[CINC] Condor Express - June 19, 2011

[Carolyn McCleskey]

Good question, since I often share sighting reports with friends but am
careful to delete the source, and any email addresses, including CINC,
before sending.   Carolyn

--- On Mon, 6/20/11, paul jr petrich <ppetrich39 at me.com> wrote:

From: paul jr petrich <ppetrich39 at me.com>
Subject: Re: [CINC] Condor Express - June 19, 2011
To: "Kevin Bailey" <diver23 at cox.net>
Cc: "RAIN LIST" <channel_islands_naturalist_corps at rain.org>
Date: Monday, June 20, 2011, 7:52 AM

Great report on a Great Day in our Channel, Kevin!! Is it OK with you to share this amazing outing with other non-CINCfolks who are potential whale watchers, who have never quite ventured out on a on a yet? I find my outstanding days shared with others are very much appreciated, and occasionally gather new folks to appreciate our wondrous local ocean. Maybe we can all add a last line: "Sharing OK?"    Paul
On Jun 19, 2011, at 9:45 PM, Kevin Bailey wrote:
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 BaileyToni BaileyMary Bucholtz  With Capt. Dave, Mat and DJ _______________________________________________
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