[CINC] Fwd: Condor Express 09/10

[Catherine French]

Regarding an email from Sept. 11 regarding a blue whale sighted with 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???? 





See John Calambokidis' response below.





 


Sincerely,

Catherine French
cfrench1366 at aol.com
805.815.3523

 


 

-----Original Message-----
From: John Calambokidis <Calambokidis at cascadiaresearch.org>
To: Catherine French <cfrench1366 at aol.com>
Sent: Thu, 18 Sep 2008 3:17 pm
Subject: RE: [CINC] Condor Express 09/10

























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.



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Best,



John Calambokidis



Research Biologist



Cascadia Research



218 1/2 W 4th Ave. 



Olympia, WA? 98501



www.cascadiaresearch.org



calambokidis at cascadiaresearch.org



Tel. (360)943-7325 ext 104



FAX (360)943-7325



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From: Catherine French
[mailto:cfrench1366 at aol.com] 

Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2008 11:06 AM

To: John Calambokidis

Subject: Fwd: [CINC] Condor Express 09/10






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Hi John,



See the description of the coloration from this blue whale sighting? Any idea
what may cause the color?









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Sincerely,



Catherine French

cfrench1366 at aol.com

805.815.3523









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-----Original Message-----

From: Bhrian Resnik <bhrian at cox.net>

To: channel_islands_naturalist_corps at rain.org

Sent: Thu, 11 Sep 2008 10:52 am

Subject: [CINC] Condor Express 09/10












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!!!









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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 J













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