[CINC] Condor Today

[Valerie Olson]

Hi All,

Today's Sightings:

Humpbacks: 4
Common Dolphins: 200
Risso's Dolphins: 8-9

Shirley's description of  the amazing show our first humpback put on  
today tells it all.  In all the years I have had the privilege of  
being on our channel I can never remember a performance like this one.

Fantastic!!

Valerie Olson and Carolyn McCleskey


Begin forwarded message:

> From: thusone at aol.com
> Date: June 11, 2013 7:07:05 PM PDT
> To: channel_islands_naturalist_corps at rain.org
> Subject: [CINC] The active humpie....
>
> I just have to post this.   Today, we met up with a BIG humpback  
> whale, who happened to be right in the middle of her aerobics  
> regimen.   1-2-3-...   48 tons of whale come FLYING out of the  
> ocean, crashing down birthing a small tsunami...   1-2-3-...  UP  
> again!, down,  Crashing backwards..again & again .Ok, now it's time  
> for our calisthenics  1-2-3- 15-foot long pectoral fin sweeps up  
> and slams against the ocean surface just as hard as madame whale  
> can manage.   slam!  slam!  slam!  I mean, she was putting her  
> shoulder into it, rising out of the water and slamming that pec  
> down.  Second phase, roll over on our back 1-2-3  TWO 15-foot  
> pectoral fins out of water slamming back together, again &  
> again.... then cross the whales chest & then slam back into the  
> water.   This went on for a half hour!   about 30 breaches,  
> minimum.  Finally, Dave the Condor Express captain  
> confessed....     this whale was on the payroll...   pass the tip  
> jar!    hehehe
>
>   ps I am just guessing it was Madame whale because of the size.
>
>       shirley johnson
>
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