[CINC] CX 4/15/11

[John Kuizenga]

Greetings Naturalists,

Tally for today¹s (4/15) ww trips (9 am & 12 pm) aboard the CX is as
follows:

Marine Mammals:

    Humpbacks, 1 (9 am), 4 (12 pm)
    Coastal Bottlenose Dolphin 2  (12 pm)
    Common Dolphin 500 (total, 9am & 12 pm)

Pelagic Birds:

    Common Murre (9 am & 12 pm)
    Common or Pacific Loons (9 am)
    Red Neck Phalaropes (9 am & 12 pm)
    Jaeger (1) Pointed out by Capt. Mat (12 pm)


Trip Highlights:

    Elementary school groups from Carpinteria and the Palos Verdes Peninsula
(90 students, teachers and
    parents 9 am - 50 students, parents and teachers 12 pm)  Approximately
20 additional passengers on both the 9 am and 12 pm trips

    Noon trip featured a group of four Humpback¹s performing their acrobatic
antics for 30 minutes within yards of the CX, to the delight of all.
    Behaviors included: lazy fluking, fluking, rolling on their sides, pec
slaps, tail throw and snorkeling.

    Beautiful clear day with some wind (15-18 kts) and swell, which resulted
in number of passengers feeling a little woozy!

John Kuizenga (reporting), Sally Eagle and Carolyn McKleskey on PID; also,
CINC Trainees Tina Armbruster-Stephens and Ken McDonald  Shadowing
    
     
    

    
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