[CINC] 3-22 9AM trip on Condor and noon trip on the Vision (Condor overflow trip)

[Larry Driscoll]

9:00 AM sightings:

2 lone grays 
1 pair grays 
75 dolphin

Captain Mike and crew plus Dave from the Condor Express were on board along with naturalists Cubby and me.  Ali Widmar was also along on a shadow trip.  The seas were a little rough and the (old) Condor was rockin' & rollin' a bit with several folks feeling sick.  However, we had some good sightings, and as usual, the dolphin put on a show for the passengers.  The previous day Cubby had visited a second grade class that was aboard.  At least over night, those kids retained an amazing amount of information on the whales.  Kudos to Cubby for being a good outreach instructor.

Noon overflow trip sightings:
4 grays, two engaged in mating behavior
three pods of dolphin - 50, 50 and 200

Captain Graham and crew were aboard along with John Kuizenga and me as naturalists.  Steffanie Wise was on the trip as a shadow.  The seas had calmed down from the 9:00 AM trip and the kids and parents from Charter Oaks School had a great trip.  Both kids and parents asked great questions.  I spoke to quite a few parents about the islands and Park.  Many of them said they would be planning day trips to the islands later in the summer.


Larry Driscoll
larry.driscoll at sbcglobal.net
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