[CINC] IPCO 5/7/12 - first Summer trip

[Linda Hitt]

at least 11 Humpbacks with more spouts in the distance.  One did several 
breaches, lots of flukes.
20 Bottlenose Dolphin right at the harbor entrance
200 Common Dolphin
3 Dall's Porpoises (not seen by me)
2 balloon retrievals
Dingy ride all the way to the back wall of Painted Cave

After heavy AM fog burned off we had a beautiful day on the water.  This was a 
last minute scheduled trip with very few passengers, so everyone had a lot of 
attention.  The small numbers also allowed the very special dingy ride into the 
cave piloted by Joel - a first for me.

Another unusual event was finding a large gathering of gulls which were taking 
turns feeding upon a huge chunk of blubber, a probable sign of recent Orca 
activity & hopefully not ship or propeller damage.  Great crew of Alex, Laurie, 
& Joel.
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