[CINC] Condor on 15 July

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In a message dated 7/15/2009 6:53:49 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
vfo at mindspring.com writes:


> 
> Hi All,
> 
> • Common Dolphins; one relatively small pod (100) and one large (1000)
> • Humpbacks: 14
> • Blue Whale: 1
> 
> Glorious, even though not sunny, day on the channel for 89  
> passengers ... most of whom were from out of our area.  A feeding  
> frenzy of sea lions, birds, dolphins and whales ... tons and tons of  
> krill!
> Lots of tail flukes, some pectoral fin action and extremely close  
> approach by one humpback.  All this went on significantly east of the  
> usual spots near Santa Cruz and Santa Rosa.
> 
> Joined today by Shauna, Tina and a crew shooting an educational  
> film ... hopefully to eventually be seen on Discovery.
> 
> Great, great day!!
> 
> Valerie Olson and Sally Eagle on PID ... don't know how Sally could  
> keep up with the amount of action we had!
> 

It is interesting, these reports of humpbacks feeding on krill this year.   
All previous years of my brief volunteering, we thought they were always 
feeding on schooling fish.
I got the impression from one of our lectures (can't remember exactly which 
one), that records of humpback stomachs from whalers seemed to indicate 
that they would perhaps switch between krill & schooling fish... but something 
like a few  years they would only find fish in their scomachs, followed by a 
few years by krill... not like a humpback would take a breakfast of krill 
and lunch & dindin of schooling fish.... or krill each day except for fish on 
friday.     ;-)

Shirley



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