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his dorsal and ventral rear area? Is this significant for ID purposes and does
anyone know what this coloration might be??? <br>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">See John Calambokidis' response below.<br>
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<div id="sig2978" style="clear: both;"><font>Sincerely,<br>
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Catherine French<br>
cfrench1366@aol.com<br>
805.815.3523</font></div>
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From: John Calambokidis <Calambokidis@cascadiaresearch.org><br>
To: Catherine French <cfrench1366@aol.com><br>
Sent: Thu, 18 Sep 2008 3:17 pm<br>
Subject: RE: [CINC] Condor Express 09/10<br>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Sorry for the delay in responding, have been in the field. This
is likely the fairly common diatom film many blue whales have that earned them
their name Sulphur-bottom. We have seen several whales with this year so it
seems to be a little more common this season.</span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Best,</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">John Calambokidis</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Research Biologist</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Cascadia Research</span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><a href="mailto:calambokidis@cascadiaresearch.org">calambokidis@cascadiaresearch.org</a></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Tel. (360)943-7325 ext 104</span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";"> Catherine French
[<a href="mailto:cfrench1366@aol.com?">mailto:cfrench1366@aol.com</a>] <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, September 11, 2008 11:06 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> John Calambokidis<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Fwd: [CINC] Condor Express 09/10</span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Hi John,<br>
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See the description of the coloration from this blue whale sighting? Any idea
what may cause the color?</span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal">Sincerely,<br>
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Catherine French<br>
<a href="mailto:cfrench1366@aol.com">cfrench1366@aol.com</a><br>
805.815.3523</div>
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From: Bhrian Resnik <<a href="mailto:bhrian@cox.net">bhrian@cox.net</a>><br>
To:<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <a href="mailto:channel_islands_naturalist_corps@rain.org">channel_islands_naturalist_corps@rain.org</a></font><br>
Sent: Thu, 11 Sep 2008 10:52 am<br>
Subject: [CINC] Condor Express 09/10</div>
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<div class="MsoNormal">18 passengers enjoyed concierge service from Bill Strongly
and myself aboard the Condor. We had definite recorded sightings of 6 Blues
with numerous other blows in the region of the west end of SCI. We spotted 1
Minke about 10 min. out of the harbor and enjoyed 2 sightings of commons on our
return home from painted cave. It was a great day!!!</div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">One Blue had a greenish-yellowish algae like coloration on
his dorsal and ventral rear area? Is this significant for ID purposes and does
anyone know what this coloration might be??? Please only respond if this
is OK with Clare <span style="font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></font></div>
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