From carole at earthlink.net Tue Jun 1 10:44:35 2010 From: carole at earthlink.net (Carole Rosales) Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2010 10:44:35 -0700 Subject: [CINC] ESCI hike Message-ID: <380-22010621174435640@earthlink.net> The hike is covered. Thank you, Marty I am fine - just have a young visitor arriving, unexpectedly, at LAX mid day that day. carole Carole Rosales carole at earthlink.net 805 482 0259 (H) 805 405 1681 (C) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Tina.Johnson at noaa.gov Tue Jun 1 14:37:36 2010 From: Tina.Johnson at noaa.gov (Tina Johnson) Date: Tue, 01 Jun 2010 14:37:36 -0700 Subject: [CINC] LECTURE SERIES SCHEDULE & CALENDAR UPDATES Message-ID: <4C057DA0.3090207@noaa.gov> Greetings! In case you have not already heard, there are a couple of changes to the *From Shore to Sea Lecture Series* schedule this summer. The water quality topic for this month has been replaced with *Kelp Forest Monitoring* updates from David Kushner, marine biologist at Channel Islands National Park on *June 8 & 9*. That talk is next week, Tuesday at Santa Barbara Maritime Museum and Wednesday at 7 p.m. at the CINP auditorium. On *August 10 & 11*, Annie Little from USFW will be speaking more about *Seabird Habitat Restoration*. The new Channel Islands National Park film showing originally scheduled for that date will be released later on, and you will be invited for a showing when a new date has been scheduled. Please see updated, attached lecture flyer for a complete listing. The new sanctuary outreach and events calendar has been posted here, which includes all sanctuary public events. http://channelislands.noaa.gov/focus/calendar.html As always, we appreciate you sharing this information with the public to keep them informed! Thank you... Tina -- Tina Johnson Ventura County Field Office Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary 3550 S. Harbor Blvd. 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... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: 2010_FSTS_lecture_series_flyer.doc Type: application/msword Size: 165888 bytes Desc: not available URL: From vfolson at cox.net Tue Jun 1 16:33:44 2010 From: vfolson at cox.net (Valerie Olson) Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2010 16:33:44 -0700 Subject: [CINC] 1 June on the Condor Message-ID: <52BA253D-2CBE-489E-99FD-0572A3385FD6@cox.net> Hi All, Today's grand total: Pacific White-sided Dolphins: 2 pods, one about 10 and one about 50 Humpbacks: four pairs in 4 separate sightings (total = 8) ... including a cow/calf pair. 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SRI fox, bald eagle, spotted skunk and deer mouse sighting over the weekend on SRI, it was great. Sincerely, Catherine French cfrench1366 at aol.com 805.815.3523 805.570.0432 mobile -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From harthome at roadrunner.com Wed Jun 2 16:36:38 2010 From: harthome at roadrunner.com (Pat Hart) Date: Wed, 2 Jun 2010 16:36:38 -0700 Subject: [CINC] june 2nd trip Message-ID: <503D15D238D144C5828C1AC422633A86@PatHartPC> What a day on the Condor Express 3 sightings of humpbacks (a pair at each time) and then 14-16 humpbacks all around the boat lunge feeding!! 2 small groups of dalls porpoises A very international group of 26 today. Germans, Italians, Ukrainians, British and even some folks from Florida and Kansas. Very few had ever been whale watching. They were treated to an extraordinary day to say the least. The sun came out to give us a great viewing day. We had the up close and personal encounters with the pairs. And then we had the best lunge feeding experience ever. 14-16 humpbacks were feeding on or very near the surface. We saw their mouths open and saw the baleen, saw their pleated jaws full. I think most everyone got great shots so they can verify this whales tale to friends. Photo ID volunteer Don Gillis got great fluke shots. Great trip with Captain Dave Pat Hart -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Mary_C_Fritzsche at nps.gov Thu Jun 3 07:58:40 2010 From: Mary_C_Fritzsche at nps.gov (Mary_C_Fritzsche at nps.gov) Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2010 07:58:40 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Fw: WNPA Fee-Free Sale Days at park bookstore Message-ID: Greetings, Naturalists! The bookstore at the park Visitor Center in Ventura Harbor will have some items on sale this weekend, if that interests you. As active members of the CINC, you are always eligible for the 20% educator discount (which is better than the general 15% being offered this weekend), but it looks like some things will be marked down even further. Thought some of you might want to know. All the best, Clare Clare Fritzsche Volunteer Coordinator Assistant Channel Islands National Park 1901 Spinnaker Drive Ventura, CA 93001 (805) 658-5733 FAX: (805) 658-5799 Mary_C_Fritzsche at nps.gov ----- Forwarded by Mary C Fritzsche/CHIS/NPS on 06/03/2010 07:55 AM ----- Carolyn Westberg/Partner/ NPS To CHIS InterpretationEducation, SAMO 06/02/2010 04:10 Interpretation at NPS PM cc Subject WNPA Fee-Free Sale Days Hi everyone! Just wanted to let you know that WNPA will be marking the upcoming fee-free weekend, June 5th and 6th, with another 15% off of all bookshop items. Basically, the sale works the same way as all of our previous fee-free sales. The 15% discount applies to all items, even those already marked down with a sticker, but will not combine with a membership or an educator discount. An educator my opt for the usual 20% off rather than the sale discount of 15% off. As before, if an item is already stickered to indicate a discount, then the two percentages need to be added together to determine the discount amount. For example, an item is marked at 30% off, plus the storewide 15% off, you would need to enter a 45% discount into the register (our register will only allow one discount per item to be rung up). Many thanks for your support, and happy summer! Carolyn _____________________________________ Carolyn Westberg Area Manager Western National Parks Association carolyn_westberg at partner.nps.gov Channel Islands NP 805 658-5738 Santa Monica Mountains NRA 805 370-2302 From Tina.Johnson at noaa.gov Thu Jun 3 15:14:06 2010 From: Tina.Johnson at noaa.gov (Tina Johnson) Date: Thu, 03 Jun 2010 15:14:06 -0700 Subject: [CINC] TIME SHEETS-REMINDER Message-ID: <4C08292E.60404@noaa.gov> CINC volunteers, thank you so much those of you who have been turning in time sheets on a regular basis. We appreciate your diligence, and because of this we are able to report your hours to headquarters for recognition and program reporting. The time is here again to start tallying hours for these purposes. Please turn your time sheets in to either Shauna or myself at your earliest convenience. There are various ways to submit your time sheets: Email: tina.johnson at noaa.gov Fax: (805) 382-9791 Mail: 3550 S. Harbor Blvd., Oxnard, CA 93035 In person: 3550 S. Harbor Blvd. Suite 2-202 (upstairs above Island Packers) or Mariners Mail Stop @ 3600 S. Harbor Blvd. If you have any questions about recording hours please contact our office. Thank you! Tina -- Tina Johnson Ventura County Field Office Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary 3550 S. Harbor Blvd. Oxnard, CA 93035 (805) 382-6149 x 100 (805) 382-9791 Fax Tina.Johnson at noaa.gov http://channelislands.noaa.gov From eradding at sbcglobal.net Sat Jun 5 10:45:52 2010 From: eradding at sbcglobal.net (EUGENE RADDING) Date: Sat, 5 Jun 2010 10:45:52 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [CINC] CX Fri., 06/04/10 Message-ID: <221614.85026.qm@web180302.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> A blue on the way home!!! Capt. Dave says it is the second one this season?for the CX and it happened on my trip. On the?way out it was one Humpback, then drop off of a?school class of 10 yr olds at Prisoners for an overnight trip for them, then 11 Humpbacks near the western end of SCI plus 9 more a little further?away (to far to put in the citing book)?and with many other spouts off in the distance. Oh yes we did have 200 and then 500 Common Dolphins and 80 Pacific White Sided ones passing us by. Don Shubert and Marilyn Dannehower (PID) witnessed the whole thing. The crew included Capt MAT (he spotted the Blue), Capt Dave, also?assisted by Jacques. The SBC continues to amaze me even after all these years of whale watching.? ?EUGENE RADDING -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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After picking up some campers at Prisoner's Cove we found another larger humpback that sort of mugged the boat and gave some great, close views. On our way back across the channel we found a third whale that we spent a short time with. And yes, I just ended sentence with a preposition...so sue me. Sometimes I run with scissors too. We found numerous small groups of commons during the day, then one large (800?) group very close to SCI. By the time we hand to cross the channel back home the weather cleared mostly! Regards, Scott Cuzzo -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From maria at rasnowpeak.com Sun Jun 6 22:09:28 2010 From: maria at rasnowpeak.com (Maria G. Ornelas) Date: Sun, 6 Jun 2010 22:09:28 -0700 Subject: [CINC] CX Whale-watching Message-ID: Hi Naturalists, The numbers: 1 Minke Whale 4 Humpback Whales (coordinates taken) + 2 others in distance Pod Common Dolphins ~ 200 Small pod Bottlenose Dolphins Flock of birds ~ 80-100 Sheer water many Ca Sea Lions (some seen eating fish) all happy passengers We left the SB Harbor at 10:00 a.m. under overcast skies and cool light breeze (Beaufort ~ 2) with Captain Matt and crew at the helm. Passengers (~ 25) from Germany, Dallas, and Mexico were first-timers on the CX. Some of the locals were CX satisfied repeats from L.A. The birds on the beach and California Sea Lions delighted our departure from the harbor. The California Sea Lions and a small pod of Bottlenose dolphins just outside the harbor was a happy sight. We encountered a shy Minke whale at 11:40 a.m. She surfaced twice, long enough for Cptn. Matt to ID it. I only saw a small splash. The sun struggle unsuccessfully to burn-off the marine layer. We were headed SW but could not see the islands. The passengers were very quiet and expectant. We (fellow naturalists Morgan Coffey and Rae Emmett) took this opportunity to talk to them about these wonderful, majestic creatures in the channel, but it may have sounded to them like a myth, given the surreal weather conditions. An hour went by, no sign of whales. Than WOW!! Out of the white fog! In all their glory! 4 Humpbacks. One coming right at us! Matt stops the boat. They were surface, lunge-feeding. You looked down into the water and saw the dark splotches of krill. The whales were feasting on it, and we were feasting on the whales. Passengers were moving about the boat with big smiles on their faces, taking pictures. We stayed with a couple of humpbacks for about an hour. They came within 30 feet from the boat, going under it to the other side, feeding happily on the massive "balls" of krill. We were treated to several flukes. Two other Mn's were seen in the distance, one as we headed for SCI We cruised along SCI towards Painted Cave.Cptn. Matt narrated. Many Ca. Sea Lions basked on the rocks. and red and Ochre Sea Stars dotted the splash zone. People were exuberant as we encountered a pod of about two hundred Common Dolphins on our way back to a pleasant, sunny harbor. Thank you Captain Matt for your wonderful, hard work finding the whales. Another perfect day out in the SB Channel. Maria G. Ornelas maria at rasnowpeak.com \ / \ / ??'?.??..><((((?>.???'?.??.???'?.?><((({?>?.???'?.?. ,. / \ / \ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From landerson at islandpackers.com Mon Jun 7 11:33:55 2010 From: landerson at islandpackers.com (Lisa Anderson) Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2010 11:33:55 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Condor Today: The Braille Method Of Finding Whales In-Reply-To: <20100606021800.adc7a8f7@corp.kvcinc.com> References: <20100606021800.adc7a8f7@corp.kvcinc.com> Message-ID: <001501cb066f$fd861330$f8923990$@com> HAAAAAAAAAA!! You are so funny, Scott!! always love reading your reports! Lisa From: channel_islands_naturalist_corps-bounces at rain.org [mailto:channel_islands_naturalist_corps-bounces at rain.org] On Behalf Of Scott Cuzzo Sent: Saturday, June 05, 2010 7:18 PM To: channel_islands_naturalist_corps at rain.org Subject: [CINC] Condor Today: The Braille Method Of Finding Whales 3 Humpbacks lots of common dolphin fog >>>>>>>>>> The marine layer was thick today and did NOT burn off by 11 or 12 as it usually does. Everyone knows there are tons of whales out there...and about where they are. But with thick fog, finding them was surely a challenge. Both Barb Lacorte and I swore that we could smell humpback breath, but still no whales. We could see little more than 50-100 yards in any direction. Finally after much patience I heard a spout close to the boat. We found, probably, a male juvenile that was pretty friendly, but not mugging, with fairly short down times. Fortunately we kept finding him when he would resurface. After some time we had to head along the coast of SCI. After picking up some campers at Prisoner's Cove we found another larger humpback that sort of mugged the boat and gave some great, close views. On our way back across the channel we found a third whale that we spent a short time with. And yes, I just ended sentence with a preposition...so sue me. Sometimes I run with scissors too. We found numerous small groups of commons during the day, then one large (800?) group very close to SCI. 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Kushner oversees the Kelp Forest Monitoring Program?the longest established inventory and monitoring program in the National Park Service. Channel Islands National Park, in cooperation with other agencies and organizations including Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary, has studied the kelp forests around the Channel Islands since 1982. This program collects population data on over 70 species of algae, invertebrates, and fish. Data from the Kelp Forest Monitoring Program play a key role in understanding the effects of harvest on the nearshore marine ecosystem. This long-term monitoring program has helped scientists to understand large-scale ecological patterns in kelp forest communities as well as predict population trends for individual species. In 2005, the program was expanded to better evaluate the effectiveness of Channel Islands marine protected areas. Kushner received a bachelor?s degree in aquatic biology from the University of California at Santa Barbara in 1989. He has been a marine biologist at Channel Islands National Park since 1990 and has made over 3,200 dives with the kelp forest monitoring program. His diving career, which started at age 16 in Los Angeles, California, includes diving in projects from Glacier Bay National Park to the Antarctic Peninsula. The ?From Shore to Sea? lecture series is jointly sponsored by Channel Islands National Park and Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary with 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, June 8, 2010, at Santa Barbara Maritime Museum, 113 Harbor Way in the Santa Barbara Harbor and Wednesday, June 9, 2010, 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. 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URL: From klez18 at sbcglobal.net Tue Jun 8 19:24:02 2010 From: klez18 at sbcglobal.net (Marty Flam) Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2010 19:24:02 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [CINC] Gray Whale - Israel to Spain in 22 days Message-ID: <380033.2547.qm@web180106.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> Good photo of flukes...anybody recognize it? http://news.discovery.com/earth/lost-gray-whale-surfaces-again-in-the-mediterranean.html Marty From klez18 at sbcglobal.net Fri Jun 11 05:14:54 2010 From: klez18 at sbcglobal.net (Marty Flam) Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2010 05:14:54 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [CINC] Fox recovery, eagle predation, annual meeting Message-ID: <561750.83390.qm@web180110.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> http://www.nps.gov/chis/parknews/island-fox-2010-update.htm Excerpts below of June 10 statement: ? Subsequently in May two island foxes succumbed to eagle predation on the west end of Santa Cruz Island following sightings of golden eagles in the area. These are the first fox kills in association with golden eagle sightings in over a year on this island. ? *** ? An unusual incident occurred in late May in the bald eagle nest at Pelican Harbor on Santa Cruz Island when bald eagle webcam viewers observed one of the adults bringing an island fox carcass into the nest. It is not known whether the adult bald eagles preyed upon this fox or whether they recovered a dead fox carcass. Bald eagles are known to primarily feed on fish, seabirds, and marine mammal carcasses and it is not their natural tendency to prey on terrestrial mammals. ? *** Next week a group of approximately 60 biologists and managers from various agencies and organizations will convene for an annual meeting in Ventura to discuss island fox recovery. 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URL: From camccleskey at yahoo.com Fri Jun 11 15:25:22 2010 From: camccleskey at yahoo.com (Carolyn McCleskey) Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2010 15:25:22 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [CINC] Santa Cruz I on Thursday Message-ID: <443952.61173.qm@web33407.mail.mud.yahoo.com> The Anacapa part of the trip was cancelled, so the Island Adventure left at 9:30 for Scorpion on bumpy seas but mostly clear skies.? Marty Flam led the hike with about 12 people , and I followed the leisurely hikers, some of them returning with me on the Loop trail back to the picnic area in time to see a lone fox cruise through the farm machinery and on up the hillside, looking for prey, not even glancing at the excited hikers.? Then, a Pacific-slope flycatcher began flitting around over the picnic table in Cypress above us. First time sighting for me !? Marty initiated two new Jr. Rangers, and a pod of about 500 commons livened up the return trip. A great day, as usual. ? 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Matt, Dave, Amanda held things together well, as usual. Hal, Dick and I worked the crowd and did our naturalist thing as we could. As for my part, seeing the humpbacks bust through the swells and seeing them froth the water with their exhalations was something not possible to witness under "better" conditions. Gary Delanoeye -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From klez18 at sbcglobal.net Sat Jun 12 05:38:48 2010 From: klez18 at sbcglobal.net (Marty Flam) Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2010 05:38:48 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [CINC] Oil spill response - NPS & NOAA Message-ID: <766035.73547.qm@web180103.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> To share current oil spill response of NPS as well as NOAA with interested visitors, see: http://www.nps.gov/aboutus/oil-spill-response.htm http://response.restoration.noaa.gov From ppetrich39 at hotmail.com Sat Jun 12 21:20:04 2010 From: ppetrich39 at hotmail.com (Paul Jr. Petrich) Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2010 21:20:04 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Fox recovery, eagle predation, annual meeting In-Reply-To: <12714891.1276265532232.JavaMail.root@mswamui-blood.atl.sa.earthlink.net> References: <12714891.1276265532232.JavaMail.root@mswamui-blood.atl.sa.earthlink.net> Message-ID: Keeping these happenings in perspective, Of interest may be this observation. When the last Golden Eagle was being hunted on Santa Cruz while the the New England expert trappers were employed, Catherine french and I were among the TNC volunteers helping search for it. Catherine may be able to add to the accuracy of the account that follows. That lone eagle, in a span of one to two months, had fed on 17 to 18 fox, as determined by those doing the study. Paul Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2010 07:12:12 -0700 From: islandkayaker at earthlink.net To: channel_islands_naturalist_corps at rain.org CC: Derek_Lohuis at nps.gov Subject: Re: [CINC] Fox recovery, eagle predation, annual meeting Bald Eagles feeding on terrestrial mammals may not be a natural tendency for the birds, but there is the fact that those who raised the eagles on Santa Cruz fed them pig as they couldn't always successfully obtain fresh local fish for them, and there was plenty of pig at the time, because they were getting round up and shot. Perhaps this would increase the capacity for a Baldie to move to terrestrial mammals. Saying all that, I also feel it important to mention that Bald Eagles and Island Foxes co-existed for a very long time out there, so I am not too concerned about this. Scott -----Original Message----- From: Marty Flam Sent: Jun 11, 2010 5:14 AM To: CINC Rainlist Cc: Derek Lohuis Subject: [CINC] Fox recovery, eagle predation, annual meeting http://www.nps.gov/chis/parknews/island-fox-2010-update.htm Excerpts below of June 10 statement: Subsequently in May two island foxes succumbed to eagle predation on the west end of Santa Cruz Island following sightings of golden eagles in the area. These are the first fox kills in association with golden eagle sightings in over a year on this island. *** An unusual incident occurred in late May in the bald eagle nest at Pelican Harbor on Santa Cruz Island when bald eagle webcam viewers observed one of the adults bringing an island fox carcass into the nest. It is not known whether the adult bald eagles preyed upon this fox or whether they recovered a dead fox carcass. Bald eagles are known to primarily feed on fish, seabirds, and marine mammal carcasses and it is not their natural tendency to prey on terrestrial mammals. *** Next week a group of approximately 60 biologists and managers from various agencies and organizations will convene for an annual meeting in Ventura to discuss island fox recovery. They will present the current status of island fox populations on each of the six Channel Islands that supports this endemic species and will identify measures for continued island fox monitoring, research, and protection. _________________________________________________________________ The New Busy think 9 to 5 is a cute idea. Combine multiple calendars with Hotmail. http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?tile=multicalendar&ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_5 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ppetrich39 at hotmail.com Sat Jun 12 21:32:14 2010 From: ppetrich39 at hotmail.com (Paul Jr. Petrich) Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2010 21:32:14 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Northern Right Whale Dolphin stranding Message-ID: Volunteers, The Santa Barbara News Press reported today that late Thursday, a Northern Right Whale Dolphin stranded itself just east of Sterns Wharf. The report continued:" Well-intentioned beach goers helped it back into the water, but it continually came back ashore. Santa Barbara Marine Mammal Center volunteers picked the animal up and had to euthanize it because it was in such poor health." The Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History was reported to be following up on a study of the stranded dolphin. Paul _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail has tools for the New Busy. Search, chat and e-mail from your inbox. http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_1 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From diver24 at cox.net Sat Jun 12 22:34:13 2010 From: diver24 at cox.net (Toni Bailey) Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2010 22:34:13 -0700 Subject: [CINC] IPCO 6-12-2010 Message-ID: <000001cb0aba$0e9a2910$2bce7b30$@net> Here's the count.. 12 Bottlenose Dolphins 40 Common Dolphins 12 Dalls Porpoises 14 Humpback Whales Countless Sea Lions Here's the story... We cruised out of the Ventura Harbor with around 50 passengers anticipating a great day at sea. The seas were calm and the skies were gray. Immediately upon exiting the harbor..there they were..Bottlenose Dolphins playing in the surf. What a great start, that was just the warm up act. Later we encountered small groups of Common Dolphins. They did a little bow riding, but they weren't too interested in us. The skies began to clear and then the excitement began. First we encountered a pair of humpbacks. These two gave us a few tail flukes which thrilled all on the boat. Our next encounter featured two more humpbacks who played in a patch of kelp. They showed off some pec slaps, some tail throws and a few spy hops. Then the action really picked up..we spotted a couple of more humpies who appeared to be juveniles. They didn't stick around long, then we quickly encountered another pair who were also a bit elusive and then another pair who circled the boat. In between whale appearances we were entertained by an exuberant Sea Lion who worked the crowd into a frenzy. He almost stole the show from the humpies. Then in the distance we saw a breach and then another breach. We decided to check it out and the next act was the grand finale....we had three humpbacks circling the boat, spy hopping a mere few feet from the boat. They circled the boat for more than 30 minutes and stayed within a few yards of the boat. PID naturalist Scott Cuzzo, as always, was great to work with and had a busy time running from side to side to get the I.D. shots. Hope we continue to have great days like this! Good wishes to all! Toni -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ppetrich39 at hotmail.com Sun Jun 13 07:32:17 2010 From: ppetrich39 at hotmail.com (Paul Jr. Petrich) Date: Sun, 13 Jun 2010 07:32:17 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Fox Notes from the Past Message-ID: Foxy Volunteers, Researching old Rain List Reports: In June of 2007 the lone Golden Eagle on SCI was reported to have preyed upon at least 10, and up to 17 fox in a 2 1/2 month period, with Pro Hunt thinking it was flying to Santa Rosa Is and back, as well. Of related interest: In February of 2008 a very successful results to a fox vaccination program against Canine Distemper was announced. It had been going on since 2000, and reversed a disastrous decimation of that islands fox population on Catalina by vaccinating 80% of them! No Golden Eagle problem existed there, and the pioneering Bald Eagle restoration program under biologist Sharp was well under way. Thirty three Bald Eagles had been released since the 1980s, and the islands incubation center was hatching chicks that would soon visit our Northern CIs. Related fact: the sardine, mackerel, and anchovy populations (common food for Bald Eagles) were not near the concentrations that existed when they energized the world's most productive fishing industry in local waters, yet fox and Bald Eagles coexisted through thick and thin populations in the past, and seemed to do so during coincidental recoveries on Catalina more recently. Food for thought. Paul _________________________________________________________________ The New Busy think 9 to 5 is a cute idea. Combine multiple calendars with Hotmail. http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?tile=multicalendar&ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_5 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From maria at rasnowpeak.com Sun Jun 13 17:14:23 2010 From: maria at rasnowpeak.com (Maria G. Ornelas) Date: Sun, 13 Jun 2010 17:14:23 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Coast of Mexico Oil Spill Message-ID: <76B93A48-D36D-44E1-8E39-17AF35009C78@rasnowpeak.com> Hi Naturalists, may want to check out this site. The Oil Drum Discussions About Energy and Our Future http://www.theoildrum.com/ Maria G. Ornelas maria at rasnowpeak.com \ / \ / ??'?.??..><((((?>.???'?.??.???'?.?><((({?>?.???'?.?. ,. / \ / \ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From cfrench1366 at aol.com Sun Jun 13 20:33:40 2010 From: cfrench1366 at aol.com (Catherine) Date: Sun, 13 Jun 2010 21:33:40 -0600 Subject: [CINC] Fox recovery, eagle predation, annual meeting In-Reply-To: References: <12714891.1276265532232.JavaMail.root@mswamui-blood.atl.sa.earthlink.net> Message-ID: Paul, I believe it was 6 months. But little it matters, I think. There will always be challenges, it's natural. Getting the balds to take control of the habitat will take awhile, but I believe it will work out in the end Paul is right, we have to look at the big picture and let nature take it's course. Speaking of nature, I'll be among the bison tomorrow at Yellowstone! Sincerely, Catherine French Sent from my iPhone On Jun 12, 2010, at 10:20 PM, "Paul Jr. Petrich" wrote: > Keeping these happenings in perspective, > Of interest may be this observation. When the last Golden Eagle was > being hunted on Santa Cruz while the the New England expert trappers > were employed, Catherine french and I were among the TNC volunteers > helping search for it. Catherine may be able to add to the accuracy > of the account that follows. That lone eagle, in a span of one to > two months, had fed on 17 to 18 fox, as determined by those doing > the study. Paul > > Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2010 07:12:12 -0700 > From: islandkayaker at earthlink.net > To: channel_islands_naturalist_corps at rain.org > CC: Derek_Lohuis at nps.gov > Subject: Re: [CINC] Fox recovery, eagle predation, annual meeting > > Bald Eagles feeding on terrestrial mammals may not be a natural > tendency for the birds, but there is the fact that those who raised > the eagles on Santa Cruz fed them pig as they couldn't always > successfully obtain fresh local fish for them, and there was plenty > of pig at the time, because they were getting round up and shot. > Perhaps this would increase the capacity for a Baldie to move to > terrestrial mammals. Saying all that, I also feel it important to > mention that Bald Eagles and Island Foxes co-existed for a very long > time out there, so I am not too concerned about this. > > Scott > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Marty Flam > Sent: Jun 11, 2010 5:14 AM > To: CINC Rainlist > Cc: Derek Lohuis > Subject: [CINC] Fox recovery, eagle predation, annual meeting > > http://www.nps.gov/chis/parknews/island-fox-2010-update.htm > Excerpts below of June 10 statement: > > Subsequently in May two island foxes succumbed to eagle predation on > the west end of Santa Cruz Island following sightings of golden > eagles in the area. These are the first fox kills in association > with golden eagle sightings in over a year on this island. > > *** > > An unusual incident occurred in late May in the bald eagle nest at > Pelican Harbor on Santa Cruz Island when bald eagle webcam viewers > observed one of the adults bringing an island fox carcass into the > nest. It is not known whether the adult bald eagles preyed upon this > fox or whether they recovered a dead fox carcass. Bald eagles are > known to primarily feed on fish, seabirds, and marine mammal > carcasses and it is not their natural tendency to prey on > terrestrial mammals. > > *** > Next week a group of approximately 60 biologists and managers from > various agencies and organizations will convene for an annual > meeting in Ventura to discuss island fox recovery. > They will present the current status of island fox populations on > each of the six Channel Islands that supports this endemic species > and will identify measures for continued island fox monitoring, > research, and protection. > > > The New Busy think 9 to 5 is a cute idea. Combine multiple calendars > with Hotmail. Get busy. = > _______________________________________________ > 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 landerson at islandpackers.com Sun Jun 13 22:02:54 2010 From: landerson at islandpackers.com (Lisa Anderson) Date: Sun, 13 Jun 2010 22:02:54 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Fox recovery, eagle predation, annual meeting In-Reply-To: References: <12714891.1276265532232.JavaMail.root@mswamui-blood.atl.sa.earthlink.net> Message-ID: <003b01cb0b7e$d98fdce0$8caf96a0$@com> The fox girls say there are at least 2 goldens still on the island-I'm sure there could be even more that they don't know about. Lisa From: channel_islands_naturalist_corps-bounces at rain.org [mailto:channel_islands_naturalist_corps-bounces at rain.org] On Behalf Of Paul Jr. Petrich Sent: Saturday, June 12, 2010 9:20 PM To: Scott; channel_islands_ naturalist_corps Cc: derek Lohuis Subject: Re: [CINC] Fox recovery, eagle predation, annual meeting Keeping these happenings in perspective, Of interest may be this observation. When the last Golden Eagle was being hunted on Santa Cruz while the the New England expert trappers were employed, Catherine french and I were among the TNC volunteers helping search for it. Catherine may be able to add to the accuracy of the account that follows. That lone eagle, in a span of one to two months, had fed on 17 to 18 fox, as determined by those doing the study. Paul _____ Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2010 07:12:12 -0700 From: islandkayaker at earthlink.net To: channel_islands_naturalist_corps at rain.org CC: Derek_Lohuis at nps.gov Subject: Re: [CINC] Fox recovery, eagle predation, annual meeting Bald Eagles feeding on terrestrial mammals may not be a natural tendency for the birds, but there is the fact that those who raised the eagles on Santa Cruz fed them pig as they couldn't always successfully obtain fresh local fish for them, and there was plenty of pig at the time, because they were getting round up and shot. Perhaps this would increase the capacity for a Baldie to move to terrestrial mammals. Saying all that, I also feel it important to mention that Bald Eagles and Island Foxes co-existed for a very long time out there, so I am not too concerned about this. Scott -----Original Message----- From: Marty Flam Sent: Jun 11, 2010 5:14 AM To: CINC Rainlist Cc: Derek Lohuis Subject: [CINC] Fox recovery, eagle predation, annual meeting http://www.nps.gov/chis/parknews/island-fox-2010-update.htm Excerpts below of June 10 statement: Subsequently in May two island foxes succumbed to eagle predation on the west end of Santa Cruz Island following sightings of golden eagles in the area. These are the first fox kills in association with golden eagle sightings in over a year on this island. *** An unusual incident occurred in late May in the bald eagle nest at Pelican Harbor on Santa Cruz Island when bald eagle webcam viewers observed one of the adults bringing an island fox carcass into the nest. It is not known whether the adult bald eagles preyed upon this fox or whether they recovered a dead fox carcass. Bald eagles are known to primarily feed on fish, seabirds, and marine mammal carcasses and it is not their natural tendency to prey on terrestrial mammals. *** Next week a group of approximately 60 biologists and managers from various agencies and organizations will convene for an annual meeting in Ventura to discuss island fox recovery. They will present the current status of island fox populations on each of the six Channel Islands that supports this endemic species and will identify measures for continued island fox monitoring, research, and protection. _____ The New Busy think 9 to 5 is a cute idea. Combine multiple calendars with Hotmail. Get busy. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From twofishx2 at verizon.net Sat Jun 12 22:37:29 2010 From: twofishx2 at verizon.net (twofishx2 at verizon.net) Date: Sun, 13 Jun 2010 00:37:29 -0500 (CDT) Subject: [CINC] new email address Message-ID: <1399817744.802155.1276407449510.JavaMail.root@vms184.mailsrvcs.net> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gksully at pacbell.net Mon Jun 14 17:26:16 2010 From: gksully at pacbell.net (Karen Sullivan) Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2010 17:26:16 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [CINC] Humpbacks up close and Personal- CX 6/13 Message-ID: <180435.75567.qm@web81704.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Gary and I, along with Dino Del Bon and 85 amazed passengers had one of those unforgettable days on the Condor. I logged about 13 Humpbacks, and there were many many more spouts in the distance around us. Humpback soup! Mat had had a report of 2 Humpbacks and 2 Blue Whales in the same vicinity, so we headed there. We never got there, because we encountered so many other sights on the way. First a single Mn lunge feeding, then joined by another. A little bit further on, we came across 3 more cruising around by the boat, showing off some tail flukes (although never the back side- Gary was pretty frustrated on PID) Mat spotted a large group off in the distance, so we headed there, and came across 6 humpies all together. They were coming up all around the boat, and then all but 2 of them went away from the boat a distance, and we had 2 whales so close it seemed like they were trying to get into the boat. Lots of stinky humpy breath, and quite a few folks got slimed..(me included) Multiple spy hops, lots of dives and surface right next to the boat (bumping distance) At one point I was standing at the bow, and people were waiting for the humps to appear on the starboard sign, when I looked straight down and saw the head of one of the whales rising directly under the boat. I was so startled I dropped my GPS into the ocean! It floated awhile, and DJ and Mat were kind enough to net it a little later. It was still working when I got it! At one point one of the whales turned completely upside down right next to the boat! One of these whales had some prop scars on his back. From a small boat along time ago, and well healed but very distinctive. These 2 were on their sides, with pec fins waving, and almost every other behavior except breaching. We stayed with these guys for quite awhile, and then 3 other humpbacks came over and these 2 split. One of these new whales is the female with the chewed up fluke. Mat started the boat back up to head to the island, but the engines decided to give him trouble, so we didn't go there, we just took a leisurely cruise back to the harbor. No dolphins today, but the passengers were not complaining at all.... Check out Bob Perry's website. He only has one picture now, about 5:30 on Monday, but others will be up. I love this job! 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From: landerson at islandpackers.com To: ppetrich39 at hotmail.com; islandkayaker at earthlink.net; channel_islands_naturalist_corps at rain.org Date: Sun, 13 Jun 2010 22:02:54 -0700 CC: derek_lohuis at nps.gov Subject: Re: [CINC] Fox recovery, eagle predation, annual meeting The fox girls say there are at least 2 goldens still on the island?I?m sure there could be even more that they don?t know about. Lisa From: channel_islands_naturalist_corps-bounces at rain.org [mailto:channel_islands_naturalist_corps-bounces at rain.org] On Behalf Of Paul Jr. Petrich Sent: Saturday, June 12, 2010 9:20 PM To: Scott; channel_islands_ naturalist_corps Cc: derek Lohuis Subject: Re: [CINC] Fox recovery, eagle predation, annual meeting Keeping these happenings in perspective, Of interest may be this observation. When the last Golden Eagle was being hunted on Santa Cruz while the the New England expert trappers were employed, Catherine french and I were among the TNC volunteers helping search for it. Catherine may be able to add to the accuracy of the account that follows. That lone eagle, in a span of one to two months, had fed on 17 to 18 fox, as determined by those doing the study. Paul Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2010 07:12:12 -0700 From: islandkayaker at earthlink.net To: channel_islands_naturalist_corps at rain.org CC: Derek_Lohuis at nps.gov Subject: Re: [CINC] Fox recovery, eagle predation, annual meeting Bald Eagles feeding on terrestrial mammals may not be a natural tendency for the birds, but there is the fact that those who raised the eagles on Santa Cruz fed them pig as they couldn't always successfully obtain fresh local fish for them, and there was plenty of pig at the time, because they were getting round up and shot. Perhaps this would increase the capacity for a Baldie to move to terrestrial mammals. Saying all that, I also feel it important to mention that Bald Eagles and Island Foxes co-existed for a very long time out there, so I am not too concerned about this. Scott -----Original Message----- From: Marty Flam Sent: Jun 11, 2010 5:14 AM To: CINC Rainlist Cc: Derek Lohuis Subject: [CINC] Fox recovery, eagle predation, annual meeting http://www.nps.gov/chis/parknews/island-fox-2010-update.htm Excerpts below of June 10 statement: Subsequently in May two island foxes succumbed to eagle predation on the west end of Santa Cruz Island following sightings of golden eagles in the area. These are the first fox kills in association with golden eagle sightings in over a year on this island. *** An unusual incident occurred in late May in the bald eagle nest at Pelican Harbor on Santa Cruz Island when bald eagle webcam viewers observed one of the adults bringing an island fox carcass into the nest. It is not known whether the adult bald eagles preyed upon this fox or whether they recovered a dead fox carcass. Bald eagles are known to primarily feed on fish, seabirds, and marine mammal carcasses and it is not their natural tendency to prey on terrestrial mammals. *** Next week a group of approximately 60 biologists and managers from various agencies and organizations will convene for an annual meeting in Ventura to discuss island fox recovery. They will present the current status of island fox populations on each of the six Channel Islands that supports this endemic species and will identify measures for continued island fox monitoring, research, and protection. The New Busy think 9An to 5 is a cute idea. Combine multiple calendars with Hotmail. Get busy. _________________________________________________________________ The New Busy think 9 to 5 is a cute idea. Combine multiple calendars with Hotmail. http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?tile=multicalendar&ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_5 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ppetrich39 at hotmail.com Mon Jun 14 20:02:02 2010 From: ppetrich39 at hotmail.com (Paul Jr. Petrich) Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2010 20:02:02 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Humpbacks up close and Personal- CX 6/13 In-Reply-To: <180435.75567.qm@web81704.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <180435.75567.qm@web81704.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Message-ID: Karen, Great report. What a treat you got sprayed with! Paul Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2010 17:26:16 -0700 From: gksully at pacbell.net To: channel_islands_naturalist_corps at rain.org Subject: [CINC] Humpbacks up close and Personal- CX 6/13 Gary and I, along with Dino Del Bon and 85 amazed passengers had one of those unforgettable days on the Condor. I logged about 13 Humpbacks, and there were many many more spouts in the distance around us. Humpback soup! Mat had had a report of 2 Humpbacks and 2 Blue Whales in the same vicinity, so we headed there. We never got there, because we encountered so many other sights on the way. First a single Mn lunge feeding, then joined by another. A little bit further on, we came across 3 more cruising around by the boat, showing off some tail flukes (although never the back side- Gary was pretty frustrated on PID) Mat spotted a large group off in the distance, so we headed there, and came across 6 humpies all together. They were coming up all around the boat, and then all but 2 of them went away from the boat a distance, and we had 2 whales so close it seemed like they were trying to get into the boat. Lots of stinky humpy breath, and quite a few folks got slimed..(me included) Multiple spy hops, lots of dives and surface right next to the boat (bumping distance) At one point I was standing at the bow, and people were waiting for the humps to appear on the starboard sign, when I looked straight down and saw the head of one of the whales rising directly under the boat. I was so startled I dropped my GPS into the ocean! It floated awhile, and DJ and Mat were kind enough to net it a little later. It was still working when I got it! At one point one of the whales turned completely upside down right next to the boat! One of these whales had some prop scars on his back. From a small boat along time ago, and well healed but very distinctive. These 2 were on their sides, with pec fins waving, and almost every other behavior except breaching. We stayed with these guys for quite awhile, and then 3 other humpbacks came over and these 2 split. One of these new whales is the female with the chewed up fluke. Mat started the boat back up to head to the island, but the engines decided to give him trouble, so we didn't go there, we just took a leisurely cruise back to the harbor. No dolphins today, but the passengers were not complaining at all.... Check out Bob Perry's website. He only has one picture now, about 5:30 on Monday, but others will be up. I love this job! Karen Sullivan _________________________________________________________________ The New Busy is not the too busy. Combine all your e-mail accounts with Hotmail. http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?tile=multiaccount&ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_4 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Tina.Johnson at noaa.gov Tue Jun 15 12:51:41 2010 From: Tina.Johnson at noaa.gov (Tina Johnson) Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2010 12:51:41 -0700 Subject: [CINC] OUTREACH-JULY Message-ID: <4C17D9CD.8050401@noaa.gov> Naturalists, the July outreach sign-up sheet is posted online here: http://www.nps.gov/chis/supportyourpark/volunteer-schedules.htm#CP_JUMP_128348 Now you can check all of the July calendars at once and figure out your schedules. Please contact me to sign up. :-) There is one outreach event in July, the VENTURA COUNTY IN-WATER BOAT SHOW & GREEN EXPO on *July 17*, Saturday, in Channel Islands Harbor. We have been invited to attend as part of the Expo, which is being added to the Boat Show for the first time for participation by environmental groups. The next outreach event will be the Ventura County Fair, /Western Nights and Carnival Lights, /from August 4-15. Details coming soon! Tina -- Tina Johnson Ventura County Field Office Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary 3550 S. Harbor Blvd. 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... URL: From mr.zalophus at gmail.com Tue Jun 15 16:55:03 2010 From: mr.zalophus at gmail.com (Mr Zalophus) Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2010 16:55:03 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Humpbacks up close and Personal- CX 6/13 In-Reply-To: <180435.75567.qm@web81704.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <180435.75567.qm@web81704.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Message-ID: Thanks for the nice report, Karen. Photos of this amazing close encounter are now posted to the boat photo site: http://www.condorexpressphotos.com/Other/2010-06-13-SB-Channel/12547427_uyEsp#P-1-16 best fishes Bob Perry Condor Express On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 5:26 PM, Karen Sullivan wrote: > Gary and I, along with Dino Del Bon and 85 amazed passengers had one of > those unforgettable days on the Condor. > > I logged about 13 Humpbacks, and there were many many more spouts in the > distance around us. Humpback soup! > > Mat had had a report of 2 Humpbacks and 2 Blue Whales in the same vicinity, > so we headed there. > We never got there, because we encountered so many other sights on the > way. > > First a single Mn lunge feeding, then joined by another. A little bit > further on, we came across 3 more cruising around by the boat, showing off > some tail flukes (although never the back side- Gary was pretty frustrated > on PID) Mat spotted a large group off in the distance, so we headed there, > and came across 6 humpies all together. > > They were coming up all around the boat, and then all but 2 of them went > away from the boat a distance, and we had 2 whales so close it seemed like > they were trying to get into the boat. Lots of stinky humpy breath, and > quite a few folks got slimed..(me included) Multiple spy hops, lots of > dives and surface right next to the boat (bumping distance) At one point I > was standing at the bow, and people were waiting for the humps to appear on > the starboard sign, when I looked straight down and saw the head of one of > the whales rising directly under the boat. I was so startled I dropped my > GPS into the ocean! It floated awhile, and DJ and Mat were kind enough to > net it a little later. It was still working when I got it! > > At one point one of the whales turned completely upside down right next to > the boat! One of these whales had some prop scars on his back. From a > small boat along time ago, and well healed but very distinctive. These 2 > were on their sides, with pec fins waving, and almost every other behavior > except breaching. We stayed with these guys for quite awhile, and then 3 > other humpbacks came over and these 2 split. One of these new whales is the > female with the chewed up fluke. > > Mat started the boat back up to head to the island, but the engines decided > to give him trouble, so we didn't go there, we just took a leisurely cruise > back to the harbor. > No dolphins today, but the passengers were not complaining at all.... > > Check out Bob Perry's website. He only has one picture now, about 5:30 on > Monday, but others will be up. > > I love this job! > > Karen Sullivan > > > _______________________________________________ > Channel_islands_naturalist_corps mailing list > Channel_islands_naturalist_corps at rain.org > http://www.rain.org/mailman/listinfo/channel_islands_naturalist_corps > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From landerson at islandpackers.com Thu Jun 17 14:31:38 2010 From: landerson at islandpackers.com (Lisa Anderson) Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2010 14:31:38 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Interesting Article on International Whaling Commission In-Reply-To: <22121113.1276793521710.JavaMail.root@elwamui-rustique.atl.sa.earthlink.net> References: <22121113.1276793521710.JavaMail.root@elwamui-rustique.atl.sa.earthlink.net> Message-ID: <000c01cb0e64$79475eb0$6bd61c10$@com> I find it very sad that these things are happening, and I don?t agree with the whaling, however I don?t agree with the violence that the Sea Sheppard cause! This just teaches that bullies can be hurt by more bullies. Any radical behavior by any is wrong?So I don?t agree with you on this Scott. Keep writing the IWC with your dis-approval of whaling in Japan. Lisa From: channel_islands_naturalist_corps-bounces at rain.org [mailto:channel_islands_naturalist_corps-bounces at rain.org] On Behalf Of islandkayaker at earthlink.net Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2010 9:52 AM To: Shauna Bingham; channel_islands_naturalist_corps at rain.org Subject: Re: [CINC] Interesting Article on International Whaling Commission This is what Sea Shepherd thinks of the IWC and I agree. Sea Shepherd Dismisses the IWC as Corrupt and Irrelevant http://www.seashepherd.org/news-and-media/news-100616-2.html Enjoy! Scott -----Original Message----- >From: Shauna Bingham >Sent: Jun 17, 2010 12:11 PM >To: "channel_islands_naturalist_corps at rain.org" >Subject: [CINC] Interesting Article on International Whaling Commission > >For those of you tracking recent International Whaling Commission >activities, you might find this article interesting: > >http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article7149086.ece >_______________________________________________ >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 landerson at islandpackers.com Thu Jun 17 14:43:24 2010 From: landerson at islandpackers.com (Lisa Anderson) Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2010 14:43:24 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Interesting Article on International Whaling Commission In-Reply-To: <4C1A492A.2020100@noaa.gov> References: <4C1A492A.2020100@noaa.gov> Message-ID: <001701cb0e66$1d835370$5889fa50$@com> Sad ;0( No morals, ethics, and a lot of violence--such the world we live in--I'm glad I choose to be informed, and that I can educate my children on the right ways to oppose this kind of behavior. Lisa -----Original Message----- From: channel_islands_naturalist_corps-bounces at rain.org [mailto:channel_islands_naturalist_corps-bounces at rain.org] On Behalf Of Shauna Bingham Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2010 9:11 AM To: channel_islands_naturalist_corps at rain.org Subject: [CINC] Interesting Article on International Whaling Commission For those of you tracking recent International Whaling Commission activities, you might find this article interesting: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article7149086.ece _______________________________________________ Channel_islands_naturalist_corps mailing list Channel_islands_naturalist_corps at rain.org http://www.rain.org/mailman/listinfo/channel_islands_naturalist_corps From islandkayaker at earthlink.net Thu Jun 17 14:57:19 2010 From: islandkayaker at earthlink.net (islandkayaker at earthlink.net) Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2010 14:57:19 -0700 (GMT-07:00) Subject: [CINC] Interesting Article on International Whaling Commission Message-ID: <9698230.1276811839656.JavaMail.root@elwamui-hound.atl.sa.earthlink.net> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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We encountered about 200 common dolphins on our way out to the west end of Santa Cruz. Mat had beaten us to the site and let us know there were humpbacks about, and indeed there were. While 7 were the official recording, there were others in the area. Displays were somewhat reserved but there were many passes very close to the boat. Everyone was quite thrilled. There were 2 nice grouping of Risso's in between the humpback encounters. Two of the humpbacks were in a small shallow anchorage quite close to Santa Cruz and as we approached, they scurried out and surfaced to our stern. Mike performed a most masterful job of showing us deep inside Painted Cave.kudos Mike. A nice large pod of 1000 common dolphins provided the finishing touches to our day. And Mike and Ali landed a rather large Mylar balloon. Thank you both. Dean -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From j_bar_j at hotmail.com Fri Jun 18 15:10:39 2010 From: j_bar_j at hotmail.com (Joel E. Justin) Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2010 15:10:39 -0700 Subject: [CINC] San Miguel Island Trip Report... Message-ID: All, Let me start off by saying that this report is a little longer than most trip reports, so if you don't have or want to spend the few minutes to read it, stop now. If you have the time and would like a perspective that's a little different from most reports, please read on. I was fortunate enough to be able to spend 12 days on San Miguel Island starting with the Memorial Day weekend and returning on June 8th. Sorry it took so long to get this report out, but I finally got caught up on things and thought you might enjoy reading about several experiences I had on San Miguel, and if nothing else, it will continue to illustrate how lucky we are to be CINC volunteers. First was the trip out. Like most trips to the outer islands, Island Packers stops at Santa Rosa before continuing to San Miguel. The seas we reasonable for the SRI leg, but as soon as we rounded Carrington Point, we were heading into 8-10 foot swells. While Anthony did a wonderful job timing the throttle with the swells, we did catch one unexpected pothole that caused the entire boat to shudder. After a quick check below, everything appeared ship-shape and we continued on. Most people were inside (there were only about 20 passengers onboard at this time) and we were watching the waves crash over the port side and wash over the windows. In a break between the waves, I noticed that all the windows had cleared except one. It looked like it was still water soaked. Upon further inspection, we noticed it had fractured. About a minute later, another wave crashed over the port side and the window broke bringing a lot of water and glass into the cabin. I was sure that was the end of our trip, but after the Jake got everything cleaned up, we turned west and were able to keep the waves to our starboard for the remainder of the trip. It was slow going, but we finally made it to SMI at 4pm; a 7 hour boat ride! Ian commented later that we were the latest camper arrival in his 18 years on SMI. The Island Packers crew spent over an hour in Cuyler Harbor crafting a ?patch? for the ride home. They called later on the radio to report they didn?t arrive back to the harbor until about 8:30pm. What a long day for them! Some of you may have noticed the piece of plywood over the forward port window on the Islander (the window?s repaired now). If you didn?t know what this was about, now you do! I had many memorable experiences during my stay on the island, but there are three that really stand out. During the camper weekend, we hiked over to Point Bennett. I got to meet Bob and Tony from the National Marine Fisheries Service. What great folks. Then as Ian was loading me up with things to keep me busy during my 8-day tour, he suggested I hike over to spend some more time with them. After several foggy windy days, I did just that. Tony had left, but Sharon was there with Bob building a portable blind that would allow them to get right on to the beach to observe and record tag numbers of the Northern fur seals that would be coming ashore soon. After chatting with them for a while, they offered to let me go into the blind on the bluff just above the beach. After I quietly got settled in, I opened the small window and was awed by the juvenile and molting female Elephant seals comingling with California sea lion moms and little baby pups. The closest ones were a mere 10 yards away! It was amazing watching the interactions of these baby sea lions (later I found out that some of these were just born this morning and others were only a day or two old) with their mothers and with the juvenile Elephant seals. Their mothers would let them wander, but always keeping an eye on them. If they got to far away or too close to the water, mom would hustle after them. Occasionally, a wave would come up and tumble a baby in the surf. Mom would grab it by the scruff of its neck and carry it to safety. If a baby sea lion wandered too close to an Elephant seal, the Elephant seal would back off and give the sea lion room. It was comical to watch the huge sluggish juvenile Elephant seals work hard to avoid the more agile (but clumsy) baby sea lions. I couldn?t tell if it was fear of the baby, fear of what the mom would do, or them just being gentile giants. What seemed like 5 minutes ended up being over an hour. I still had a long hike back to the east end so I tore myself away, thanked and said my good-byes to Sharon and Bob and headed home. My second wow experience was with the foxes. One of the other things Ian asked me to do was to ?look? for foxes. They like to keep tabs on all the radio collared foxes to make sure everything is OK. To do this, we use a special receiver and a directional beam antenna. I made it my goal to find as many of the 46 collared foxes I could. Every time I headed out for a hike, I took the radio and antenna and stopped multiple times sweeping the horizon listening for the telltale beeps. I ended up finding 32 of the 46 which I felt pretty good about. But one of the foxes had a different beeping signal. Ian had told me there was a signal they called the mortality or mort signal. But this didn?t quite sound like what he described. It was very faint so I couldn?t be sure I was even hearing it quite right. I went to the same location the next day and hiked a little further in the direction of the fox. While the signal was still weak, it was stronger than the previous day and I was able to confirm the strange beeping. I sent an email to Jen Savage and she responded saying she would make this fox her first priority when she got to the island. Unfortunately the internet on the island went out last week, so I didn?t get an update until Ian got back from his tour. He told me that Jen and Dan found the fox and that it had died. The good news was that it appeared to be a natural death ? not predation. While it's sad to know that one of "my" foxes had died, maybe even while I was out there, Ian said that he was one of the last remaining foxes from the 2004 release and that he was instrumental in the recovery of the population on the island. He also told me that while foxes do occasionally live to 10 years in the wild, 6 years is much more typical. So it was nature taking her course, but none-the-less, a good fox gone. Regardless, it was very rewarding to participate in the important fox population monitoring process. Finally, for almost 6 days, I didn?t see another sole. No one. That in itself was strange. I don?t think that in my almost 50 years on this planet I?ve gone more than a day without seeing someone else. While I did have internet access and for some unknown reason was able to get a Verizon signal so I could talk to my wife each evening, it was still quite strange not having someone to see and to talk to and to interact with for so long. I did catch me talking to myself once or twice, but you know what? No one was there, so it didn?t matter! I was never bored and couldn?t keep my eyes open after 9:30pm (ask my wife how many times I yawned while talking to her in the evenings!), but I wouldn?t have traded these experiences for anything. Joel... -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Fri. 6.18: Marilyn Dannehower, naturalist Don Gillies, PID Sat. 6.19: Sally Eagle, PID Keith Hale, naturalist Sun. 6.20: Scott Cuzzo, PID Kevin Bailey, naturalist ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Carol Celic Date: Sun, Jun 20, 2010 at 9:31 PM Subject: Condor Express June 18th, 19th & 20th To: CINC RAIN List Fri. 6.18: 4 Humpbacks 2 Blues 20 Commons 60 Risso's 20 Pacific White Sided 5 Mola Mola (small) Sat. 6.19: 8+ Humpbacks (one tail lobbed over 50 times) 3 Blues 5 Risso's Sun. 6.20: 8+ Humpbacks (another one that tail lobbed a few dozen times) 1 Blue 300 Commons Three days in a row of rough seas, amazing sightings, friendly and inquisitive passengers, and the always great crew. I'm pooped but quite pleased with the adventure, it's great to be in the Corps! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kensword at cox.net Mon Jun 21 10:22:54 2010 From: kensword at cox.net (Kenneth A. Tatro) Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2010 10:22:54 -0700 Subject: [CINC] IPCO Island Adventurer, 20 jun Message-ID: <8D3EB4A8-814F-409E-8192-103D00CD82C7@cox.net> Hi folks, 6 Humpbacks 1 Blue 1000 Common Dolphins 100 + Sooty Shearwaters A few Pink Footed, Black Guillemots at the entrance to Painted Cave. Although a good bit bumpier than is fun, we did see some fun things. The first Group of four Humpbacks with a few more in the distance, gave us quite a show of milling around the boat. Rolling on their sides, tail lobs, next to the boat blows, giving the folks the good sent of whale breath, sounding right next to the boat for good photos of flukes, blowing, pectoral waving. This went on for about 45 minuets before they wandered off to be with the rest the group way off. As close as it was, it was tough for Kat to get the good PID shots she was after. Lots of nice home photo ops but PID shots were chancy at best. But she hung in there and got a few. Condor let us know they had a blue, so we headed there slowly to lessen the bump factor and the rough time some folks were having of it. As we approached Condor moved off toward Painted Cave, and in a bit we sited the Blue. This one was off a bit but no too far, still in good viewing range and getting the real sense of size and grace these animals are. On the other side of the board we had a real feeding frenzy of Common Dolphin, Sea Lions, Gulls and Sooty Shearwaters. This one spot was just churning with wildlife easily 1000 Dolphin in the fray. Off to Painted Cave, but with the high tide and large swells we just nosed into it a bit. Yet the lighting was good so the folks got a good sense of what the cave might be about. Further tour of the north side of Santa Cruz to Prisoners to pick up a good group of hikers, then we were on our way home much smoother as we were with the seas and surfed our way home. Still a good day, Captain Jimmy and crew did a fin job of it, Kat Wasden on PID Ken Tatro From ciharbor1 at roadrunner.com Mon Jun 21 17:47:33 2010 From: ciharbor1 at roadrunner.com (Carol Shoemaker) Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2010 17:47:33 -0700 Subject: [CINC] July 14th open PID Message-ID: <5E84ADB00F8E4B1BB8BE997FD1FF48AB@OwnerPC> A conflict in my schedule leaves the PID spot on Island Packers for July 14th open. First come first serve. Carol -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From landerson at islandpackers.com Tue Jun 22 15:06:57 2010 From: landerson at islandpackers.com (Lisa Anderson) Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2010 15:06:57 -0700 Subject: [CINC] IPCO Island Adventurer, 20 jun In-Reply-To: <8D3EB4A8-814F-409E-8192-103D00CD82C7@cox.net> References: <8D3EB4A8-814F-409E-8192-103D00CD82C7@cox.net> Message-ID: <002a01cb1257$3b585310$b208f930$@com> Hey Ken and Kat and the rest of the CINMS gang--I heard about the bumpy day on Sunday--after 2 years at an intership with IPCO, my son, Jackson was working as a crew member that day--yipee!! He now gets paid real money instead of working for Pop-tarts and Gatorade--make sure you say HI to Jackson this summer as he follows the way of his Mamma, Pappa, and big brother, Nick working at sea! In case you haven't met him--he is the big goofy kid with the HUGE smile working hard (or so they tell me!) Cheers, Lisa -----Original Message----- From: channel_islands_naturalist_corps-bounces at rain.org [mailto:channel_islands_naturalist_corps-bounces at rain.org] On Behalf Of Kenneth A. Tatro Sent: Monday, June 21, 2010 10:23 AM To: Channel Islands Naturalist Corp, Rain List Subject: [CINC] IPCO Island Adventurer, 20 jun Hi folks, 6 Humpbacks 1 Blue 1000 Common Dolphins 100 + Sooty Shearwaters A few Pink Footed, Black Guillemots at the entrance to Painted Cave. Although a good bit bumpier than is fun, we did see some fun things. The first Group of four Humpbacks with a few more in the distance, gave us quite a show of milling around the boat. Rolling on their sides, tail lobs, next to the boat blows, giving the folks the good sent of whale breath, sounding right next to the boat for good photos of flukes, blowing, pectoral waving. This went on for about 45 minuets before they wandered off to be with the rest the group way off. As close as it was, it was tough for Kat to get the good PID shots she was after. Lots of nice home photo ops but PID shots were chancy at best. But she hung in there and got a few. Condor let us know they had a blue, so we headed there slowly to lessen the bump factor and the rough time some folks were having of it. As we approached Condor moved off toward Painted Cave, and in a bit we sited the Blue. This one was off a bit but no too far, still in good viewing range and getting the real sense of size and grace these animals are. On the other side of the board we had a real feeding frenzy of Common Dolphin, Sea Lions, Gulls and Sooty Shearwaters. This one spot was just churning with wildlife easily 1000 Dolphin in the fray. Off to Painted Cave, but with the high tide and large swells we just nosed into it a bit. Yet the lighting was good so the folks got a good sense of what the cave might be about. Further tour of the north side of Santa Cruz to Prisoners to pick up a good group of hikers, then we were on our way home much smoother as we were with the seas and surfed our way home. Still a good day, Captain Jimmy and crew did a fin job of it, Kat Wasden on PID Ken Tatro _______________________________________________ Channel_islands_naturalist_corps mailing list Channel_islands_naturalist_corps at rain.org http://www.rain.org/mailman/listinfo/channel_islands_naturalist_corps From jkuizenga at linkline.com Tue Jun 22 22:40:34 2010 From: jkuizenga at linkline.com (John Kuizenga) Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2010 22:40:34 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Numbers for, CX, 6/22 Message-ID: Hi Folks, Here are the numbers for Tues. 6/22 aboard the CX: * 23+ Humpbacks * 25 Common Dolphins, Dc (including 1 Dd) * 20 Common Dolphins, Dc I?m so use to having my face planted in the back of a camera (PID) it was really a welcome treat to work today as a Naturalist, doing a pre-trip briefing and chatting with many of the sixty one passengers, including my CINC colleagues Tara Brown and Gary Delanoeye on PID! What a concept, viewing whales with binocular vision! It was also nice to experience a day with limited wind and small wind waves, superimposed over a small swell, unlike many of the rock and roll trips I and many of you, have experienced this this past winter and spring! Most of the Mn?s we observed were concentrated in a relatively small area about 4-5 miles north of the West End of Santa Cruz off West End Point, near the 50 fathom curve. At one point I did a complete pirouette on the fly bridge, twinkle toes that I am, and saw whales in every quadrant! However, once West of that position, no more than 2-3 miles (in quest of Blue?s), the number of Humpback?s dwindled rapidly. So, it was back to Painted Cave and the island portion of the trip. As we departed ?The Cave? our bearing was slightly NNE for a few mile until we once again intersected the 300? contour and found ourselves back in Humpback Heaven, however at this juncture most the individuals were to our West. During the day we were treated to a variety of behaviors from the Humpback?s including: lying upside down, rolling on their sides, pec waving and slapping, traveling slowly, milling, and snorkeling at various times. Oh yes, they fluked, but probably not as frequently, or an the angles Gary would have liked, to get good angles for his PID images. Some breached relatively close to the CX and others off in the distances, almost as if they were having a contest, to see who could create the most commotion. At one point two behemoths, were about a mile apart, breaching almost simultaneously and whose to say they weren?t sending a message to each others or others in the grouping about their prowess. Krill was in evidence, although most at depth. According to Captain Matt the krill was in the 300? range (we were in deeper water at this point) and showed up on the sonar as a light green ?belt? which when the density increases (which it didn?t today) the color turns to orange. At another time during the day, the Humps were directly beneath the boat, and were configured on the sonar screen like an upside down Nike insignia. Saw many of the usually birds around SC including: B. Pelican, Pigeon Guillemots, Double Crested Cormorants, W. Gulls, Red Neck Phalaropes and a mom and dad Xantus?s Murrlet, who would not leave their, to young to fly, chick (?), so many were afforded good looks. Great day on water, in part because my colleagues did all the paper work and all I had to do was talk to folks and observe the wildlife, which I never tire of seeing. John -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ginnyafischer at me.com Wed Jun 23 07:37:43 2010 From: ginnyafischer at me.com (Ginny Fischer) Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2010 07:37:43 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Need Condor Sub 6/24 Message-ID: <757E4C0C-6796-4D6B-A1E0-575F64C8435D@me.com> Sorry for such a short notice. Is anyone interested in taking my trip on the Condor tomorrow, 6/24? Ginny From ginnyafischer at me.com Wed Jun 23 08:55:59 2010 From: ginnyafischer at me.com (Ginny Fischer) Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2010 08:55:59 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Condor Sub Found Message-ID: <061DCB9F-6F74-4A94-A3C5-84FA0ED8CBA8@me.com> Valerie Olson has graciously taken my Condor trip for tomorrow, 6/24. Ginny From cfrench1366 at aol.com Wed Jun 23 09:16:40 2010 From: cfrench1366 at aol.com (Catherine) Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2010 09:16:40 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Numbers for, CX, 6/22 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <2B406D76-63CA-4C50-9EB2-F50CA1AE9F7A@aol.com> The whales are here I mean there Saw resident Orcas from the ferry crossing to Victoria, Vancouver Island, BC There were five near us with lots of serious eating going on, cool to have a sighting from Lat 48! Sincerely, Catherine French Sent from my iPhone On Jun 22, 2010, at 10:40 PM, John Kuizenga wrote: > Hi Folks, > > Here are the numbers for Tues. 6/22 aboard the CX: > > * 23+ Humpbacks > * 25 Common Dolphins, Dc (including 1 Dd) > * 20 Common Dolphins, Dc > > I?m so use to having my face planted in the back of a camera (PID) i > t was really a welcome treat to work today as a Naturalist, doing a > pre-trip briefing and chatting with many of the sixty one passengers > , including my CINC colleagues Tara Brown and Gary Delanoeye on PID! > What a concept, viewing whales with binocular vision! > > It was also nice to experience a day with limited wind and small > wind waves, superimposed over a small swell, unlike many of the rock > and roll trips I and many of you, have experienced this this past > winter and spring! > > Most of the Mn?s we observed were concentrated in a relatively small > area about 4-5 miles north of the West End of Santa Cruz off West E > nd Point, near the 50 fathom curve. At one point I did a complete pi > rouette on the fly bridge, twinkle toes that I am, and saw whales in > every quadrant! However, once West of that position, no more than > 2-3 miles (in quest of Blue?s), the number of Humpback?s > dwindled rapidly. So, it was back to Painted Cave and the island po > rtion of the trip. As we departed ?The Cave? our bearing was > slightly NNE for a few mile until we once again intersected the 300? > contour and found ourselves back in Humpback Heaven, however at thi > s juncture most the individuals were to our West. > During the day we were treated to a variety of behaviors from the > Humpback?s including: lying upside down, rolling on their sides, pec > waving and slapping, traveling slowly, milling, and snorkeling at v > arious times. Oh yes, they fluked, but probably not as frequently, > or an the angles Gary would have liked, to get good angles for his P > ID images. Some breached relatively close to the CX and others off > in the distances, almost as if they were having a contest, to see wh > o could create the most commotion. At one point two behemoths, were > about a mile apart, breaching almost simultaneously and whose to sa > y they weren?t sending a message to each others or others in the gro > uping about their prowess. Krill was in evidence, although most at > depth. According to Captain Matt the krill was in the 300? range > (we were in deeper water at this point) and showed up on the sonar a > s a light green ?belt? which when the density increases (which it > didn?t today) the color turns to orange. At another time during the > day, the Humps were directly beneath the boat, and were configured o > n the sonar screen like an upside down Nike insignia. > > Saw many of the usually birds around SC including: B. Pelican, > Pigeon Guillemots, Double Crested Cormorants, W. Gulls, Red Neck > Phalaropes and a mom and dad Xantus?s Murrlet, who would not leave t > heir, to young to fly, chick (?), so many were afforded good looks. > > Great day on water, in part because my colleagues did all the paper > work and all I had to do was talk to folks and observe the wildlife, > which I never tire of seeing. John > > _______________________________________________ > 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 Mary_C_Fritzsche at nps.gov Wed Jun 23 15:28:09 2010 From: Mary_C_Fritzsche at nps.gov (Mary_C_Fritzsche at nps.gov) Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2010 15:28:09 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Campground Host Needed at Lassen Volcanic NP Message-ID: Greetings! Lassen Volcanic National Park is looking for an outstanding campground host who would like to volunteer this summer at Butte Lake Campground. If you're interested or know someone who might be, please contact Nancy Bailey, their Volunteer Program Coordinator immediately at 530-595-4444 x5133. The campground host site has sewer and water hookups. Nancy has an unexpected vacancy and is looking for a qualified candidate for this summer. All the best, Clare Clare Fritzsche Volunteer Coordinator Assistant Channel Islands National Park 1901 Spinnaker Drive Ventura, CA 93001 (805) 658-5733 FAX: (805) 658-5799 Mary_C_Fritzsche at nps.gov From landerson at islandpackers.com Wed Jun 23 20:55:40 2010 From: landerson at islandpackers.com (Lisa Anderson) Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2010 20:55:40 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Campground Host Needed at Lassen Volcanic NP In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <000801cb1351$1d61d2a0$582577e0$@com> That is the most amazing park--our time share was south of there in the Sierras--if anyone has the chance--jump on it--such an incredible place! I heard Yvonne Morales was just there visiting! Lisa -----Original Message----- From: channel_islands_naturalist_corps-bounces at rain.org [mailto:channel_islands_naturalist_corps-bounces at rain.org] On Behalf Of Mary_C_Fritzsche at nps.gov Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2010 3:28 PM To: channel_islands_naturalist_corps at rain.org Subject: [CINC] Campground Host Needed at Lassen Volcanic NP Greetings! Lassen Volcanic National Park is looking for an outstanding campground host who would like to volunteer this summer at Butte Lake Campground. If you're interested or know someone who might be, please contact Nancy Bailey, their Volunteer Program Coordinator immediately at 530-595-4444 x5133. The campground host site has sewer and water hookups. Nancy has an unexpected vacancy and is looking for a qualified candidate for this summer. All the best, Clare Clare Fritzsche Volunteer Coordinator Assistant 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 eradding at sbcglobal.net Wed Jun 23 20:59:22 2010 From: eradding at sbcglobal.net (EUGENE RADDING) Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2010 20:59:22 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [CINC] CX Wed. 06/23/10 Message-ID: <994821.26861.qm@web180310.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> 10 Mn(and many spouts?all around in the distance including several breaches); l Bm (huge!); 80 Risso's (impressive); 200+300 Dd (the usual); Beaufort 2; 40 passengers; great CX crew; wonderful naturalists; plus?Bob Perry; Michael Smith, etc, etc. The beat goes on... 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Thanks, Trent Barnhart http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FiiJd1-lzE _________________________________________________________________ The New Busy think 9 to 5 is a cute idea. Combine multiple calendars with Hotmail. http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?tile=multicalendar&ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_5 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mr.zalophus at gmail.com Thu Jun 24 17:50:48 2010 From: mr.zalophus at gmail.com (Mr Zalophus) Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2010 17:50:48 -0700 Subject: [CINC] CX Wed. 06/23/10 In-Reply-To: <994821.26861.qm@web180310.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> References: <994821.26861.qm@web180310.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> Message-ID: The photos of the species Eugene wrote about are now available for viewing on the boat photo site: http://www.condorexpressphotos.com/Other/2010-06-23-SB-Channel/12678926_7Xn8Q#912089719_jjbV8 thanks, Eugene! Bob Perry On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 8:59 PM, EUGENE RADDING wrote: > 10 Mn(and many spouts all around in the distance including several > breaches); l Bm (huge!); 80 Risso's (impressive); 200+300 Dd (the usual); > Beaufort 2; 40 passengers; great CX crew; wonderful naturalists; plus Bob > Perry; Michael Smith, etc, etc. > > The beat goes on... > > > EUGENE RADDING > > _______________________________________________ > Channel_islands_naturalist_corps mailing list > Channel_islands_naturalist_corps at rain.org > http://www.rain.org/mailman/listinfo/channel_islands_naturalist_corps > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From trent_barnhart at hotmail.com Thu Jun 24 17:50:33 2010 From: trent_barnhart at hotmail.com (Trent Barnhart) Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2010 17:50:33 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Link Correction Message-ID: Thanks for the heads up from several people that my link was not working for the CI fox/eagle nest video. Not sure why it was not working, something with my work email here is the link again if someone has not already posted it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FiiJd1-lzE Thanks, Trent Barnhart PS: I heard from Julie King on Catalina that they have seen foxes visit empty eagle nests as well so this might not be that unusual. _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail is redefining busy with tools for the New Busy. Get more from your inbox. http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_2 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From sally.eagle at cox.net Thu Jun 24 18:56:58 2010 From: sally.eagle at cox.net (Sally Eagle) Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2010 18:56:58 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Sunday June 27th PID on the CX ??? Message-ID: Can anyone cover my shift photographing all those active humps and blues on Sunday? My back is talking to me.....and I don't like what it's saying. 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Shirley -----Original Message----- From: Mr Zalophus To: channel_islands_ naturalist_corps Sent: Thu, Jun 24, 2010 5:50 pm Subject: Re: [CINC] CX Wed. 06/23/10 The photos of the species Eugene wrote about are now available for viewing on the boat photo site: http://www.condorexpressphotos.com/Other/2010-06-23-SB-Channel/12678926_7Xn8Q#912089719_jjbV8 thanks, Eugene! Bob Perry On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 8:59 PM, EUGENE RADDING wrote: 10 Mn(and many spouts all around in the distance including several breaches); l Bm (huge!); 80 Risso's (impressive); 200+300 Dd (the usual); Beaufort 2; 40 passengers; great CX crew; wonderful naturalists; plus Bob Perry; Michael Smith, etc, etc. The beat goes on... EUGENE RADDING _______________________________________________ Channel_islands_naturalist_corps mailing list Channel_islands_naturalist_corps at rain.org http://www.rain.org/mailman/listinfo/channel_islands_naturalist_corps _______________________________________________ Channel_islands_naturalist_corps mailing list Channel_islands_naturalist_corps at rain.org http://www.rain.org/mailman/listinfo/channel_islands_naturalist_corps -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From klez18 at sbcglobal.net Fri Jun 25 05:52:48 2010 From: klez18 at sbcglobal.net (Marty Flam) Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2010 05:52:48 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [CINC] Advocacy - E. Anacapa Island closure, stairway, crane Message-ID: <510022.84332.qm@web180112.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> Dear CINC friends and others on the rainlist, We as individuals are encouraged to contact our elected officials and share our thoughts on current events and government policy. Links to e-mail, postal addresses, and phone numbers: http://www.usa.gov/Contact/Elected.shtml Yesterday I met with our park Superintendent. He reminded me that my advocacy with Congress etc. to reopen Anacapa is appropriate only if done as a private citizen or volunteer and NOT as a member of the Channel Islands Naturalist Corps.? He noted that although he considers his closure an emergency,? he fears other NPS budgets would be adversely affected if Anacapa is opened after Congressional intervention. I assume we should NOT use the rainlist to advocate. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions. Happy trails, beautiful sunsets and always the best to you, Marty From miramarragamuffin at yahoo.com Fri Jun 25 07:07:37 2010 From: miramarragamuffin at yahoo.com (Deborah Lee Clark) Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2010 07:07:37 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [CINC] CX Thursday 6/24 Message-ID: <656096.63127.qm@web63406.mail.re1.yahoo.com> 10+ Pacific White Sided dolphins 2 Humpbacks 5 Pacific White Sided 4 Humpbacks 1 Blue 6 Humpbacks 1 Sea lion Smooth sailing the entire trip with a beaufort of 1 and 2 foot swells max. The humpbacks milled, fluked, surface fed and lunge fed. One came straight up out of the water with it's mouth wide open close enough to astound. The dolphins vied eagerly for our attention nearby. The blue intermingled with the humpies clearly showing it's relative size and coloration. At one point one could not count the number of Mn that surrounded us-spouts everywhere! A female yearling sea lion joined us on the outgoing trip having been rehabilitated under the wing of the Channel Islands Marine & Wildlife Institute (CIMWI). 46 happy passengers, CIMWI founders, staff and volunteers, CX Capt Dave, Dennis, Brooke, Bob Perry along with fellow CINC Valerie Olson and Lisa Angle (PID) It doesn't get much better than this! Deb Clark -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The dolphins vied eagerly for our attention nearby. The blue > intermingled with the humpies clearly showing it's relative size and > coloration. At one point one could not count the number of Mn that > surrounded us-spouts *everywhere! * > * * > **A female yearling sea lion joined us on the outgoing trip having been > rehabilitated under the wing of the *Channel* *Islands* *Marine* & * > Wildlife* Institute (CIMWI). > > 46 happy passengers, CIMWI founders, staff and volunteers, CX Capt Dave, > Dennis, Brooke, Bob Perry along with fellow CINC Valerie Olson and Lisa > Angle (PID) > > It doesn't get much better than this! > Deb Clark > > _______________________________________________ > Channel_islands_naturalist_corps mailing list > Channel_islands_naturalist_corps at rain.org > http://www.rain.org/mailman/listinfo/channel_islands_naturalist_corps > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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References: Message-ID: <8159C1D8-5BB9-4B86-8924-9D09347E7FDB@cox.net> Begin forwarded message: > From: "American Cetacean Society" > > Date: June 25, 2010 10:15:22 AM PDT > To: diver23 at cox.net > Subject: IWC Alert - Moratorium Not Suspended! > Reply-To: "American Cetacean Society" > > > Dear ACS members and friends, > > I am very happy to report that International Whaling Commission > (IWC) Vice Chair Anthony Liverpool has officially announced that the > existing compromise package proposing a ten year suspension of the > moratorium on whale hunting has failed to reach consensus among > member nations to be adopted. > > The American Cetacean Society and other conservation advocacy groups > have been present at the meeting in great numbers and have worked > diligently with national and international delegates, the media, and > civil society colleagues to promote the conservation and protection > of whales worldwide. > > I am very grateful to you for your support in sending me to this > annual meeting to advocate for whales on your behalf, and for > expressing your vocal and visible opposition to the Obama > Administration?s support of the package. I can assure you that the A > dministration has heard you ? loud and clear, and has taken this fee > dback into account during its negotiations. Every e-mail and letter > sent - every phone call made - every demonstration attended ? every > moment you?ve spent educating others ? has paid off. > > Today, we celebrate a victory for whale conservation while > recognizing that much work remains to be done. ACS recognizes the > noble intentions of the IWC Small Working Group (SWG) to reform the > IWC, yet there is an absence of political will to bridge gaps and > compromise. While this process has been in progress, attention to > the IWC has increased significantly. Clearly, the world is watching. > Future efforts should be increasingly focused on emerging > conservation issues facing whales and their habitats, including ship > strikes, climate change, ocean noise, bycatch and entanglement, and > pollution. Additionally, the protection and conservation of small > cetaceans should become an increasingly significant component of the > IWC agenda. > > One thing we can agree upon is that the preservation of the IWC is > essential for the protection and conservation of the whales. Through > continued vigilance and scrutiny, gaps in cetacean conservation, > governance, and procedural transparency can be addressed and > rectified. ACS will continue to work hard at getting information out > to you and representing the voices of our concerned members and > friends. Our ability to make a difference becomes stronger with the > support and caring of each individual! Thank you for your support! > > You can see my daily posts from the IWC meetings on my blog at http://iwcblogger.wordpress.com > . > > > > Sincerely, > > Cheryl McCormick, ACS Executive Director > > ACS Members - Please remember to complete your member surveys by > June 30! Send the paper form included with your last newsletter, or > complete it online: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/americancetaceansociety > > > > Click to view this email in a browser > > If you no longer wish to receive these emails, please reply to this > message with "Unsubscribe" in the subject line or simply click on > the following link: Unsubscribe > American Cetacean Society > P.O. Box 1391 > San Pedro, CA 90733 > Read the VerticalResponse marketing policy. > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From deb4nb at aol.com Fri Jun 25 12:58:13 2010 From: deb4nb at aol.com (deb4nb at aol.com) Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2010 15:58:13 -0400 Subject: [CINC] Found item in CX interp kit Message-ID: <8CCE2B7E0DDD77E-18D8-B39@webmail-d020.sysops.aol.com> Hi All, I found a small datebook in the CX kit. Let me know if it is yours. Thanks, Debra -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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I did not mean to imply we could as VIPs but not as CINCs.? We as individuals are encouraged to contact our elected officials and share our thoughts on current events and government policy.? Links to e-mail, postal addresses, and phone numbers: http://www.usa.gov/Contact/Elected.shtml Marty From camccleskey at yahoo.com Fri Jun 25 21:05:56 2010 From: camccleskey at yahoo.com (Carolyn McCleskey) Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2010 21:05:56 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [CINC] Sally's sunday trip Message-ID: <619333.13607.qm@web33404.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Sally is not only having a problem with her back but her internet isn't working right, either.? Fortunately, telephone service is okay, and I am taking her Sunday PID? job on the Condor.? Carolyn -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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On Saturday, spring tide flows set up some nice oceanic fronts which compressed the surface oil, kelp debris and numerous Egg Yolk Jellies. Common Dolphins and California Sea Lions were feeding on the abundant schools of Pacific Sardines. Whale Watch We closely observed 10 Humpback Whales (Mn's), with dozens more all around in the distance. Some small pods of Pacific White-sided Dolphins (Lo's) visited the boat. Both Zc's and Pv's were seen hauled out along the northwest shores of Santa Cruz. The wind started out in the 10-15 kt range, but dropped to nearly zero while we were in the midst of the Mn's. It kicked back up as we left the Island and headed back to SB. The jellies were the highlight of the trip for me, photographically speaking. best fishes, Bob Perry Condor Express -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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