[CINC] Condor Ex last Thursday

[Carolyn McCleskey]

With Capt. Mat at the helm, we headed toward AI on a calm sea, with a group of 40 or so students from Encinitas, and Hal Altman, PID, Don Gillies and I as Naturalists.  Aftera small group of common dolphins were spotted we came on a lone Minke whale feedingand surfacing briefly and giving all a dose of its stinky breath, but good views.  Thena few offshore Bottlenose Dolphins, followed by a larger group of about 50.  Althoughwe travelled around the south side of Anacapa and back to the east end of SantaCruz, we found no other whales, but a large pod of Risso's Dolphins on the way home.Altogether, a beautiful day spent with interested passengers who all enjoyed the day,thanks to the hard work of Captain and crew.  Carolyn
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