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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Book Antiqua"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Even though the trip was to hike on ESCI there were
numerous notable sightings that I thought might be of interest to share: <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Book Antiqua"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Book Antiqua"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>To make a long story short: Two pods of common
dolphins, one less than 100; one approximately 1,000<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Book Antiqua"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>
8 Gray Whales<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Book Antiqua"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>
2 non marine mammals - Island Fox <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Book Antiqua"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Book Antiqua"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>The long version of the short story .
. . .<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Book Antiqua"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'> It
was a small, but very diverse group of approximately 45 passengers, who
ventured out to <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Santa Cruz</st1:place></st1:City>
with captains Dave & Anthony along with crew Jean and Katie and yours truly
as naturalist. Passengers represented in addition to <st1:State w:st="on">California</st1:State>,
<st1:country-region w:st="on">Slovenia</st1:country-region>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Germany</st1:country-region>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">England</st1:country-region>
(<st1:City w:st="on">London</st1:City>) <st1:State w:st="on">Ohio</st1:State>, <st1:State
w:st="on">Oklahoma</st1:State>, <st1:State w:st="on">Nevada</st1:State> (<st1:City
w:st="on">Reno</st1:City>) and <st1:State w:st="on">Missouri</st1:State> (<st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Kansas City</st1:place></st1:City>). There
were actually two different sets of people from <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Oklahoma</st1:place></st1:State>, only one pair of which was excited
about Thursday’s National Championship Game featuring their
Sooners. Possibly the most exciting part of the day wasn’t the
dolphins and whales on the way out or the dolphins and whales on the way
back. It was the 6 Gray Whales we followed walking back towards Scorpion
from Cavern Point. Just as I was concluding my talk at Cavern Point, I
was “rudely interrupted” by a spout just below us. As we
walked back towards Scorpion we found and basically walked back with one pair
of 2 adult Gray’s and just outside them a group of 4 made up of 2 adults
and 2 juveniles. With hardly any wind and the quiet and solitude one
finds on the island, we could hear them blow. Actually sometimes when I
was busy writing I heard them before I saw them. The couple from Oklahoma
who admitted that upon planning their trip while back home, they had doubts
about what their experience on the Channel Islands would hold for them were ecstatic
as they observed and listened to the Gray Whales. We even were treated to
a fairly spectacular breach by one of the Gray’s. To give credence
to something we already know I want to share a comment from the woman from <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">London</st1:place></st1:City> who was concluding
a two month stay with her daughter in Carpinteria. “This day out on
the <st1:place w:st="on">Channel Islands</st1:place> has been the best part of
my entire trip.” Amen to that. Just before getting ready to
board the boat I observed two Island Fox checking out the soon to be completed interpretive
center. Yes, I was told it would be finished by the end of the next
month. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Book Antiqua"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Book Antiqua"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>One question that I have based on today’s
experience. Should land based sightings be included in the sightings
log???? I didn’t have an exact GPS setting, but between traveling
between Cavern Point and Scorpion at a distance of 250 yds offshore seems
pretty specific. Anyway, is there a policy, procedure or rule regarding
these types of sightings? <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Book Antiqua"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Book Antiqua"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Dick<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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