[CINC] Condor Express - June 19, 2011

[Kevin Bailey]

The numbers for today do not do justice to the day so I suggest reading on.

 

The official count turned in for the day is 14 Humpbacks and 8 Blues and 1
Blue Shark.

 

I have had many great days of whale watching and a handful of jaw dropping
days. This was one of those amazing jaw dropping days. After having read
recent CINC reports it seemed like we would be assured a good day of whale
watching. We headed straight out to the west end of SCI and didn't see
anything until we got to the target zone. But when we got there, we were
about a mile this side of the tip of the west end of SCI. There were Blues
and Humpbacks EVERYWHERE!! I was on PID duty today and it was a challenge
keeping up with what was where, when and what to shoot. Look left and there
is a Blue fluking, look right and a Humpback is fluking. I even got a photo
of a double fluke - cow/calf pair diving at the same time. That was pretty
cool. You can't be in 2 places at the same time but I did manage to ID 13
different whales. Wes Fritz (a local bird guru) was on board too but no
unusual birds were seen this trip. Everyone was in ahhh at the number of
whales spouts seen in one spot. Looking straight ahead, left, right, behind,
there could be 5-6-7 spouts in each direction at the same time.

 

We made sure to tell the 70 lucky people from AZ, AR, NY, MI, TX, MN,
England and others closer from LA, SD and SB county areas that they saw one
of the most amazing days in whale watching. Needless to say everyone was
thrilled!

Kevin Bailey

Toni Bailey

Mary Bucholtz

 

With Capt. Dave, Mat and DJ

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