[CINC] orca vocalization stuff

[Morgan Coffey]

Listening  For Orcas, http://listen.orcasound.net/, is a new website designed  to educate students and adults about orca vocalizations and communication.  Collaboration between NOAA, the Port TownsendMarine Science Center, Killer Whale Tales, the Salish Sea Hydrophone  Network and the Whale Museum resulted in the development of this  free online education and citizen science reporting tool.Listening  for Orcas is a site  where users can learn about the vocal and behavioral cultures of orcas, which  are distinct among each community. Visitors can listen to recorded vocalizations  of the three Southern resident pods, known as J, K and L pods, who travel  throughout the Salish Sea, and learn to identify many of their  common calls. This linguistic resource teaches the connection between Orca vocal  expressions and how they affect their cultural traditions such as diet, mating  patterns and lifetime group cohesion.Live streams of the Salish Sea Hydrophone network nodes are featured and  users are encouraged to test their listening skills and newly learned orca  calls. A simple reporting form allows listeners to share detections of the orca  vocalizations as they pass through the Salish Sea, adding valuable citizen science data  to the study of orcas and their habitat.  Funding for the Listening for  Orcas website was generously provided by NOAA Fisheries Service Internal  Education Funding. For more information on the project contact Chrissy McLean at cmclean at ptmsc.org or Jeff Hogan at jeff at killerwhaletales.org.  		 	   		  
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