[CINC] Ranger 85 Jan 2

[judy w]

Friday's sightings:3 bottlenose x 2 (maybe the same guys)commons x 2 first only 3, they led us to a megapod of around 3503 grays Brrr, foggy damp and cold.  14 pasengers (11 from the same family), naturalist Sue Johnston and I, amazed by a calm glassy ocean.  We saw bottlenose in the harbor before the boat even left the dock.  Then commons mid channel and more bottlenose just outside Channel Islands breakwater on the return trip.  IPCO tipped us off to the whales and left the scene as we arrived east of Arch rock.  Capt. Frank pulled in behind Arch rock for a close up looki at both harbor seals and sea lions hauled out on the ledge.  At least half a gazillion seabirds were in residence as well, gulls, pelicans, oyster catchers, comorants.  Emily, a grade school aged girl, told us all about the report she was going to write for school on harbor seals. The whale kit was still on board when we left the boat.  
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