[CINC] Speed Twin Today

[Staci Kaye-Carr]

Whales, opossum and a little yellow bird.....
All creatures great and small,
Trust Scott Cuzzo best of all!



On 5/5/08 4:36 PM, "Scott Cuzzo" <scott at scottcuzzo.com> wrote:

> Only the noon trip went today on the Speed Twin
> 
> € two humpbacks, many close views, including a spectacular
> simultaneous double breach that nearly all got to see
> € a smattering of sea lions
> € one tiny yellow bird that sat on my shoulder
> 
> About 25 passengers went out on the noon trip on the Speed Twin.  I
> love being on the Speed Twin.  Big, flat spaces for walking around,
> and a friendly crew that seems to really appreciated the naturalists
> on board a ton!
> 
> We went out about 9 miles and found two humpbacks that at first
> seemed like they were going to be very elusive.  Then they appeared
> quite close to our boat and seemed quite content to be very close.
> Then all of a sudden a great double breach about 60 yards from the
> boat.  You could feel the reverberations on the boat.  I think
> everyone was in the right place to see the breaches.  But the one
> double breach was it for breaching.  But they were content to let us
> follow them for quite a while.  As we headed back to port we passed a
> couple of other humpbacks but did not stop for them.  At one point a
> tiny yellow bird, like a finch, but I don't think the wings were
> black, landed right on my shoulder!  It surprised me, but I remained
> calm and it sat there for a minute or two while everyone took
> pictures of it.  Obviously not a sea bird and possibly very tired.
> Sort of a fun unusual moment.  Everyone had a nice time.  There were
> people on the boat from Amsterdam, Germany and Mexico, and I think
> somewhere else.
> 
> And my morning started by me fishing out a baby possum from the
> swimming pool.  Very tired and exhausted, water pouring from it's
> lungs when I set it down.  I gave it a hot water bottle and a very
> gentle blow dry and after a few hours it seemed to perk up.  I hope
> the "faux hawk" I gave it improved his image with his family.
> 
> Scott CUZZO
> 
> 
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