[CINC] Friday with cow-calf Blues (probably not born here per John)

[Marty Flam]

Thank you Shauna for reporting John's skepticism of Blues birthing in SB Channel.
 
The cow-calf  Blue pair, same or similar to those seen Monday while crossing to Scorpion, were seen again on the same route Friday,  lingering very close to Captain Anthony's Islander cat for approximately 15 minutes as our boatload of CINP and CINMS visitors in awe listened to Bm exhaust tones, Jeanne's blow-by- blow and thrilled to a twirl or two (vertical flukes and pec waves) from the youngster.  IPCOs other cat , the Island Adventure with CINC's Bill Weinerth aboard en route to SRI, then arrived and we continued on to SCI for hiking, kayaking, plant restoration, swimming, diving, picnicking and/or camping.   Wow, whatta day!
 
9:05 AM et seq. 34-06-554; 119-27-187
 
Marty
--- On Fri, 9/18/09, Shauna.Bingham at noaa.gov <Shauna.Bingham at noaa.gov> wrote:


From: Shauna.Bingham at noaa.gov <Shauna.Bingham at noaa.gov>
Subject: [CINC] Update on Suspected Blue Whale Giving Birth in SB Channel
To: "channel_islands_naturalist_corps at rain.org" <channel_islands_naturalist_corps at rain.org>
Date: Friday, September 18, 2009, 2:35 PM





>From Cascadia Research Collective Research Biologist, John Calambokidis regarding a recent report claiming a blue whale may have given birth in the SB Channel: 




 
"The account of the sightings of this mom had been sent to me a number of weeks ago (a mom seen without a calf and then several days later with a calf) and I had explained that I had seen her earlier to those reports already with a calf and so it was not a SB Channel birth (or at least these events did not show it to be one). Apparently that account and possible conclusion had gotten some traction and perhaps my explanation did not make it to everyone involved.  I am pretty sure this was the source incident and our sightings show she already had a calf when first seen here. I suspect that the reported sightings of her without a calf were likely because the calf was hard to see with a very small blow and did not surface every time with the mom. I suspect the small size of the calf and the emaciated state of the mom are likely related in that she may be struggling to provide adequate food for the calf."

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