[CINC] Shearwater trip Saturday, September 19

[Catherine French]

Hi all,



Shearwater trip from SB to Prisoners at Santa Cruz, Saturday, September 19:



1 Minke

3,000+ common dolphins

Many Sabine gulls, pigeon guillemots in addition to shearwaters, western gulls and brown pelicans



On our way from SB harbor we spotted two satellite pods of common dolphins and one minke. Most of the 26 Merito program educators on board got a pretty good view of the whale. Then we were visited for several miles by thousands of common dolphins with hundreds of calves approaching us in waves. The mother and calf pairs lined up abreast i.e., cow/calf, cow/calf, etc.?on the bow wake and road with us for at least 30 minutes. There were typically 6 pairs at a time on the bow, it was amazing.



Sincerely,

Catherine French
cfrench1366 at aol.com
805.815.3523
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