday August 15, 4-9 pm GEORGE ROBERTS WATERSHED RESOURCE CENTER, ART-FROM-SCRAP Sunday August 23, 2:30-4:30 pm BARBARA LACORTE The updated outreach sign-up sheet for August has been posted. http://www.nps.gov/chis/supportyourpark/upload/AUG_Outreach2_2009.pdf Please let me know if you can fill any of the remaining shifts. There will not be many opportunities for community outreach until October, with the exception of September 19, Coastal Clean-up Day. Thanks! Tina -- Tina Johnson Ventura County Field Office Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary 3600 S. Harbor Blvd., #111 Oxnard, CA 93035 (805) 382-6149 x 100 (805) 382-9791 Fax Tina.Johnson at noaa.gov http://channelislands.noaa.gov From Mary_C_Fritzsche at nps.gov Wed Jul 29 13:14:35 2009 From: Mary_C_Fritzsche at nps.gov (Mary_C_Fritzsche at nps.gov) Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2009 13:14:35 -0700 Subject: [CINC] article SRI attached Message-ID: Here's an interesting article about Santa Rosa Island: http://www.horsetalk.co.nz/news/2009/07/130.shtml Clare Fritzsche Channel Islands National Park 1901 Spinnaker Drive Ventura, CA 93001 (805) 658-5733 FAX: (805) 658-5799 Mary_C_Fritzsche at nps.gov From mardanne at silcom.com Wed Jul 29 20:34:45 2009 From: mardanne at silcom.com (Marilyn Dannehower) Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2009 20:34:45 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Wednesday July29 on the Condor Express Message-ID: <8398ED7575914A0C9E61A2E5FAB72B65@MarilynPC> A zillion common dolphins cow/calf Blue whales 3 Humpbacks We learned early today that the CX was scheduled for a 1-5:30 trip today, so Don Gillies on PID, Bhrian Resnik and I went out with 125 passengers in the afternoon. Captain Dave told the passengers that it might be bumpy, as the winds come up in the afternoons, and that we'd probably not get a chance to visit Painted Cave because we were heading far west to find the Blue whales and Humpbacks. All the above happened, but the wind was not bad and Captain Dave found plenty of marine mammals to delight our full boat. First we saw constant Common Dolphins on the way out. There were three larger groups, but the dolphins were spread out all along the channel crossing. Once in front of Santa Rosa Island, we found a thin mom and much smaller Blue whale calf. We made the assumption that this is a new calf and mom is thin due to nursing the calf. We stayed with them for about 4 breathing cycles. It was interesting to note that the baby was not diving with mom while she was feeding, he/she was just hanging around waiting. The baby also had something attached to the area of the dorsal fin, shaped like a tube, black and about 12" long. (?)... When we left the pair, we quickly located a pair of Humpbacks. Another Humpback joined them on the second breathing cycle. John Calambokidis was in the area with some other reseachers and they were checking out the Blue whale cow/calf pair as we left the area to return home. Great day, thanks to Captain Dave, Jaques and Amanda! Marilyn Dannehower -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From klez18 at sbcglobal.net Thu Jul 30 06:03:50 2009 From: klez18 at sbcglobal.net (Marty Flam) Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2009 06:03:50 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [CINC] Bill of Rights Message-ID: <593595.6425.qm@web83208.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Hi Fellow Naturalists, ? Last night I found Two Years Before the Mast, Mutiny on the Bounty, Moby Dick but?modest preludes to my first fascinating and spectacular Bill of Rights? sunset coastal cruise from Channel Islands Harbor with dozens and dozens of other passengers under Captaincy of Sarah and her crew.? I highly recommend the experience for you and your friends and am?told "The Bill" is looking for volunteer crew too!? (But don't let it cut into?your CINC time.)??Passenger bookings on the 129' double mast gaff rig top sail schooner are through Island Packers. I'd rate the Bill of Rights a "10." ? Marty -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Deb4nb at aol.com Thu Jul 30 07:29:14 2009 From: Deb4nb at aol.com (Deb4nb at aol.com) Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2009 10:29:14 EDT Subject: [CINC] Anacapa via Islander 7/28/09 Message-ID: Greetings, 46 Landers 260 Common dolphins (Dcs including 1 albino spotted by Anthony) Most gull chicks flying Junior Ranger hopefuls 20 Tts off of Hollywood Beach/Oxnard homeward bound Busy, fun, and rewarding day as usual Best Fishes, Debra -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Tina.Johnson at noaa.gov Thu Jul 30 10:40:56 2009 From: Tina.Johnson at noaa.gov (Tina Johnson) Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2009 10:40:56 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Bill of Rights In-Reply-To: <593595.6425.qm@web83208.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <593595.6425.qm@web83208.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <4A71DB28.1040905@noaa.gov> The sanctuary is in the process of working with the Bill of Rights and IPCO for future education programs. Please keep in mind that this vessel is not appropriate or safe for younger passengers. Thanks, Marty. Tina Marty Flam wrote: > Hi Fellow Naturalists, > > Last night I found /Two Years Before the Mast, Mutiny on the Bounty, > Moby Dick/ but modest preludes to my first fascinating and spectacular > /Bill of Rights/ sunset coastal cruise from Channel Islands Harbor > with dozens and dozens of other passengers under Captaincy of Sarah > and her crew. I highly recommend the experience for you and your > friends and am told "The Bill" is looking for volunteer crew too! > (But don't let it cut into your CINC time.) Passenger bookings on the > 129' double mast gaff rig top sail schooner are through Island > Packers. I'd rate the Bill of Rights a "10." > > Marty > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Channel_islands_naturalist_corps mailing list > Channel_islands_naturalist_corps at rain.org > http://www.rain.org/mailman/listinfo/channel_islands_naturalist_corps > -- Tina Johnson Ventura County Field Office Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary 3600 S. Harbor Blvd., #111 Oxnard, CA 93035 (805) 382-6149 x 100 (805) 382-9791 Fax Tina.Johnson at noaa.gov http://channelislands.noaa.gov -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The blue whale mother was very big, very thin and very active in the feeding behaviors and the rolling. The Fin Whales were fast and shy and the Minke was much less shy than Minkes usually are. Our 100 passengers (from all over the country and the world) were given a truly spectacular show. Valerie Olson Eugene Radding Carolyn McCleskey (PID) From Mary_C_Fritzsche at nps.gov Fri Jul 31 12:13:46 2009 From: Mary_C_Fritzsche at nps.gov (Mary_C_Fritzsche at nps.gov) Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2009 12:13:46 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Response to the Kennett theory Message-ID: Kate Faulkner from the park sends out this other point of view from the National Geographic article that was sent out earlier, far below. ----- Forwarded by Yvonne Menard/CHIS/NPS on 07/31/2009 10:26 AM ----- Kate Faulkner/CHIS/NPS To 07/28/2009 12:12 Ann Huston/CHIS/NPS at NPS, Jack PM Fitzgerald/CHIS/NPS at NPS, Karl Bachman/CHIS/NPS at NPS, Kate Faulkner/CHIS/NPS at NPS, Rhonda Brooks/CHIS/NPS at NPS, Russell Galipeau/CHIS/NPS at NPS, Trish Buffington/CHIS/NPS at NPS, Yvonne Menard/CHIS/NPS at NPS cc Subject Response to the Kennett theory (Document link: Yvonne Menard) The Kennett comet theory isn't accepted by all. Here is a competing theory (including their rationale for not accepting the comet theory). 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I think it's only the CX jar that got broken, but I am making up new ones for all the boats. I've been stuck at UCLA all week and had no time to play with krill. But I expect to bring the jar for the CX around Tues or Wed, and give the remaining jars to Shauna when she gets back from her vacation. The real "thanks" should go to Capt Dave Beezer who used my special black Condor Express pool net to capture a bunch for us, and also the crew of the F/V Stardust who grabbed another bunch for us out on the rock cod grounds near SRI. For those who don't know, the samples of krill up to now have been southern hemisphere krill of a different species...obtained through an aquarium store...so as Carolyn says, it will be nice for everyone concerned to have the exact same crustaceans that our cetacans are gobbling down. see you soon Bob On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 9:37 PM, Carolyn McCleskey wrote: > For those who have been wondering what happened to the krill sample, > the jar and contents are being replaced by Bob Perry who has gathered > samples of our very own local krill and is preserving them for the kit. > Carolyn > > _______________________________________________ > 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: