From massina at sbcglobal.net Mon Jul 1 15:49:38 2013 From: massina at sbcglobal.net (A ROSE MESSINA) Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2013 15:49:38 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [CINC] IPCO Whale Watch June 30, 2013 Message-ID: <1372718978.39138.YahooMailNeo@web181303.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> Sightings: 1000 Common Dolphins 3 Risso's Dolphins 4 Humpbacks including one mother/calf pair and our old friend Rope We left the harbor and headed west in our search with increasing seas and winds, with many sick passengers. ?We traveled past the east end of Santa Rosa before turning back. ? As we hugged the shore of Santa Cruz Captain Dave gave a wonderful narrative, then tucked in at Painted Cave. Passengers were amazed at the cave and especially with Captain Dave's piloting skills. ?We encountered the Risso's in this area.? From there we headed northeasterly in search of whales, and did we find them! ?The birds were feeding and diving--gulls, shearwaters, pelicans; the dolphins and sea lions were in the mix; and we had two adult males and the cow-calf pair to observe. ?We saw many tail lobs, shows of flukes and a breach! ?We were in the area for an hour before we had to turn toward shore. ? Extremely happy and satisfied passengers were from Tahiti, England, Florida, Kansas, Washington, Illinois and Southern California.? Thanks to Captain Dave, Lisa and Matt for a great day.? Rose Messina, Debbie Shelley Naturalists -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mbucholtz at me.com Mon Jul 1 16:49:54 2013 From: mbucholtz at me.com (Mary Bucholtz) Date: Mon, 01 Jul 2013 16:49:54 -0700 Subject: [CINC] CX June 30, 2013 Message-ID: <44111A6E-4A3E-4B7C-AE0E-93D4361EB478@me.com> 500+ common dolphins 5 humpbacks We started out heading west where humpbacks had recently been seen, but we eventually turned east due to rough seas, and it's a good thing we did: in addition to calmer waters, we encountered a very friendly group of three humpbacks that treated us to extremely up-close-and-personal looks, including spy hopping, tail lobbing, and some of the closest approaches (and in tight formation!) that I've ever seen. They personally escorted us to a feeding frenzy a mile away, where they joined a megapod of common dolphins and a couple of other humpbacks. The trio came back to spend more time with us before we had to head back to the harbor. A spectacular day! Featuring Captains Mat and Dave, naturalists Bruce Matthews and Don Gillies (PID), and an enthusiastic (if sometimes queasy) international group from England, Scotland, Germany, and elsewhere, plus assorted Southern Californians happy to beat the heat. Mary *********************** Mary Bucholtz mbucholtz at me.com *********************** From Sally.Eagle at cox.net Mon Jul 1 18:04:42 2013 From: Sally.Eagle at cox.net (Sally Eagle) Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2013 18:04:42 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Condor Express July 1, 2013 Message-ID: 2 Humpbacks 50 Risso?s 4501 common dolphins (total of a number of groups)(one of the passengers counted) 2 MolaMolas Ah, but it?s not all about numbers.........one of the humpbacks we watched up close and personal was ?kelping? his or her body. Picture this: 2 napping sea lion on a cozy kelp pad when up swims a rather large humpback and rudely decided that the kelp is up for grabs. It was a delightful happening for both the whale and the passengers on the CX. That kelp was wound around each pec any number of times; twined around the belly; twisted around the head and fluke. Anywhere there might possibly be a need for a kelp ?treatment?, it got it! Words really can not tell the story. Be sure to check out Bob Perry?s photos. I am afraid even the PID person went a bit crazy, in spite of getting two magnificent fluke shots fairly early on during the show. It went on and on. BTW this was off the west end of SCI. The mega-pods, plural, were spaced out over the trip closer. The friendly GGs were right off Painted Cave. The fairly large Mola Molas were just out there basking in the sun. Great day on the water, away from the heat, though it was plenty warm cruising down the face of Santa Cruz. We were joined by 20 Cuesta College marine bio students and their prof and visitors from Wyoming, Georgia, Texas, California, Nepal, Germany and Scotland. Several students and others decided that even 3 foot swells were too much. Yes, bags were passed out. 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Feeding among 1000 dolphin.Then by oil platform Hondo we had quite a show of 14-20 Humpbacks busily feeding, with eight great tail slaps by one of the Humpbacks. Dolphin feeding, jumping, then quickly changing direction behind the bait fish, over 2000 dolphin seen over an hour's time.Excited, happy passengers from Norway, England, Holland, France, Germany and Austria, as well as Illinois, Arizona, Conn., Mass., WA and CA.On return we stopped at oil rig and the natural gas seepage, very interesting for all. John Kuizenga on PID and Diane Rennell, naturalist.Bev Borneman -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From massina at sbcglobal.net Wed Jul 3 13:16:21 2013 From: massina at sbcglobal.net (A ROSE MESSINA) Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2013 13:16:21 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [CINC] IPCO Whale Watch 7/2/2013 Message-ID: <1372882581.2523.YahooMailNeo@web181306.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> Sightings: 2200 Common Dolphins? 37 Risso's Dolphins 2 Humpbacks 8 Blues We left the harbor on calm seas under heavy fog. ? Our first sighting was a group of about 100 common dolphins traveling slowly, followed by two other groups of 300 and 500, and a third group of 200, all before noon. Then we encountered our first group of 6 Risso's, followed shortly by the Humpbacks. ? Next we stopped for an up close and personal encounter with a shark, possibly a great white. ?We continued toward the islands in search of more ?whales. ?Off Santa ?Rosa we spotted the elusive blues. Many were in the distance, and the closer whales were too busy feeding to spend much time on the surface. ? We headed to Santa Cruz for an amazing trip into Painted Cave. ?The calm waters and expertise of the Captain made for a very deep venture into the cave much to the pleasure and excitement of the passengers. ? We also saw many more Risso's. We turned toward shore and found more blues, a couple of which provided some great close-up surface shots for all the cameras on board. What a day! ?Excited passengers were from Britain, Chicago, New York, San Jose, and other Southern California localities.? Rose Messina, Pam Yerger, two happy naturalists? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From nkvanslyke at verizon.net Wed Jul 3 13:54:05 2013 From: nkvanslyke at verizon.net (Noel & Kathleen Van Slyke) Date: Wed, 03 Jul 2013 13:54:05 -0700 Subject: [CINC] whale watch opening July 13 IPCO Message-ID: <51D48F6D.7010705@verizon.net> I have taken my name off the IPCO Whale Watching for July 13th. Should be a great trip for whomever signs up. Kathy Van Slyke From larry.driscoll at sbcglobal.net Wed Jul 3 16:12:43 2013 From: larry.driscoll at sbcglobal.net (Larry Driscoll) Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2013 16:12:43 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [CINC] Santa Rosa hike 7/12 now open Message-ID: <1372893163.96804.YahooMailNeo@web181503.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> I have had to give up my spot for the SR day hike on 7/12. ?Hope someone can take it. ? Larry Driscoll larry.driscoll at sbcglobal.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dgillies8 at cox.net Wed Jul 3 18:00:30 2013 From: dgillies8 at cox.net (Don Gillies) Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2013 18:00:30 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Condor Express July 3 Message-ID: The Condor headed out on an overcast day with flat seas directly South. At about mid-channel we came upon 2 humpbacks traveling toward several large pods of common dolphins feeding on baitfish. The humpbacks showed good flukes when they joined in the feeding. There were also 2 or 3 Minke whales who also came quite close. After enjoying the show, we headed to Santa Cruz and came upon large spouts just past the shipping lanes. They turned out to be 4 blue whales. One gave us a good fluke display quite nearby. I was able to get good photo-ID shots on at least 2. After that we went toward Painted Cave where we were able to approach easily with very little surge. The trip home was uneventful with many happy passengers. Natalie Swan and Marty Garey were Naturalists and Don Gillies PID. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ppetrich39 at me.com Thu Jul 4 16:50:47 2013 From: ppetrich39 at me.com (Paul Petrich) Date: Thu, 04 Jul 2013 23:50:47 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [CINC] Fantastic 4th on the Condor X! Message-ID: Happy 4TH of July Ocean People! It was a fantastic 4th of July on the Condor. Captain Dave took 70 passengers out on very calm seas with Eric and Sasha as crew, to everything they could ask for. 2000 COMMON DOLPHIN; 7 RISSOS; 3 HUMPBACKS; 2 BLUES; 1 BALD EAGLE! Shirely Johnson was PID and Debbie Shelley joined the on deck. We had seven separate sightings of commons, the largest being 2000 at mid channel. Our Humpbacks were sighted mainland side of the shipping lanes. The fluked, but stayed on task searching for food. There were multiple feeding frenzies where shearwaters, pelicans and cormorants joined in the fun. Captain Dave spotted two Blue Whales as we turned back for home, but still well within Sanctuary waters. Both of them fluked for us! As we started to cruise Santa Cruise Island toward Painted Cave, I spotted a Bald Eagle soaring over the shore cliffs. A great tribute to a great day, so to speak! The Rissos joined us along the cruise to Painted cave. We had great views of them and all their scratches. As we a approached Santa Barbara the sun shone through, letting us know the fireworks will be a success tonight. 14 young high school students from the Siberian city of Tomsk had an especially wounderous day, as non had ever seen whales or dolphin! They were attending the EF International school in Santa Barbara. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From hank.mitchel at gmail.com Fri Jul 5 09:54:18 2013 From: hank.mitchel at gmail.com (Hank Mitchel) Date: Fri, 5 Jul 2013 09:54:18 -0700 Subject: [CINC] CondorX July 18 Now Open Message-ID: I have had to cancel my July 18 Naturalist position on the Condor. Enjoy... Hank Mitchel -- *Hank Mitchel 180 Santo Tomas Lane Santa Barbara, CA 93108* * (818) 451-9502 (mobile) (805) 969-1341 (office)* * (805) 969-1379 (home) hank.mitchel at gmail.com* -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Message-ID: <1373068378.67519.YahooMailNeo@web181705.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> Sightings 1 Gray Whale (yes, you read that right, read on) 3 Humpbacks 2 Blue Whales Many Common dolphins 1 Mola Mola So, as we are leaving the harbor with a boat full of passengers this morning, a marine mammal was sighted just as we were saying goodbye to the sea lions at the buoy...? Thinking it was a Minke, Capt Dave stayed around to see if we could get it look.? It turned out to be a Gray Whale heading north! Very late!? Apparently the parties were really good in Mexico, and this young whale was reluctant to leave.... or ??? Dave told everyone he had never seen? a gray whale in July, and Bob Perry tells me he got lots of pictures of it.? If he hadn't I wouldn't have reported the sighting because no one would have believed me! From there we ran into many groups of dolphins, found our first 2 humpbacks, one of which we stayed with for awhile.? Almost completely dark fluke (no white on pectoral fins either) but it kept looking like it was doing a deep dive, showing us the fluke, and then popping back up right away.? After awhile we headed off in search of more adventure.? After looking for another Minke that about 10 people saw, we found another humpback, this one coming very close to the boat and "slime-ing" the passengers with lovely humpback breath... Headed to SCI and a lovely look inside painted cave.? As we headed in there were probably 10 kayaks coming out of the back of the cave, complete with headlamps.? Pretty cool. Heading back we came upon some blue whales.? They were spread out and kind of elusive, but we did follow one big whale traveling very fast and creating a lot of white water when he surfaced. By that time we were already late, so Capt Dave headed the boat back in for a late arrival.? Eric and Tasha rounded out the CX crew doing a great job as usual.? 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Tara Brown and I will give the presentation via power point on Marine Mammals of the CINMS and CINP, but the last part is where we need help at the display table and whale kit. We invite the audience up front to ask questions about whale watching trips, all marine mammals, and access to our CINP and CINMS. We hand out pamphlets, and let everyone view the whale kit display items more closely. We could have a big crowd this 4th weekend. It is a good intro to doing this type of outreach in the future. Sincerely, Paul From ppetrich39 at me.com Sat Jul 6 11:55:16 2013 From: ppetrich39 at me.com (Paul Petrich) Date: Sat, 06 Jul 2013 11:55:16 -0700 Subject: [CINC] El Capitan Outreach tonight In-Reply-To: <5A5EAAD2-FE0E-438D-A1B1-82CAA8DB5D0B@me.com> References: <5A5EAAD2-FE0E-438D-A1B1-82CAA8DB5D0B@me.com> Message-ID: <5D0B65B2-AB3A-49BD-A525-ABC37C81D3E5@me.com> Hank, You and Ken Tatro both responded about same time. Thanks. Both of you can join us. We don't want people at the end feel they have to stay in line to get questions answered. We start setting up at about 7:45. Tell the ranger at the kiosk you are helping with the camp fire presentation on marine mammals and be in uniform. They will guide you to parking very near by. Then walk to the amphitheater which is just to the left of the entrance amongst the first visible campsites. Thanks loads. See you tonight! Paul On Jul 6, 2013, at 7:16 AM, Paul Petrich wrote: > Hello Colleagues, > Bruce Matthews is in Oregon right now, and will not be available for the outreach presentation at El Capitan State Beach tonight at 8:30. If you are available to help, please let me know. El Capitan State beach is 13 miles north of Goleta. Tara Brown and I will give the presentation via power point on Marine Mammals of the CINMS and CINP, but the last part is where we need help at the display table and whale kit. We invite the audience up front to ask questions about whale watching trips, all marine mammals, and access to our CINP and CINMS. We hand out pamphlets, and let everyone view the whale kit display items more closely. We could have a big crowd this 4th weekend. It is a good intro to doing this type of outreach in the future. Sincerely, Paul > > _______________________________________________ > Channel_islands_naturalist_corps mailing list > Channel_islands_naturalist_corps at rain.org > http://www.rain.org/mailman/listinfo/channel_islands_naturalist_corps From Sally.Eagle at cox.net Sat Jul 6 18:34:45 2013 From: Sally.Eagle at cox.net (Sally Eagle) Date: Sat, 6 Jul 2013 18:34:45 -0700 Subject: [CINC] CX 7/6/13 Message-ID: 1 humpback whale 6 blue whales 1 minke whale 1500 ++++++ common dolphins 3 ocean sunfish (Mola mola) 1 bald eagle Most of the action was somewhere in the midst of the ?marine layer? close to the west end of SCI. We actually saw a couple of ?used whales? as Capt Matt put it....blues we had seen earlier in the day on our way home. One is particular was noticeably thin. I was able to get ID shots of at least 3 of the blues and the humpback was most cooperative. Clearly krill is making the scene, and not only the our elite group of visitors get to join the 1% club, but exclusive entrance into the group that has witnessed a Mn ?going to the bathroom?, as Capt Matt put it so daintily. Commons in large pods were evident the closer we got to SCI. The dedicated birders on the trip were thrilled to spot the eagle high up on the cliff to the West of Painted Cave. We returned a bit late to the harbor to sunny Santa Barbara skies. Lots of visitors from other countries, children in tow, a few from Santa Barbara and a family group from Georgia. Capt Matt Capt Eric Tasha Dick Bellman Beverly Borneman Sally Eagle PID -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ppetrich39 at me.com Sun Jul 7 08:57:48 2013 From: ppetrich39 at me.com (Paul Petrich) Date: Sun, 07 Jul 2013 08:57:48 -0700 Subject: [CINC] El Capitan Outreach-7/6 Message-ID: <262A4A0A-DFB5-472A-927F-1C1DB7529551@me.com> Ocean and Island People, Last night Ken Tatro and Hank Mitchel joined Tara and I at El Capitan State Beach to present the Marine Mammals of our CINP and CINMS virtual trip. Thanks loads to Ken and Hank for coming aboard: We had 127 folks aboard ( census by Ken ). Again, upon a show of hands, only one family was from out of state, and they were from Las Vegas (some members thought Las Vegas was IN California!). Only one handful count had been to the Channel Islands, and that was Catalina. Non knew that the island in view off El Capitan's beach was Santa Cruz Is! But , we must give leeway to them, as non in the audience were from Santa Barbara or Ventura Counties. They were a very attentive crowd, and many stayed around at the end to ask questions about our CINP and whale watching into the Sanctuary. The krill and baleen were also a hit, as usual. Here is where having Hank and Ken really helped loads, as we are able to mix with the audience coming forward. Ken did an excellent job as well, explaining our PID role in the Corps, and how it has clarified the fact that the local Blue Whale population, much like our local Humpbacks, are a separate clan from the mid Pacific groups. Tara was fantastic with her description of how the Gray whales have grown into fearless friends of humans, beginning in the lagoons of their birth, from the feared "devil fish" that used to attack whalers with uncommon success- as well as with her telling of the Chumash Rainbow Bridge story of their crossing to the mainland from Santa Cruz Island. I Sari Wa, Paul -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From bonnebrown805 at gmail.com Mon Jul 8 08:56:24 2013 From: bonnebrown805 at gmail.com (Bonne Brown) Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2013 08:56:24 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Whale Watch July 5, 2013 on IPCO's Island Explorer Message-ID: Ah...where to begin. We had calm winds, flat seas, and an overcast sky that gave way to sun for the ride down the north shore of Santa Cruz to Prisoners after a visit to Painted Cave. Our first sighting was a pod of 350 Common Dolphin doing what they do and bringing smiles to the 130 passengers aboard. Next up were 4 Blue Whales that were kind enough to show us their flukes. That got the attention of the group. Now that the passengers were warmed up, we came upon 4 Humpback whales that gave us a few tail shots but were uninterested in performing. The whales were close to the boat so the passengers loved the pictures they were getting. Then, off in the distance, Captain Dave Corey spotted a very large pod of (3000) common dolphin and a contingent of birds (sooty shearwaters, Western gull, California brown pelican) stirring up the water, so we headed in that direction. Then came the spouts from all around us in every direction. There were 15 Humpback adults and one calf feeding on what the dolphins provided. There were many wonderful fluke displays which really delighted the passengers from Ohio, Virgina, France and many parts of California. We stayed with them for quite awhile as they really put on a show. There were a few breeches but mostly just fantastic fluke shots at close range. I encouraged the folks to submit them to the American Cetacean Society for identification. I hope they do. After the always wonderful trip into Painted Cave and the cruise down the North shore of Santa Cruz and a brief stop at Prisoners to pick up some folks we were rewarded with 6 Rissos Dolphins, which most of the passengers were unfamiliar with so that was fun. Then shortly before returning to the harbor we ended the day with 500 Common Dolphins welcoming us back home. Even though the boat was crowded everyone "played well together" so all could have a positive experience observing these amazing animals. It was an honor and a pleasure to be available for questions from this wonderful group. Captain Dave Corey, Steve Silvas and Dee Dee (D2) Anderson-Beaman were great fun to sail with. Bonne Brown -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From j_bar_j at hotmail.com Mon Jul 8 10:00:44 2013 From: j_bar_j at hotmail.com (Joel E. Justin) Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2013 10:00:44 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Santa Rosa July 4th Trip Report... Message-ID: What a glorious 4-day weekend on Santa Rosa. The trip across on Thursday was unbelievably calm. I was thinking it and Captain Alex actually said over the PA, "Did anyone bring waterskis?". Lots of private boaters were already staking their claims to favorite anchorages - Valley, Alberts, Coches Prietos, Willows - along the south-side of Santa Cruz. We also saw a small pod of Risso's near Gull Rock milling about. Upon arrival to SRI, I led a small group of very engaged day hikers on the Cherry Cyn loop. On Friday, I was met by 21 of the 39 campers at the fuel building for the Lobo Cyn hike. They were prepared to hike the whole round-trip, but Derek was on-island and offered to help with a shuttle, and since there were no CIA flights on Friday, I was able to do it in two Excursion trips (my "shuttle limit") and leave the Excursion at the top of the hill above Lobo. The group stayed together as we hiked towards the north coast. We started off in a misty fog, but by the time we were half way down the canyon, the sun was breaking thru and by the time we reached the coast, we were in full sun. There was a gentle breeze (5-10 kts) with gentle seas. Folks spread out between Lobo and Cow Cyns for lunch. I was about halfway to Cow Cyn eating when a couple of guys from a larger group came up to tell me their friend had slipped on the rocks, cut his knee open, and they were having a hard time getting the bleeding to stop. By the time I got back to him, he was well bandaged - several gauze pads with a tee shirt tied around for compression. I had him sit for a bit with his leg up and eat his lunch while I called Mark. We agreed we would try to hike up the hill to the west of the cyn mouth. It was a steep climb, but I scouted the way and the camper slowly made it to the top. There we were created by a spectacular view while we waited about 20 minutes for Mark to arrive. Mark assessed the wound and recommended he get to an ER for proper care and stitches. Unfortunately, it was going to cost about $950 to "buy" a plane flight. Being a young kid a year out of college, he initially declined due to the cost. But in the end. after Mark took him to housing to call his parents, he changed his mind. I learned this on my second shuttle back from Lobo when I saw the plane land. I was glad to see he was going to get proper care. On Saturday, I had 12 campers join me for a SE Anchorage, Skunk Point, East Point hike (about 14 miles all tolled). They all hiked with me to Skunk Point where we ate lunch together. Just as we finished lunch, the skies cleared and we had beautiful sunshine the rest of the day. 5 of them continued on with me around Skunk Pt. to East Point and back to the CG. Rounding Skunk Pt, there is no prettier view that a mile+ long white sand beach with gentle waves washing ashore and a spectacular island landscape behind it. AND NO PEOPLE! I'll be none of you SoCal beach-goers had that experience this weekend! On sunny Sunday, Bill Weinerth led a group of about 10 day visitors on a Torrey Pines hike. Because IPCO wasn't going to Prisoner's on the way home, it gave folks about 30 minutes more on the island (4 hours total) which is plenty of time to do the Torrey Pines hike. In fact, the Islander got back from San Miguel about 45 minutes early, so the 15 SMI campers were able to get off and get a quick taste of SRI too! With the other day visitors scattering to do their own thing, I decided to hike down the beach to Black Rock. After a little rock scrambling, I found a beautiful secluded pocket beach to eat lunch before climbing up to the top and back the Coastal Road. Upon arriving back at the Harbor (after the requisite visit to Painted Cave), the young man who injured his knee was there to greet his friends. He was bandaged up but walking and on the mend. I chatted with him for a minute to see how he was getting along. He was a very humble young man and very courteous. He was thankful for all the help he got from everyone on the island and whole-heartedly agreed he made the right decision to get his injury tended to. He ended up with 4 internal and 20 external stitches (yikes, it was a bigger cut than I imagined!). His parting comment to me was that he was going to schedule another SRI trip so he could finish the trip he started. I hope he's on a trip I lead, but if not, one of you will be fortunate to have him as one of your campers! Joel... -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Message-ID: Colleagues, As a follow up to Bhrian's message, this is the American Cetacean Society trip. It runs from 8am - 4pm and is open to anyone that wants to buy a ticket. It is great to spend a longer amount of time and cover even more territory searching. The website for more info is: http://www.acs-la.org/seewhales.htm Hope to see you all out there, even if you leave your CINC uniforms at home. Bob Perry Condor Express On Mon, Jul 8, 2013 at 8:53 PM, bhrian resnik wrote: > Please be advised the Condor Express has a private charter on Sat. July > 13th. > This charter excludes CINC Naturalists. > > Bhrian Resnik > > _______________________________________________ > Channel_islands_naturalist_corps mailing list > Channel_islands_naturalist_corps at rain.org > http://www.rain.org/mailman/listinfo/channel_islands_naturalist_corps > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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On the return, after we went into painted cave and started back across the channel we encountered a large group of birds, dolphins, sea lions feeding and about 15 humpbacks. we just stayed in one place and admired the humpbacks, they did every whale behavior you can think of-lunge feeding, breaching, pec slapping tail lobbing and captain anthony said he saw one spy hop- and the boat was surrounded. after about 45 minutes a group of 3 humpbacks swam around the boat in a complete circle! amazing show! the ride back was much smoother. captain anthony did a great job as usual, supported by deedee, matt and steve. gail tg as the only naturalist on board -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From massina at sbcglobal.net Wed Jul 10 11:42:21 2013 From: massina at sbcglobal.net (A ROSE MESSINA) Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2013 11:42:21 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [CINC] Condor Express July 9, 2013 Message-ID: <1373481741.17300.YahooMailNeo@web181302.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> Sightings: 2 Mola Mola 3500 Common ?Dolphins 15 Humpbacks, many more in the distance We got a great viewing of a Mola Mola early in the trip. ?Many people were feeling the effects of the sea, but soon Captain Mat began a commentary pointing out the many spouts in the distance. ?It was rough-going for a bit, but once we came upon the whales, dolphins, gulls sooty shearwaters and pelicans, most people made an amazing recovery. ? Some humpbacks were busy feeding, but later we encountered some who were willing to display their usual antics. ? We saw tail throws, pec slaps, lunge feeding, close encounters, many whiffs of whale breath! ?Everyone agreed it was an amazing day! 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All kayakers did get on the water and had a great day, even considering the rough crossing. I had one large family from France on my hike, with members ranging from 1 year to 50ish, with every decade covered. Everyone on our hike got up close looks at our CI Fox right off the bat at our campground transition. Members of the French family were the only hikers in a long time able to identify, without clues, the diatomaceous earth half way up the Cavern Pt trail. They knew it was from the bottom of an ancient sea bed! Aboard the boat were two California Sea Lions, who completed rehab at the Marine Mammal Center. They were released at Prisoners. They put seals and sea lions front and center as far as off the boat viewing interest was concerned until common dolphin stole the show once inside Sanctuary waters. It was a good day for all, except one family with small children, who had their cookies stolen from a pack by our friendly Ravins, because they did not pay attention at the orientation! Paul From hilburndesigns at gmail.com Thu Jul 11 09:51:48 2013 From: hilburndesigns at gmail.com (Barbara Hilburn) Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2013 09:51:48 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Wed., July 19, on the Condor Message-ID: 6 humpbacks (many more in the distance) 1blue whale (seen very briefly and at a distance; never resurfaced after we arrived) 4 Risso's 1500+ dolphins (seen in two groups) a few sea lions One of the humpbacks kept breeching and pec-slapping to the delight of a full boat of picture-snapping, largely foreign passengers (Austrailia, New Zealand, Ireland, Switzerland, Germany, Slovenia, Mexico, England, and Illinois & Ohio (not so foreign). Several feeding frenzies. Calm seas and a final visit to Painted Cave. Fellow naturalist Debbie Fedalio managed the reports "aloft" as we had no PID. Tasha, Capt. Dave, and Capt. Mat at the helm completed the crew. Condor photographer, Bob, got some spectacular pictures. Barbara Hilburn From deb4nb at aol.com Thu Jul 11 11:01:14 2013 From: deb4nb at aol.com (Debra Herring) Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2013 14:01:14 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [CINC] Item Found in CX CINC Kit 7/11 Message-ID: <8D04C77C4A46E78-D98-BF762@webmail-vd017.sysops.aol.com> Greetings All: Is anyone missing their blue whale model? (It is a tad longer than the orca model). If it is yours let me know and I will get it back to you. Debra -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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You can observe this directly on the displays onboard the vessels we serve. You should be able to see ships heading toward LA in the separation zone (pink areas on the display). In addition to these changes to the traffic separation scheme, the actual Whale Advisory Zone designated in the local notice to mariners is a vast area. It is a line due south from Point Arguello intersecting a line due west from Dana Point. This includes Santa Barbara Island and the northern tip of Santa Catalina Island. If you would like to see this chart, click on this link to the local notice to mariners. http://navcen.uscg.gov/pdf/lnms/lnm11282013.pdf pages 38, and 39. Our rain list data limitations prevent me from including these charts. Dean SANTA BARBARA CHANNEL TRAFFIC SEPARATION SCHEME AMENDMENT The International Maritime Organization (IMO) amended the Traffic Separation Scheme (TSS) in the Santa Barbara Channel and the approach to the ports of Los Angeles/Long Beach, effective 1700 Pacific Standard Time May 31, 2013. The TSS amendment reduces the width of the separation zone from 2 nautical miles (nm) to 1 nm by shifting the inbound lane shoreward and away from known whale concentrations. The outbound lane remains unchanged in the current location. Narrowing the separation zone is expected to reduce co-occurrence of ships and whales while maintaining navigation safety. The IMO approved coordinates and graphic depicting the enclosed changes are provided in the enclosures section. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From scott at scottcuzzo.com Fri Jul 12 18:41:52 2013 From: scott at scottcuzzo.com (Scott Cuzzo) Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2013 18:41:52 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Tomorrow on IPCO Message-ID: <18D2BF93-05C3-46DF-910B-958ECC3122E1@scottcuzzo.com> I'm so sorry, I meant to send out an email and forgot. I had to open my spot on the IPCO WW trip tomorrow. Hope someone can nab it! Last weekend was AWESOME. Regards, Scott Scott Cuzzo scottcuzzo.com scott at scottcuzzo.com From maurajacobs at ymail.com Fri Jul 12 19:55:20 2013 From: maurajacobs at ymail.com (Maura) Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2013 19:55:20 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Tomorrow on IPCO In-Reply-To: <18D2BF93-05C3-46DF-910B-958ECC3122E1@scottcuzzo.com> References: <18D2BF93-05C3-46DF-910B-958ECC3122E1@scottcuzzo.com> Message-ID: <707B911A-5B17-4778-95F3-6833C773AC07@ymail.com> I got it Scott! ? Looking forward to it Maura Sent from my iPhone On Jul 12, 2013, at 18:41, Scott Cuzzo wrote: > I'm so sorry, I meant to send out an email and forgot. I had to open my spot on the IPCO WW trip tomorrow. > > Hope someone can nab it! Last weekend was AWESOME. > > Regards, > > Scott > > > Scott Cuzzo > scottcuzzo.com > scott at scottcuzzo.com > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Channel_islands_naturalist_corps mailing list > Channel_islands_naturalist_corps at rain.org > http://www.rain.org/mailman/listinfo/channel_islands_naturalist_corps From maurajacobs at ymail.com Fri Jul 12 20:00:16 2013 From: maurajacobs at ymail.com (Maura) Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2013 20:00:16 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Tomorrow on IPCO In-Reply-To: <18D2BF93-05C3-46DF-910B-958ECC3122E1@scottcuzzo.com> References: <18D2BF93-05C3-46DF-910B-958ECC3122E1@scottcuzzo.com> Message-ID: <5CE3CCD7-D1FB-4921-917D-803E59A3DFA0@ymail.com> Scratch that everyone. I thought I read Condor. It's still available. Maura Sent from my iPhone On Jul 12, 2013, at 18:41, Scott Cuzzo wrote: > I'm so sorry, I meant to send out an email and forgot. I had to open my spot on the IPCO WW trip tomorrow. > > Hope someone can nab it! Last weekend was AWESOME. > > Regards, > > Scott > > > Scott Cuzzo > scottcuzzo.com > scott at scottcuzzo.com > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Channel_islands_naturalist_corps mailing list > Channel_islands_naturalist_corps at rain.org > http://www.rain.org/mailman/listinfo/channel_islands_naturalist_corps From scott at scottcuzzo.com Fri Jul 12 19:59:12 2013 From: scott at scottcuzzo.com (Scott Cuzzo) Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2013 19:59:12 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Tomorrow on IPCO In-Reply-To: <18D2BF93-05C3-46DF-910B-958ECC3122E1@scottcuzzo.com> References: <18D2BF93-05C3-46DF-910B-958ECC3122E1@scottcuzzo.com> Message-ID: Yea! So glad you got it. Hope it's an epic day for you! Thanks, Scott Scott Cuzzo scottcuzzo.com scott at scottcuzzo.com On Jul 12, 2013, at 6:41 PM, Scott Cuzzo wrote: > I'm so sorry, I meant to send out an email and forgot. I had to open my spot on the IPCO WW trip tomorrow. > > Hope someone can nab it! Last weekend was AWESOME. > > Regards, > > Scott > > > Scott Cuzzo > scottcuzzo.com > scott at scottcuzzo.com > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Channel_islands_naturalist_corps mailing list > Channel_islands_naturalist_corps at rain.org > http://www.rain.org/mailman/listinfo/channel_islands_naturalist_corps From whalebear at cs.com Fri Jul 12 20:10:16 2013 From: whalebear at cs.com (whalebear at cs.com) Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2013 23:10:16 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [CINC] excellent photos of a minke whale breaching Message-ID: <8D04D8DA1B6C65B-FAC-D3F12@webmail-m224.sysops.aol.com> These are outstanding photos of a Balaenoptera acutorostrata. The falcate dorsal fin is well-shown, as is the white band on the pectoral fins. One gets a sense of how much more anterior (forward) the placement of the dorsal fin is relative to the larger baleen whales. One also gets a good sense of how streamlined these balaenopterids are; this was rarely depicted properly in drawings until the advent of modern underwater photography. Excellent views delineate how streamlined the rostrum is; one of them also shows the volcano-like ring of musculature that surrounds the blowholes (Remember that breathing in Cetaceans occurs by contracting this volcano of musculature and opening the blowhole. It is at a high level of voluntary control; even light levels of anesthesia will render Cetaceans unable to breathe.). The blood on the ventral surface is not copious, and there are multiple possible explanations. Most Odontocetes examined at necropsy are fairly heavily scarred, with the primary causes being trauma (often from conspecifics--members of the same species), infectious diseases, or parasites (even rapidly-swimming Odontocetes can be parasitized). It is often underappreciated how frequently Mysticetes are scarred also, with the same etiologies. Considering that the bleeding does not appear heavy and that the population of B acutorostrata is fairly robust, I would not be particularly alarmed. Cheers, Chuck Rennie Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History -----Original Message----- From: Mr Zalophus To: channel_islands_ naturalist_corps Sent: Fri, Jul 12, 2013 6:09 pm Subject: [CINC] excellent photos of a minke whale breaching Scientists were alarmed to note blood on the ventral surface of a minke whale that breached repeatedly. You can see the fantastic breaching photos (and blood) at http://quoddylinkmarine.blogspot.ca/2013/07/what-great-day.html Bob Perry Condor Express _______________________________________________ Channel_islands_naturalist_corps mailing list Channel_islands_naturalist_corps at rain.org http://www.rain.org/mailman/listinfo/channel_islands_naturalist_corps -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Two professors and several students from "Blue Horizons," the UCSB film and "new media" center joined Bob Perry and Hal Altman in taking photos --- so look on the Condor Express for some spectacular shots. ? The sooty sherwaters are here on their 40,000 mile migration from New Zealand through Chile and to the Northern Hemisphere to feed.??The extensive summer trek is the longest animal migration ever recorded electronically.?? Check out National Geographic's website to follow their course. ? Captain Dave, Eric, Cassidy and Bob Perry were crew. Hal Altman, Pat Hart and I as naturalists ? - Tara Brown -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mr.zalophus at gmail.com Sat Jul 13 18:24:28 2013 From: mr.zalophus at gmail.com (Mr Zalophus) Date: Sat, 13 Jul 2013 18:24:28 -0700 Subject: [CINC] CX Sat July 13 Message-ID: Colleagues, It was a special 8-hour whale watch trip today with the American Cetacean Society, Los Angeles Chapter, on board. After leaving SEA Landing at 810am, we hadn?t even cleared the breakwater when the call went out. Two bottlenose dolphins playing in the surf near the Sandspit,, moving west along the breakwater. After a nice look at these bottlenose, we headed offshore and we had not run more than 5 more minutes and this time it was special. A 6 or 7 foot Mako shark swam alongside the Condor Express so everyone on board could get a good look at it. It was very robust and had a small gash or scar across its head. Wow! It was my first Mako since Grant Graves gave me one for my class to dissect back in 1995. On our way out to humpback whaleland we passed by no less than 6 ocean sunfish (Mola mola), all pretty good sized ones. We slowed the boat for good looks and it was 2 singles and then a group of 4 together. It was overcast all day, no sun, but still the sunfish made us all feel warm and fuzzy. One of the sunfish was missing about 1/3rd of its caudal fin?perhaps to a sea lion earlier in life. Several pods of common dolphins were observed on our way out to whaleland, our official dolphin counter, Bernardo, jokingly puts the estimated total dolphins for the day at 3,451?and that?s counting the many little footballs as one each. Soon we entered the land of the humpback whales, and stayed with them as we traveled west towards the western end of Santa Rosa Island starting at the west end of Santa Cruz Island, approximately in the commercial shipping lanes. We closely followed 11 humpbacks, and at least 9 more were seen all around us. Although much of their time was spent feeding below the surface and traveling, we did have the privilege of seeing a couple of vertical surface lunges, some spy-hops, a distant tail throw, and some pretty close kelping. Rounding out the species list for the trip we also slowed down and watched 30 or more big Risso?s dolphins in two groups, one had about 20 and the other about 10 animals. Several rode the bow a little and swam alongside the Condor Express so everyone had a Kodak moment with them It was a hugely successful trip and I?ll post up my photos sometime tomorrow afternoon. http://www.CondorExpressPhotos.com best regards Bob Perry - Condor Express -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From cfrench1366 at aol.com Sat Jul 13 19:35:45 2013 From: cfrench1366 at aol.com (Catherine French) Date: Sat, 13 Jul 2013 19:35:45 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Island Explorer Whale Watch Saturday, July 13 Message-ID: <206C0652-10B8-46E0-BFA0-489FE93DE3A8@aol.com> With 57 passengers from all over the US and some from abroad onboard under a heavy marine layer with placid seas and calm wind we set off for a great whale watch day. Totals throughout the day: 8 humpbacks 400 common dolphins including about 50 calfskin in a nursery pod (I observed mating as well) Birds: Sootie shearwater, CA brown pelicans, western and Heerman gulls, double crested and Brandt's cormorants, pigeon guillemots, elegant terns and one black tern that Capt. Jimmy saw (Andrea Mills, crew naturalist) said they saw a couple of these rarely seen in our waters terns last week. Two juvenile humpbacks were seen earlier in the morning near the northbound shipping lanes. We watched them with a small spread out group of common dolphins and many sea birds feeding along with them. The two juveniles seemed to be playing with sea lions or visa versa and that was fun to watch. The adult humpbacks we saw later much further west, were more active. One large adult pec-slapped a lot, and fluked regularly. Others were observed fluking and we watched lunge feeding several times. Thank you to Capt. Jimmy, Andrea, and Pancho for a great day on the water? Calm Seas, Catherine French Writer, mentor, naturalist 805.570.0432 To have us to own, to share is to enjoy. Sent from my iPad From dinodalbon at yahoo.com Sun Jul 14 20:10:45 2013 From: dinodalbon at yahoo.com (Dino Dal Bon) Date: Sun, 14 Jul 2013 20:10:45 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [CINC] Condor Express 7/14 Message-ID: <1373857845.28258.YahooMailNeo@web161305.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> 7 Humpbacks 2000 Commons An epic day on the Condor Express today. Even with the threat of gale force winds in the afternoon, Capt. Mat decided to go out toward the West. At a bit more than half way, we saw a lone Humpback going at a fast pace toward the West, didn?t want to have anything to do with us. So, Capt. Mat had a hunch that it might be going to a group of whales further to the West. Sure enough, about 2-3 miles further West, we saw multiple spouts and a couple of breaches. We headed toward the sightings and found a feeding frenzy happening, with a lot of birds, dolphins and 5 Humpbacks. At first 3 of the humpbacks came toward the CX and started a nice mugging. After about 15 minutes, one of them broke loose and went back to feed. The other 2 stayed around the CX for another 25 minutes, rolling, trumpeting and allowing guests know how nice their breath can be. At one point, both whales performed what appeared to be a synchronized rolling within feet of us. After about a total of 40 minutes of mugging the CX, the whales no longer seemed interested, and we set our way home. Coming back, the ride was much smoother, so it was a nice return to harbor. We did see one lone brief sighting of another Humpy, but it had a long downtime, so we didn?t spend time with it. With me were fellow naturalists Debbie Shelley and Vivi Teston -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From shauna.bingham at noaa.gov Mon Jul 15 16:59:58 2013 From: shauna.bingham at noaa.gov (Shauna Bingham - NOAA Federal) Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2013 16:59:58 -0700 Subject: [CINC] CINC Outreach Calendar: Ventura County Fair Message-ID: The CINC volunteer shifts for the Ventura Cojunty Fair have now been added to Volunteer Spot. Please note that you can sign-up in the same manner as whale watch trips -- you can do one shift tomorrow morning and after everyone has had an opportunity to sign-up you can go in and add more. We have a 330-8 pm shift every day, plus an 11 am - 330 pm shift on both weekends for CINC volunteers. For more info on the fair visit: http://venturacountyfair.org/pages/3441/ This is the most extensive outreach event we attend each year with over 300,000 people in attendance -- it would not be possible without your help and our partnership between the sanctuary, national park, and state parks. Thank you in advance for your participation and have fun! -- Shauna Bingham NOAA Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary University of California Santa Barbara Ocean Science Education Building 514, MC 6155 Santa Barbara, CA 93106-6155 805-893-6421 (voice) 805-568-1582 (fax) Shauna.Bingham at noaa.gov http://channelislands.noaa.gov/ ??'?.??..><((((?>.???'?.??.???'?.?><((({?>?.???'?.?. ,. *Follow us on Facebook and** Twitter * -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From shauna.bingham at noaa.gov Mon Jul 15 20:01:00 2013 From: shauna.bingham at noaa.gov (Shauna Bingham - NOAA Federal) Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2013 20:01:00 -0700 Subject: [CINC] REMINDER: Marine Mammal Sighitngs Message-ID: Greetings Channel Islands Naturalist Corps! Please be sure to turn in the data sheets from the Condor Express to the hallway in the sanctuary's Santa Barbara Harbor office *every Friday*. We are relying on the data turned in by CINC volunteers in order to track the proximity of whales to the shipping lanes. And in an effort to get closer to real-time sighting data (in the mean time before we get the new Spotter app up and running), we'd like to entice your participation in something new. If you see *5 or more whales* while you are out on the water, please let us know right after your trip. Your help will allow us to have the first Dynamic Management Area (DMAs) in the Santa Barbara Channel! If we know where the whales are in real-time, we can inform boaters to watch out. f you signt more than 5 whales on your whale watch trip please email the following information: - Species - Number - Location (lat/lon) of sighting Send to: andrea Dransfield Email: andrea.dransfield at noaa.gov Phone: 805-893-6434 Thank you for your participation. Shauna -- Shauna Bingham NOAA Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary University of California Santa Barbara Ocean Science Education Building 514, MC 6155 Santa Barbara, CA 93106-6155 805-893-6421 (voice) 805-568-1582 (fax) Shauna.Bingham at noaa.gov http://channelislands.noaa.gov/ ??'?.??..><((((?>.???'?.??.???'?.?><((({?>?.???'?.?. ,. *Follow us on Facebook and** Twitter * -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From shauna.bingham at noaa.gov Tue Jul 16 10:11:14 2013 From: shauna.bingham at noaa.gov (Shauna Bingham - NOAA Federal) Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2013 10:11:14 -0700 Subject: [CINC] REMINDER: Marine Mammal Sighitngs In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: While on the topic of sightings reports, please note: - The date is critical or we cannot use the data. And for your time sheets - please note that if you are documenting IPCO time please indicate the harbor/ boat and also be sure to include dates. Thank you!! On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 8:01 PM, Shauna Bingham - NOAA Federal < shauna.bingham at noaa.gov> wrote: > Greetings Channel Islands Naturalist Corps! > > Please be sure to turn in the data sheets from the Condor Express to the > hallway in the sanctuary's Santa Barbara Harbor office *every Friday*. We > are relying on the data turned in by CINC volunteers in order to track the > proximity of whales to the shipping lanes. > > And in an effort to get closer to real-time sighting data (in the mean > time before we get the new Spotter app up and running), we'd like to entice > your participation in something new. If you see *5 or more whales* while > you are out on the water, please let us know right after your trip. > > Your help will allow us to have the first Dynamic Management Area (DMAs) > in the Santa Barbara Channel! If we know where the whales are in real-time, > we can inform boaters to watch out. > > f you signt more than 5 whales on your whale watch trip please email the > following information: > > - Species > - Number > - Location (lat/lon) of sighting > > Send to: andrea Dransfield > Email: andrea.dransfield at noaa.gov > Phone: 805-893-6434 > > Thank you for your participation. > > Shauna > > -- > Shauna Bingham > NOAA Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary > University of California Santa Barbara > Ocean Science Education Building 514, MC 6155 > Santa Barbara, CA 93106-6155 > 805-893-6421 (voice) > 805-568-1582 (fax) > Shauna.Bingham at noaa.gov > http://channelislands.noaa.gov/ > > ??'?.??..><((((?>.???'?.??.???'?.?><((({?>?.???'?.?. ,. > *Follow us on Facebook > and** Twitter * > -- Shauna Bingham NOAA Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary University of California Santa Barbara Ocean Science Education Building 514, MC 6155 Santa Barbara, CA 93106-6155 805-893-6421 (voice) 805-568-1582 (fax) Shauna.Bingham at noaa.gov http://channelislands.noaa.gov/ ??'?.??..><((((?>.???'?.??.???'?.?><((({?>?.???'?.?. ,. *Follow us on Facebook and** Twitter * -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ppetrich39 at me.com Tue Jul 16 10:46:36 2013 From: ppetrich39 at me.com (Paul Petrich) Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2013 10:46:36 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Condor X-7/15 Message-ID: Ahoy Ocean People, Captain Mat took some 50 "hearty" passengers out into a blustery channel yesterday after warning them that the trip would not include a skirting of Santa Cruz Island, and would include a chance at dealing with sea sickness. He gave all a chance to get their $$ back, but only a few took the offer. He also let them know if no whales were found in the restricted search, they would get a rain-check, not a refund, yet, this warning did not phase the many foreign tourist aboard, who obviously would not be around to use a rain check. So, with Eric and Sasha as crew, and myself, Jim Dinges, and Carolyn McCleskey (PID) as naturalist, we ventured forth. Captain Mat took us straight west along the coast adjacent to Gaviota Pass in some fun chop, then due south off shore into some better than roller coaster seas. He had word from an boat tending the oil rigs of Humpback sightings not too offshore . However, except for a few common dolphin, we had nothing to show for a long journey when we approached the expected sighting location. Figuring the whales had moved somewhat we ventured out into more chop for a last look, when your's truly reported a distant blow ( two miles farther out ). Captain Mat headed out, and a few minutes later excitedly reported on the mike at seeing a complete distant breach. He then saw the whale dive, and waited seven minutes. Then, all of a sudden, three Humpbacks , led by an old friend to local whale watch boats, Rope, surfaced right off the bow within 10 yards, and preceded to people watch for awhile!! Soon, a 4th Humpback joined in. Captain Mat took us out a bit farther to a huge feeding frenzy amidst the chop. We saw many distant spouts, and Carolyn could officially count close up four more Humpbacks (8 TOTAL)> Common dolphin were abundant as a mega pod of 2,000. Sooty Shearwaters were aplenty, as were California, Heermann's, and Western Gulls, and some Brown Pelicans. Even though we were off shore about 7 miles by now, we had a few sea lions. We headed south with the whales and the swells for home with avery happy Captain Mat and 50 + passengers. As we came back to the wind protected confines of Santa barbara Harbor, the beach looked alluring to many aboard. Thats where I went! Paul P.S. One couple aboard was from Switzerland and were completing a two week vacation strictly going to whale watch locales. They had never seen a whale prior to this trip. which started in British Columbia, Canada ( 2 locations ), then to Monterey, then to Santa Barbara. They saw whales in each location, starting with Orcas in B.C. But I must share this report from them with you from Cambell's River in B.C. They went out on a zodiac tour there and swore that they heard the Humpbacks that were lunge feeding there, actual sing OUT OF THE WATER, SIGNALING TO EACH OTHER TO DIVE AGAIN AS A TEAM! They thought yesterday's experience by Rope and her crew was the best possible ending to what they called their fairytale adventure! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From larry.driscoll at sbcglobal.net Tue Jul 16 13:03:45 2013 From: larry.driscoll at sbcglobal.net (Larry Driscoll) Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2013 13:03:45 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [CINC] Whale watch July 18 Message-ID: <1374005025.76057.YahooMailNeo@web181503.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> All, I have taken my name off the Condor whale watch trip on Thursday, July 18. ?Do not sign up for this. ?It is a charter and a naturalist is not required. ? 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Bob ----begin quote---- Mr Zalophus Jul 4 (12 days ago) to shauna.bingham, David_Begun, lauren_boross Greetings, We have a few schedule anomalies coming up, 3 private executive charters have requested that naturalists be on board: July 17 8 -1230 and 1 - 530 July 18 1 - 530 best Bob Perry Condor Express ---- end of quote----- On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 1:03 PM, Larry Driscoll < larry.driscoll at sbcglobal.net> wrote: > All, I have taken my name off the Condor whale watch trip on Thursday, > July 18. Do not sign up for this. It is a charter and a naturalist is not > required. > > Larry Driscoll > larry.driscoll at sbcglobal.net > > _______________________________________________ > Channel_islands_naturalist_corps mailing list > Channel_islands_naturalist_corps at rain.org > http://www.rain.org/mailman/listinfo/channel_islands_naturalist_corps > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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We MUST have naturalists on the days and dates noted below. > Sorry for any confusion on this. > Bob > > ----begin quote---- > Mr Zalophus > Jul 4 (12 days ago) > > > > > to shauna.bingham, David_Begun, lauren_boross > > Greetings, > > We have a few schedule anomalies coming up, 3 private executive charters have requested that naturalists be on board: > > July 17 8 -1230 and 1 - 530 > > July 18 1 - 530 > > best > > Bob Perry > Condor Express > > ---- end of quote----- > > > On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 1:03 PM, Larry Driscoll wrote: >> All, I have taken my name off the Condor whale watch trip on Thursday, July 18. Do not sign up for this. It is a charter and a naturalist is not required. >> >> Larry Driscoll >> larry.driscoll at sbcglobal.net >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Channel_islands_naturalist_corps mailing list >> Channel_islands_naturalist_corps at rain.org >> http://www.rain.org/mailman/listinfo/channel_islands_naturalist_corps > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From hilburndesigns at gmail.com Tue Jul 16 20:21:50 2013 From: hilburndesigns at gmail.com (Barbara Hilburn) Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2013 20:21:50 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Cancelling Scorpion Hike 7/15/13 Message-ID: <20329F06-88A7-4CC3-85BC-9634F36F3DA3@gmail.com> I need to cancel this Thursday's Scorpion Hike. I am really feeling ill. Hopefully someone can take this. Barbara Hilburn From ppetrich39 at me.com Wed Jul 17 10:22:10 2013 From: ppetrich39 at me.com (Paul Petrich) Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2013 10:22:10 -0700 Subject: [CINC] All important P.S.! Message-ID: <886D129A-BB2F-428A-8F2F-4B5E87EEF110@me.com> Hey Ocean People!. Here is an all important P.S. that should have come through yesterday about the Condor X Trip on Monday! ALL IMPORTANT IMPORTANT P.S! ABOARD THE CONDOR X ON TOP SIDE THE WHOLE TRIP, TAKING HIS USUAL EXCELLENT PHOTOS FOR THE CAUSE, WAS THE CONDOR X'S OWN BOB PERRY. HE HAS GREAT SHOTS OF THE RECENT MACO SHARK SIGHTING, TOO. PAUL On Jul 16, 2013, at 10:46 AM, Paul Petrich wrote: -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From b.matt at cox.net Wed Jul 17 21:19:52 2013 From: b.matt at cox.net (R BRUCE MATTHEWS) Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2013 21:19:52 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Condor spot available July 21 Message-ID: <20130718001952.DG4TX.750664.imail@fed1rmwml304> I have to cancel my July 21st naturalist spot on the Condor. Hope someone can cover for me. Thanks . Bruce -- Bruce Matthews b.matt at cox.net 805-562-3502 703-674-9335 From dinodalbon at yahoo.com Wed Jul 17 23:15:09 2013 From: dinodalbon at yahoo.com (Dino Dal Bon) Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2013 23:15:09 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [CINC] Saturday, July 27th PID on Condor Express available Message-ID: <1374128109.24825.YahooMailNeo@web161304.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> A?memorial service to pay my respect to a dear family friend takes precedence. The Saturday PID spot, July 27th on the Condor Express is available. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Passengers were from Sacramento, San Francisco, Chicago, Chapel Hill NC, Phoenix, Houston, and Hawaii. We cruised back along the North shore of SC, visited the Painted Cave, Andrea (eagle eye) spotted a Peregrine Falcon soaring above the cliffs, and we picked up some Park visitors a Prisoners before heading home. Assisting Capt. Anthony were Andrea and Paige and Marsha B of our naturalist corps. Dean -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From vfolson at cox.net Thu Jul 18 08:43:42 2013 From: vfolson at cox.net (Valerie Olson) Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2013 08:43:42 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Condor on the 23rd Message-ID: <2592DC54-5C14-4778-8B68-01C40A478590@cox.net> Hi All, I have removed myself from next Tuesday on the Condor. Should be a great trip for someone to snap up. 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Seas were running with swells of 4-5 feet and wind waves of about 2 feet. ?This caused a slow trip out to where previous sightings had been made. ?However, captain Mat found three humpbacks feeding out by the ledge off western Santa Cruz. in addition there were two groups of common dolphins sighted; one of about 250 and another of about 400. ?On the boat were captain ?Dave, Tasha, photographer Bob and fellow naturalist Cubby W. ? Larry Driscoll larry.driscoll at sbcglobal.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ppetrich39 at me.com Sat Jul 20 16:40:51 2013 From: ppetrich39 at me.com (Paul Petrich) Date: Sat, 20 Jul 2013 16:40:51 -0700 Subject: [CINC] The sad Sea of Cortez Message-ID: <9063BBC0-D13A-42D2-B9ED-E8B3A21D0B9B@me.com> Dear Ocean People, Harper's Magazin, in this August's issue, has published an article entitled "Emptying the World's Aquarium." It is a sad story about the steady demise of what "Jacques Cousteau once called the Aquarium of the World", citing the Gulf of California's ( Sea of Cortez ) both extraordinary variety of life and its accessible bounty." In many ways , this sprawling sea is the world's ocean writ small, with varying of temperatures and sea floors supporting 950 species of fish, 10 % of which are found no where else. The article can not be accessed on line unless you are a subscriber, but the magazine issue is on sale right now. I see it as a perfect example of what a lack of sustainable regulation and scientifically based management will reap on a wider scale throughout our wider world oceans > if we remain blind to its lesson. The article is written by Erik Vance, a science writer based in Mexico City. His work on this article was based supported by the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting. As the unfolding story of overfishing species after species is described, two contrary rays of hope are described as possible positives for this once thriving global fishery. One deals with the relatively sustainable fishery in San Felipe, just to the south of a government preserve in the north end of the sea, established to protect the endangered totoabata fish and vaquita porpoise in the 1990s. The other is the recent super-abundance of so-called cannonball jellies now so thick in some of the sea's waters one can pluck them out by hand. Now there is a fisheries for them if they are salted and sent to China as a bland sort of staple. Fishermen can scoop them up in amounts that come close to swapping their boats. The article concludes with the observation that "no one knows for sure where the jellies came from, but for the moment, they don't seam to have any competition or predators. And it's not likely they are going anywhere anytime soon." Paul Petrich From thusone at aol.com Sat Jul 20 18:22:07 2013 From: thusone at aol.com (thusone at aol.com) Date: Sat, 20 Jul 2013 21:22:07 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [CINC] Dangerous ice fishing Message-ID: <8D053C7D99CF085-1B4C-11BEAE@webmail-vm007.sysops.aol.com> A three minute youtube about a most unusual and dangerous ice fishing. I think only done by the native inhabitants in one part of the world. Shirley http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=Z0qGvC3vqaA -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From susankline584 at yahoo.com Sun Jul 21 09:17:01 2013 From: susankline584 at yahoo.com (Susan Kline) Date: Sun, 21 Jul 2013 09:17:01 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [CINC] Condor Express Sat July 20 Message-ID: <1374423421.11562.YahooMailNeo@web161004.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> ? If I may be a bit subjective about July 20 on the Condor Express, I can best describe the day?with ?wow!? Among the approximate 60 passengers from varied locales (including Sweden, England, Germany and ?US states of New York, Iowa, Texas in addition to California) was an Inuit native with her family and the United Kingdom?s diplomat to Saudi Arabia with his wife. All had their appetite stimulated for what was to come by a smaller pod of common dolphins and then a single humpback that was on a travelling mission. That humpback teased us with ?almost but not quite? tail flukes as we cruised along with it. Captain Mat was confident that we would find more whales by heading toward the islands where sightings have been successful over the last few trips. Shortly after approaching a mega pod of common dolphins, three humpbacks were spotted?one single and a pair. To the delight of all, we caught the interest of the pair which mugged us to the max. ?Beside the Condor, under the Condor, heads up in unison looking at the Condor and the humans on board.? As the pair made interesting angled turns?people scrambled to the port, starboard, bow, stern to catch their next appearance when we would be looking right down into?whale blowholes. ?Several times we saw interesting ?lines of bubbles produced as the pair?repeatedly went under us. (If you?have experienced?this or can even imagine it, you understand the ?wow?.) After a great time with the humpbacks, passengers got to experience entrance into the painted cave before we headed back from a dazzling trip. There was such a positive energy felt by all thanks to Captain Mat, Eric, Tasha and all involved on the Condor. It was a pleasure to represent the CINC along with naturalists? the experienced Morgan as PID and the enthusiastic Maura (who even received well-deserved written praise on a Condor comment card). Happily?and yes, emotionally reporting , Susan Kline -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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I have not seen this many since that the cold snap a few years ago that brought so many down the coast from WA/OR area At the very end of the sea wall was a group of cormorants (they had a small little space not taken by the pelicans). Shortly after leaving the harbor we saw our 1st encounter ? small group of common dolphins with Elegant Terns flying overhead looking down at the fish. The next group of commons was in the company of Sooty Shearwaters and sea lions. Once we got out to the northbound shipping lanes we saw a solo Humpback with distinctive white edges along its dorsal fin. It had a damaged dorsal fin and looked like a large male that had been through some breeding battles and had the scarring to prove it! A bit later we saw 2 more Humpbacks at close range that showed us many tail flukes, spy-hopped and swam around the boat. One was only 10 feet from people at the back of the boat and gave them a good whiff of whale breath while the other swam immediately across the bow. We hung out with them a while and then moved on. These whales were also near a huge dolphin pod that went on forever. We kept heading west and the sun was out, the water was calm, and the wildlife was jaw-dropping! Right off shore of SCI we sat for close to an hour in the middle of our Blue Planet experience: At least 5 Humpback Whales ? 1 massive full body breach right off the bow of the boat (others were seen but not so close); huge adult pectoral fin slapping right in front of the boat; a tail throw that was fast and furious and also quite the crowd pleaser. In this massive feeding frenzy that was at least a square mile there were thousands of dolphins, sea lions with all the sea birds: sooty shearwaters, western gulls, heermanns gulls, Brandt?s Cormorants, Brown Pelicans and others. As we pulled away from our oasis and headed for our north SCI cruise, the crowd clapped and cheered and Capt Dave told the passengers that today was NOT like an average whale watching day. Of course those most amazed were the number of people who had never seen a whale let alone all the other action! We cruised the north shore and saw many, many, many birds all along the shore including but not limited to lots of cormorants, pelicans, a Great Blue Heron, black oyster catchers, an osprey pair and a Bald Eagle, that was sitting on a branch more than ? way down the side of the bluff. We got great looks as it was not at the top of a tree at the top of the island where I have usually seen one. I could see the blue tag but the number was not visible the way it was sitting. Before we made a pick-up at Prisoner?s Harbor we had incredible views of Painted Cave! Capt Dave took us back farther than I have ever seen ? all the way to the last arch in the cave that we could not fit under. People were amazed to say the least. People from the UK, France, Denmark, Switzerland, India, AZ, CO, PA and scattered around CA were all thrilled. 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I am sorry for the unfortunate title of this link, but it is well worth reading. The public will probably be asking us about this movie as they did with "The Cove" Shirley "Killer whales are social animals [resident killer whales stay with their mothers for life]. That's a really, really important thing with killer whales because you don't see it with other animals. Maybe in some human societies you have both brother and sister staying with mother their entire life, but you don't see it in the wild, you don't see it in other animals. The social aspect of them is what I love to study here looking at these groups. To have a healthy individual it has to be allowed to be in its natural environment and the captive environment is so unnatural that it surpasses any benefit that we might get from having animals in captivity. We are changing their nature so dramatically in order for us to see a pretty thing, because really that's what that boils down to. We're not seeing the actual animal anymore when we see it in captivity, it's a different sort of beast. They're just too amazing, they're just too complex to sacrifice." "The calf-mother separations that are mentioned in the film both involve two of the most responsible and bonded mothers in SeaWorld?s collection, both of whom have had multiple calves taken from them. The separations are said to be driven primarily by introducing new breeding options to other SeaWorld parks and by fulfilling entertainment and other husbandry needs. We are surprised that SeaWorld has brought up calf rejection, an issue the film does not address and a phenomenon that is extremely rare in wild orcas. In the wild, females generally have their first calf around 13-16 years of age. Because SeaWorld has bred their females as early as 5-6 years of age, these females have not learned proper social behavior, they have not learned how to mother a calf, and may ultimately reject and injure their calves."Giles adds: "[SeaWorld's response] is nonsense ? a mother at SeaWorld should have all of her offspring with her. And we know that's not true. And, let me respond one more thing, with regard to breeding, you would never have inbreeding the way that they do inbreeding with captive killer whales. You wouldn't see that in the wild where mothers and sons are breeding and producing offspring. " http://gawker.com/seaworld-is-so-pissed-over-the-blackfish-documentary-840955452 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Regards, Shauna -- Shauna Bingham NOAA Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary University of California Santa Barbara Ocean Science Education Building 514, MC 6155 Santa Barbara, CA 93106-6155 805-893-6421 (voice) 805-568-1582 (fax) Shauna.Bingham at noaa.gov http://channelislands.noaa.gov/ ??'?.??..><((((?>.???'?.??.???'?.?><((({?>?.???'?.?. ,. *Follow us on Facebook and** Twitter * -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From cfrench1366 at aol.com Tue Jul 23 19:19:26 2013 From: cfrench1366 at aol.com (Catherine French) Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2013 19:19:26 -0700 Subject: [CINC] BBC News: Dolphins 'call each other by name' Message-ID: This is a study beyond what most of us have read before. It's a good read. I saw this story on the BBC News iPad App and thought you should see it: Dolphins 'call each other by name' Dolphins call each other by name using unique signature whistles, a study suggests. Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-23410137 ** Disclaimer ** The BBC is not responsible for the content of this e-mail, and anything written in this e-mail does not necessarily reflect the BBC's views or opinions. Please note that neither the e-mail address nor name of the sender have been verified. Calm Seas, Catherine French Writer, mentor, naturalist 805.570.0432 To have us to own, to share is to enjoy. Sent from my iPad From kensword at cox.net Tue Jul 23 20:58:36 2013 From: kensword at cox.net (Kenneth A. Tatro) Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2013 20:58:36 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Opinion, Whaling?? Message-ID: <7EDE43E8-B613-4B98-BD6A-AC8D27D5B3EB@cox.net> Hi folks, This is an opinion piece in today's LA Times. Thought it might be of interest to ya. http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-zelko-japan-whaling-20130723,0,4733565.story Ken From shauna.bingham at noaa.gov Wed Jul 24 14:58:36 2013 From: shauna.bingham at noaa.gov (Shauna Bingham - NOAA Federal) Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2013 14:58:36 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Free Southern California Best Practices Recreational Fishing Workshop Set For August 10 Message-ID: Greetings CINC Volunteers: For those of you interested, I am forwarding the press release for the upcoming Sanctuary Classic Best Practices workshop. Please help spread this far and wide and consider attending! Regards, Shauna * Contact(s): East Coast: Tom Raftican, 805-895-3000, tom at sportfishingconservancy.org West Coast: Jenny Armstrong, 949-813-7831, jenny at sportfishingconservancy.org Free Southern California Best Practices Recreational Fishing Workshop Set For August 10 Anglers, Scientists and Managers to Exchange Ideas on Improving Sport Fishing Techniques Around Channel Islands and Southern California (July 24, 2013) ? On Saturday, August 10, recreational fishermen, professional fishing guides, fisheries managers and top marine scientists will gather in Southern California to exchange ideas on increasing the effectiveness of ?catch & release? angling. This free, open-to-the public event is being held in conjunction with the summer-long Sanctuary Classic fishing/photo contest and is a joint effort of The Sportfishing Conservancy, The National Marine Fishery Service and the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary. This latest Best Practices Workshop follows similar recent successful events in Georgia, Florida and Massachusetts. Like these events, the Southern California workshop will focus on popular regional sport fisheries and how recreational anglers can do a better job of making sure the fish they release survive. ?Recent statistics indicate that recreational anglers across the country release the majority of the fish they catch today,? said Tom Raftican, President of The Sportfishing Conservancy, a non-profit sport fishing/conservation organization. ?With this in mind, it?s easy to see how great an impact it could have if we all did a better job of releasing fish alive and healthy.? West Coast anglers fishing around the Channel Islands and across Southern California are accustomed to dealing with a variety of regulations ? ranging from closed areas to species-specific closures to minimum size limits. This translates to a wide range of fish being released for a variety of reasons, in addition to fish released by personal choice. In addition, the 2013 change in the minimum size limit for kelp bass and barred sand bass from 12 inches to 14 inches has significantly increased the number of these popular sport fish being released. ?Private boats and party boats alike are releasing more and more bass, along with rockfish and other coastal and island species,? said Raftican. ?It?s important to all of us that as many of these fish as possible live, thrive and breed, so we can enjoy a robust recreational fishery in the future.? -more- Channel Islands Best Practices Workshop/Page 2 The August 10 Best Practices Workshop will be held from 8:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the Channel Islands Boating Center, 3880 Bluefin Circle (at the corner of Bluefin Circle and Harbor Blvd.). It will include presentations by The Sportfishing Conservancy, the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary and Dr. Chris Lowe from California State University, Long Beach. Perhaps more importantly, recreational fishermen will be asked for their input. Although the workshop will cover a wide variety of topics, tools and techniques, Dr. Lowe?s studies on rockfish and recommendations for successfully recompressing and releasing these bottom dwelling species will be a highlight of the workshop. The Channel Islands are well known for excellent catches of rockfish, and are frequented by private boaters, charter operations and party boats. Among other things, this workshop will open people?s eyes to the fact that rockfish ? if properly handled and returned to depth ? have an excellent survival rate. Event organizers are working to secure additional guest presenters, as well. The Channel Islands Workshop will provide a complimentary continental breakfast in the morning, as well as lunch for those in attendance. In addition to presentations, there will be ample opportunity for group and individual discussions where fishermen can share their own techniques and tools for successful catch and release fishing. ?This event will emphasize audience participation and an open exchange of ideas and information. Our goal is to bring scientists together with recreational fishermen to talk with them ? not at them,? added Raftican. This workshop is also in support of the ongoing 2013 Sanctuary Classic, a free, summer-long fishing photo contest designed to get families on the water to enjoy responsible recreational fishing in America?s National Marine Sanctuaries. Running through Labor Day, the Classic provides valuable weekly prizes for anglers who register online and submit photos of fish caught in any National Marine Sanctuary or adjacent waters. The popular Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary is an important part of this event. Future events like these are being planned for 2013 near National Marine Sanctuaries around the country, each designed around regional experts, angler groups and specific fish survival issues. For more information and details about the Southern California Best Practices Fishing Workshop at Channel Islands Harbor, call the Sportfishing Conservancy at (805) 895-3000or visit www.sportfishingconservancy.org. ###* -- Shauna Bingham NOAA Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary University of California Santa Barbara Ocean Science Education Building 514, MC 6155 Santa Barbara, CA 93106-6155 805-893-6421 (voice) 805-568-1582 (fax) Shauna.Bingham at noaa.gov http://channelislands.noaa.gov/ ??'?.??..><((((?>.???'?.??.???'?.?><((({?>?.???'?.?. ,. *Follow us on Facebook and** Twitter * -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From thusone at aol.com Thu Jul 25 11:41:03 2013 From: thusone at aol.com (thusone at aol.com) Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2013 14:41:03 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [CINC] Opinion, Whaling?? In-Reply-To: <7EDE43E8-B613-4B98-BD6A-AC8D27D5B3EB@cox.net> References: <7EDE43E8-B613-4B98-BD6A-AC8D27D5B3EB@cox.net> Message-ID: <8D0577DA64830FA-F28-19CBE@webmail-vm007.sysops.aol.com> This is a succinct well written article. I did now know that the Japanese government actually subsidizes whaling to the tune of $30 million per year; that this industry in Japan is not even economically viable. Shirley -----Original Message----- From: Kenneth A. Tatro To: Channel Islands Naturalist Corp, Rain List Sent: Wed, Jul 24, 2013 12:37 am Subject: [CINC] Opinion, Whaling?? Hi folks, This is an opinion piece in today's LA Times. Thought it might be of interest to ya. http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-zelko-japan-whaling-20130723,0,4733565.story Ken _______________________________________________ Channel_islands_naturalist_corps mailing list Channel_islands_naturalist_corps at rain.org http://www.rain.org/mailman/listinfo/channel_islands_naturalist_corps -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From shauna.bingham at noaa.gov Thu Jul 25 13:03:15 2013 From: shauna.bingham at noaa.gov (Shauna Bingham - NOAA Federal) Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2013 13:03:15 -0700 Subject: [CINC] MISSING: CINC Sightings Reports Envelope Message-ID: We are missing the sightings reports folder in the Santa Barbara Harbor office - if you maybe put the sightings envelope under the door let us know. I will put a new envelope for now and hope they turn up. Please remember to keep dropping off the reports Fridays and emailing or calling us the same day of your trip if you see 5 or more whales. Thank you! Shauna -- Shauna Bingham NOAA Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary University of California Santa Barbara Ocean Science Education Building 514, MC 6155 Santa Barbara, CA 93106-6155 805-893-6421 (voice) 805-568-1582 (fax) Shauna.Bingham at noaa.gov http://channelislands.noaa.gov/ ??'?.??..><((((?>.???'?.??.???'?.?><((({?>?.???'?.?. ,. *Follow us on Facebook and** Twitter * -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kensword at cox.net Sat Jul 27 16:47:16 2013 From: kensword at cox.net (Kenneth A. Tatro) Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2013 16:47:16 -0700 Subject: [CINC] WW IPCO Island Explorer, 26 July'13 Message-ID: <3FB3AACF-1BE1-40A3-9D33-7A5806398718@cox.net> Hi Folks, 9 Humpbacks (with many more blows "out there") 2000 Common Dolphin (total for the day) 15 Risso's Dolphin 1 Mola Mola many Sea Lions Bald Eagle Barn Swallows Brown Pelicans Black Vented Shearwaters Cormorants Pigeon Guillemots Sooty Shearwaters Western Gulls Following our introduction, ... 74 folks, young and not so, from Germany, Canada, Tuson, Phoenix, Las Vegas, Thousand Oaks, Burbank, West Covina, San Diego headed out into an overcast morning for an all day venture on the Santa Barbara Channel aboard the Island Explorer in search of Cetacea and other sea life. Beyond Ventura Harbor's outer buoy and the resident Sea Lions there, we turned West toward Whale Country. We encountered several small pods of Common Dolphin across the Day many feeding in nice tight bait balls, with the birds joining in. Some came to the boat to ride the pressure wave, but most were content with the fine dining they were enjoying. Still the folks were entertained by several surfing the wake of the Island Explorer, and a couple getting good air. Babies, to the great delight of the folks, were well among them. Well out there, we came upon our first Humpback, mainly feeding, and then we saw several off in the distance all around. Three were doing some repetitive tail lobs, so we headed for them to have a good look. The folks were not disappointed as they continued to throw some fantastic tail lobs. We sat there for a very good time, just taking it all in. Did not have to go any further, as it seemed they were all there. We were in down town Whale Country. Among them were a cow/calf pair and the folks thought that was great to see, in addition to all the babies among the several pods of Commons we encountered. Finally, after a very good visit to WC, we said by-by and were off, rounding the Mid Channel Buoy, and on to Santa Cruz Island to take it in and the very nice visit into Painted Cave. Capt Lee took the Island Explorer in as far as I have seen any go in, and that is pretty dog gone deep. Here, of course, we saw the Barn Swallows and Pigeon Gillimonts. A nice group of Sea Lions graced the rock at the entrance, some having climbed way, way up on those rocks. Of course, the Gardian of the Cave gave us her usual nice smile as we left. Cruising further east along the north side of SCI, Capt Lee said we were in for another treat, Risso's Dolphin. But, before he could finish telling us that, a lone Bald Eagle was spotted up on the hillside, having just taken a small bird and flying off along the hill side past us, heading west and then soaring up, up and up and finally off behind another ridge. Everyone got some very goooood looks at that sight and many a camera were shooting away. Nice!! Yet, back to the Risso's, sure enough, between Fry's Cove and Pelican Bay there they were and entertaining to the hilt, with several giving us full breaches and getting good air to boot. Then they darted past us and in front of us, just below the surface, showing their whitish colors as they passed. Again, a nice show. Some folks, however, did encounter the quizzies due to the motion of the ocean not setting that well with them. Captain Lee, with Poncho and Lisa, did their usual fine job of seeking out and finding dolphin and whales, and taking care of the folks along the way. The ever gracious, smiling and veteran Naturalist, Joanna Guttman, rode with me, chatting it up with the folks and kept the sighting log up to date. Ken Tatro Gentle winds, mellow seas, and always, ? a fresh breath of salty air, ... to ya. From kensword at cox.net Sun Jul 28 11:02:06 2013 From: kensword at cox.net (Kenneth A. Tatro) Date: Sun, 28 Jul 2013 11:02:06 -0700 Subject: [CINC] In the Sea Message-ID: <27D52304-D948-409A-B2E3-95E8CDAB46EC@cox.net> Hi folks, A couple of interesting bits on the sea and its life forms. The first one is a little more info on what we have been becoming aware. The second, may be another effect of climate change. Ken Tatro http://www.latimes.com/news/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-dolphins-name-signature-whistles-20130722,0,1462053.story http://www.latimes.com/news/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-glass-sponge-ice-shelf-retreat-antarctica-20130711,0,5213196.story From rsoto322 at yahoo.com Sun Jul 28 14:19:45 2013 From: rsoto322 at yahoo.com (Roberta Soto) Date: Sun, 28 Jul 2013 14:19:45 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Condor express Message-ID: <58762AE4-EDD3-4C3B-BFAC-7DDC9EF2279C@yahoo.com> 2500 common dolphins 1 Mola Mola 13 humpbacks (7 close to the boat and 6 from a distance) July 27th included visitors from Spain, Switzerland , Finland , Belgium, Denmark , Missouri, and also some locals. Passengers were delighted to see all the playful dolphins. They were especially thrilled though when one very curious female humpback swam repeatedly under the boat giving everyone a fantastic show pec slapping , rolling over, spy hopping, and backing down. Fantastic day enjoyed by all. I was joined by fellow naturalist Michael Berg, John Kuizenga ( PID). Thank you to captains Dave and Matt . Roberta Soto Naturalist Sent from my iPhone From ppetrich39 at me.com Sun Jul 28 16:51:29 2013 From: ppetrich39 at me.com (Paul Petrich) Date: Sun, 28 Jul 2013 16:51:29 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Too close to whales! References: <1374677574.92535.YahooMailNeo@web161306.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <31A41D2B-94D9-4CF3-BE83-5C054058DEFA@me.com> Hey Ocean People, Click on to this video news clip to see a second good reason to obey the 100 yd distance stated by law to stay from our endanger marine mammals! Paul Begin forwarded message: > > A subscriber shares a [vid] of whales feeding off Avila almost sweeping up divers with the school of fish. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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References: <01F9CF70-DB58-4E6B-A32B-ED1C1285BBD0@me.com> Message-ID: <5F077C16DC4E45D0BCB146AD45D28451@Janeway> Here's a couple of articles about this. Seems to me that the divers changed their story a bit in the second (SLO) article, probably because somebody told them they were violating the MMPA. http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/news/ci_23707428 http://www.sanluisobispo.com/2013/07/23/2595153/viral-video-shows-whale-almost.html ----- Original Message ----- From: Paul Petrich To: channel_islands_ naturalist_corps Sent: Sunday, July 28, 2013 3:56 PM Subject: [CINC] Too close to whales! Hey Ocean People, Here is a second good reason to advise people to heed the 100 yard safe cushion around our endangered marine cousins! Paul p.s. Excuse me id it is a duplicate. 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Really a good look at a tight pod of about 20, they dived in unison, tail slapped and, by Risso standards, close and friendly with the boat! One of my better looks at these guys ! And typical of recent days, common dolphins almost constant in small and tight groups and broadly spread out out as well. An avowed birder on board noted a Royal Tern, Pink Footed Shearwaters, Oyster Catchers and (Red Legged?) Phalaropes... new species for his list. Even the Minke was relatively friendly since we saw him more than once and his "footprints" were easy to follow. About 100 nice folks representing the UK, Switzerland, France, Germany, Texas, L.A. and exotic Goleta. Overcast all day, but very calm seas, light wind, flat swell. Capt. Dave at the helm with crew Eric and Tasha doing their magic at the grill and with the guests. Volunteers Vivi Teston and Mary Bucholtz on duty, and yours truly on PID. Really nice out there today!!! 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Lots of excited people from Austria, Czech Republic, Hong Kong, Italy, CO, FL, IA, ND, NV, MA, OR, PA, UT, and several from LA area Coming into the Ventura Harbor the jetty was covered in birds again (it was not as we were leaving this morning ? must have been out fishing). What was interesting is that the top 1/3 of the rocks had pelicans (the biggest bird) and then in the middle of the rocks (from the top to sea) were cormorants (medium sized birds) and then the bottom layer closest to the ocean were terns (the smallest of the 3 birds). Interesting how they had their ?pecking order? of who gets to sit where on the rocks. Excited to see my 1st Blue Whale of the season, (especially so close) Kevin Bailey -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ppetrich39 at me.com Mon Jul 29 08:02:17 2013 From: ppetrich39 at me.com (Paul Petrich) Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2013 08:02:17 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Island Explorer Sunday 7/28/2013 In-Reply-To: <024f01ce8c1e$8eb3d220$ac1b7660$@net> References: <024f01ce8c1e$8eb3d220$ac1b7660$@net> Message-ID: <2A4F9A78-2548-4253-82B5-9CC9269DEEE5@me.com> Great report Kevin! To all Ocean People as well. It is interesting to see how this report is so similar to the first accounts some 10+ years ago of the Humpbacks in our channel first starting inquisitive interaction with people on watch boats! They came first in numbers profitable to watch, right? Paul On Jul 28, 2013, at 10:43 PM, Kevin Bailey wrote: > 4 Blue Whales - 1 circled the boat (like a humpback mugging) ? came up at bow and then on all four sides of the boat checkin? us out before it swam a little farther away; for all those that say ?I came to see a Blue Whale?, they were ecstatic; less than a handful of folks had ever seen a Blue Whale and many had never seen any whale, but on the other extreme a couple people travel the world (from CO) in search of wildlife and got a few things checked off their bucket list today (including the Blue Whale box) > Bait fish / Krill could be seen between 100-200 feet under boat which kept the Blues with us for a good long time > 3 Humpback Whales > 2500+ commons in mini pods to small pods of several hundred with lots of young ones and scattered throughout the day > 20 Risso?s with 4 newbies that looked like they were born this morning > 8 Elegant terns above the 1st feeding frenzy > 1000?s of Brandts Cormorants along SCI > 1 juvenile Bald Eagle flying above SCI at the west end > 1 adult Bald eagle with blue tag (could not see the number) perched on a branch ? way down the hill > A deep ride into Painted Cave with lots of Pigeon Guillemots > Sea Lions at entrance to the cave and then in several spots along SCI ? 1 with a tag that Steve from IPCO thinks was released a couple weeks ago and looked to be doing just fine sunning itself on the rocks > 10 min from home a tight feeding frenzy with a humpback, dolphins, sea lions, diving elegant terns, plunging pelicans, pink footed shearwaters, sooty shearwaters, red necked phalaropes, cormorants, various gulls; outside the tight feeding frenzy circle the birds were everything for maybe a mile. > Lots of excited people from Austria, Czech Republic, Hong Kong, Italy, CO, FL, IA, ND, NV, MA, OR, PA, UT, and several from LA area > Coming into the Ventura Harbor the jetty was covered in birds again (it was not as we were leaving this morning ? must have been out fishing). What was interesting is that the top 1/3 of the rocks had pelicans (the biggest bird) and then in the middle of the rocks (from the top to sea) were cormorants (medium sized birds) and then the bottom layer closest to the ocean were terns (the smallest of the 3 birds). Interesting how they had their ?pecking order? of who gets to sit where on the rocks. > > Excited to see my 1st Blue Whale of the season, (especially so close) > Kevin Bailey > > > _______________________________________________ > Channel_islands_naturalist_corps mailing list > Channel_islands_naturalist_corps at rain.org > http://www.rain.org/mailman/listinfo/channel_islands_naturalist_corps -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From donshubert at roadrunner.com Tue Jul 30 17:02:31 2013 From: donshubert at roadrunner.com (Don Shubert) Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2013 17:02:31 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Condor Express July 29 2013 The Blues are Here ! Message-ID: <0a1601ce8d81$40e2dc30$c2a89490$@roadrunner.com> All: Jim Dinges and I greeted approximately 80 people from all over the world on a beautiful sunny and flat day in the channel. We came across one very friendly humpback who thrilled everyone by coming over to the boat and lying on his/her back and waving to the crowds. The highlight of the day was coming across what Capt Dave said was the largest pod of Blue Whales seen this season, as photo ID/Naturalist, I identified five Blues and there were many more spounts in the distance, so hopefully they will be here for awhile. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From hank.mitchel at gmail.com Tue Jul 30 20:05:56 2013 From: hank.mitchel at gmail.com (Hank Mitchel) Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2013 20:05:56 -0700 Subject: [CINC] IPCo Islander - 7/30 Message-ID: Great day with a great crew. 12 Humpback - most north of Santa Rosa. 3 Blue - south of the sea lanes mid-Santa Cruz. 5000 Common Dolphin - everywhere. 40 Risso off west end Santa Cruz. Captn Anthony, Joel, and Paige did a terrific job offering look after look on a perfect day. Hank Mitchel with Linda Taylor, naturalists. -- *Hank Mitchel 180 Santo Tomas Lane Santa Barbara, CA 93108* * (818) 451-9502 (mobile) (805) 969-1341 (office)* * (805) 969-1379 (home) hank.mitchel at gmail.com* -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From bonnebrown805 at gmail.com Tue Jul 30 21:15:53 2013 From: bonnebrown805 at gmail.com (Bonne Brown) Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2013 21:15:53 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Whale Watch Aug 8 on the Condor Express Message-ID: Do to a work commitment, I will be unable to do the whale watch on the Condor Express August 8. I know one of you will be able to grab it. -- Bonne Brown -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From vfolson at cox.net Tue Jul 30 22:49:11 2013 From: vfolson at cox.net (Valerie Olson) Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2013 22:49:11 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Condor on the 30th Message-ID: Hi All, Blue Whales: 3 Humpback Whales: 3 Risso's Dolphins: 20-30 Common Dolphins: 10-12 separate groups totally about 1,000 Calm sea, and many, many passengers. Sun came out in the late morning and a good time was had by all. Valerie Olson and Rae Emmett with Don Gilles on PID. From debbiemshelley at hotmail.com Wed Jul 31 09:22:55 2013 From: debbiemshelley at hotmail.com (debbiemshelley) Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2013 09:22:55 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Condor Monday 5 Message-ID: I have a rare chance to take a trip with my daughter. So my slot is open. Actually there are 2 spots open that day. The whales are waiting! Debbie Shelley Sent from my iPhone From vivi at fleurdev.com Wed Jul 31 09:42:36 2013 From: vivi at fleurdev.com (Vivi Teston) Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2013 09:42:36 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Condor Monday 5 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I will take one slot if its with the CX in SB debbie. Thnx Vivi Teston On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 9:22 AM, debbiemshelley wrote: > I have a rare chance to take a trip with my daughter. So my slot is > open. Actually there are 2 spots open that day. The whales are waiting! > Debbie Shelley > > Sent from my iPhone > _______________________________________________ > Channel_islands_naturalist_corps mailing list > Channel_islands_naturalist_corps at rain.org > http://www.rain.org/mailman/listinfo/channel_islands_naturalist_corps > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ppetrich39 at me.com Wed Jul 31 11:00:54 2013 From: ppetrich39 at me.com (Paul Petrich) Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2013 11:00:54 -0700 Subject: [CINC] Scorpion Hike 8/6 available Message-ID: <1922384D-4BF3-4214-AF0C-12EA33B9535C@me.com> Hi Island People, I have to go into surgery Friday for cartilage issues on a knee. Dr says I should cancel my hike on the 6th. The IPCO hike to Cavern Pt is now open. Go for it! Paul From NSwan15541 at aol.com Wed Jul 31 12:00:03 2013 From: NSwan15541 at aol.com (NSwan15541 at aol.com) Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2013 15:00:03 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [CINC] help!!! 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