[CINC] 6/12 on the Condor Express

[Cubby Winkel]

Bottle nose Dolphin                                        5

Short Beaked Common Dolphin                1500

Humpbacks Whale                                          11  logged but
there were spouts everywhere

BLUE WHALE                                                      1

 

Sally Eagle as PID

Nataalie Swan & Cubby Winkel as Naturalists

 

Crew: Dave, Jacque & Amanda

 

It was a lottery ticket day!  Captain Dave found us a small group of Bottle
Nose Dolphins just off Stearn's Wharf.  Then he headed for the "gap."  We no
more than arrived and Cap'n Dave spotted some blows.  We spent a long time
with several groupings of Humpies.  There was one juvenile who was very
entertaining with tail throws.  Then Cap'n Dave announced that everybody
should buy a lottery ticket when the returned to shore as this was truly
their "lucky day."  Then he explained that he had spotted a Blue Whale.
Everybody immediately rushed to the bow.  It took another ten to fifteen
minutes for Cap'n to get located with the Blue and we followed it for a nice
period of time.  Everybody on board was very thrilled to have been a part of
the "first sighting" of the year of a Blue on the Condor.  Then we headed
for Painted Cave and home.  On the way in Cap'n found a large pod of Short
Beaked Common Dolphins, which was the perfect ending to our Lottery Ticket
day!

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