[CINC] Condor Sat March 12, 2011 9am and 12 pm

[Kevin Bailey]

AM trip

1 Gray right after leaving harbor which still has some swirling, churning,
and surging from the quake; followed it to Hendry's Beach 

then saw 500 common's spread out over long distance

 

Noon trip

1 Gray whale that was playing hide and seek so we ran off and hide too 

then went off shore and found 3 Gray's travelling together

got a handful of good Gray PID shots after John's great lecture last week -
2 with very distinctive marks  - 1 looked like a big bite out of the top and
the other was a large area with a wound of some sort

maybe these 3 were travelling together cause they had been attacked
previously and were sticking together for safety

check out Bob's pics in a couple days to see these markings!

it will be interesting to see if we see these whales next year - it would be
kind of like the Humpback "Rope" that we have seen over time

these would be hard whales to miss with these kinds of wounds - this could
be the "Chewy Gray" instead of the "Chewy Humpback"

500 commons that had now come together in a tight group (with LOTS of little
babies) and lots of cormorants and pelicans in a giant feeding bonanza

 

We heard of Anthony's 2 humpbacks while we were with the 3 Gray's

 

Let the summer of Humpbacks begin!

 

3pm cancelled

 

Kevin/Toni/Brian

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