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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Condor Express<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Saturday, 05/03/08<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>3 trips<st1:PersonName w:st="on">:</st1:PersonName> 900, 1200, 1500<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>8 Humpbacks (including “Rope” on the 1500 trip), sea lions,
pacific white sides, commons, more sea lions, hundreds of sea lions, 2 Xantus’s
Murrelets, and 3 harbor seals on the bait barge.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Most activity in the 34° 17.20 119° 41.27 vicinity, all day<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>The Channel is filled with bait and all those that love to eat bait
fish. The ocean is clear and cold. Big swells but not all that much wind.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>This morning two lively humps perfected their breaching, performing
together, side by side. Could you hear the whoops on shore? Certainly every
creature in the water heard or felt the impact when those two hit the water. I
don’t think anyone captured it on camera, but none of us will forget it.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>For humpback tricks today John Kuizenga and I tallied<st1:PersonName
w:st="on">:</st1:PersonName><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>1 double (duo) breach<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>2 single (solo) breaches<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>1 spy hop<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>4 pec slaps<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>5 tail throws<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Flukes too numerous to count<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Lots of trumpeting<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>And, yes, the multitudes of sea lions did their versions of all of the
above.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>However, not all the visitors to the Channel are humpbacks --- there
are many tourists from “away” spending their Euros in <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Santa Barbara</st1:City></st1:place> and
exploring the bounty of our waters. We may have to add a foreign language
component to the<st1:PersonName w:st="on"> CINC</st1:PersonName> training.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>As ever, a wonderful day………..on one of the last trips
of <i><span style='font-style:italic'>the gray whale season.<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><i><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-style:italic'>BTW Bob Perry was out photographing
the 9<st1:PersonName w:st="on">:</st1:PersonName>00 and 12<st1:PersonName
w:st="on">:</st1:PersonName>00 trips. He says he will have those photos posted
on his website by Monday. You can see the fun for yourselves.<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
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