[CINC] Speed Twin Today

[Mr Zalophus]

The yellow bird might have been a western tanager.  I've been way out at sea
and had them land on the boat to rest...often on passenger shoulders or
heads.   Dunno about flying 'possums tho'     :-)
Bob

On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 6:37 PM, Staci Kaye-Carr <staci at savzsea.com> wrote:

> 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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