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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Being a blog type person, here are a couple of links
related to this posting. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>There were two tags we had to look at on the whales. The
smaller yellow ones were put on recently by <A
href="http://www.topp.org/user/brucemate">Dr. Bruce Mate</A> of <A
href="http://www.topp.org/">Tagging of Pacific Predators</A>. These are meant to
stay on for several months and communicate with sattlelites, so hopefully we'll
be able to track these whales on the Internet soon. The larger orange suction
cup tags are John Calambokidis' which will fall off soon. I couldn't find
details on this project on the <A
href="http://www.cascadiaresearch.org/">Cascadia Research</A> webpage, but what
they're doing is a study to see if blue whales in the shipping lanes can hear
ships coming and if the whales try to move out of the way of approaching ships.
Maybe they don't if they're too busy feeding, but hopefully John's research will
help shed some light on the issue. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Notable passengers on the Condor that day included <A
href="http://www.savethewhalesagain.com/wm_master.html">Hayden Panettiere</A>
and Jeff Pantukoff of Save the Whales Again/<A
href="http://www.whaleman.org/wm_master.html">The Whaleman Foundation</A>, and
Bernardo and Diane Alps of American <A href="http://www.acs-la.org/">Cetacean
Society LA Chapter</A>. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><A
href="http://www.topp.org/user/brucemate">http://www.topp.org/user/brucemate</A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><A
href="http://www.topp.org/">http://www.topp.org/</A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><A
href="http://www.cascadiaresearch.org/">http://www.cascadiaresearch.org/</A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><A
href="http://www.savethewhalesagain.com/wm_master.html">http://www.savethewhalesagain.com/wm_master.html</A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><A
href="http://www.whaleman.org/wm_master.html">http://www.whaleman.org/wm_master.html</A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><A
href="http://www.acs-la.org/contactus.htm">http://www.acs-la.org/</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=scott@scottcuzzo.com href="mailto:scott@scottcuzzo.com">Scott
Cuzzo</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=channel_islands_naturalist_corps@rain.org
href="mailto:channel_islands_naturalist_corps@rain.org">RAIN</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, August 16, 2008 4:19
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [CINC] 8/16 Condor Trip</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Arial size=4><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 14px">Dear Naturalists,</SPAN></FONT>
<DIV><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Arial size=4><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 14px"><BR></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Arial size=4><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-SIZE: 14px">>>>>><BR></SPAN></FONT>
<DIV><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Arial size=4><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 14px"><BR></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Arial size=4><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 14px">The basics:</SPAN></FONT>
<DIV><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Arial size=4><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 14px"><BR></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Arial size=4><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 14px">Pods of commons ranging up to
about 700 all day.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Arial size=4><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 14px">One not so elusive
Minke</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Arial size=4><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 14px">Two groups of two blue
whales</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Arial size=4><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 14px">A special on-the-water
encounter with John Calambokidis.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Arial size=4><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 14px">The joy of working with Deb
Herring and Lisa Angle on PID.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Arial size=4><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 14px">A recipe for krill
omelette.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Arial size=4><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 14px"><BR></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Arial size=4><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-SIZE: 14px">>>>>></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Arial size=4><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 14px"><BR></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Arial size=4><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 14px">Probably WAY more than what you
want to know:</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Arial size=4><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 14px"><BR></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Arial size=4><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 14px">The water was really flat all
day, the sky was clear, the air was warm. We started by finding a pod of
commons that was about 600-700.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Arial size=4><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 14px"><BR></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Arial size=4><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 14px">Right after our first dolphin
sighting, we found a Minke. This Minke came up right by the bow of the
boat at least 5-6 times. I could easily see the white patch on it's
dorsal fin. I think the whole boat had a great chance to get good views
of the Minke, which is not typical, as Minke are usually elusive. It was
certainly my best Minke sighting to date.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Arial size=4><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 14px"><BR></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Arial size=4><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 14px">After that we found two blues
together by an IPCO boat, and another small zodiac with three people. We
were pretty close to Santa Cruz Island at this point. We watched these
two blues for quite a while. I timed their dives and they consistently
dove for 9.5 minutes. (Bring a timer sometime, if the whales are
consistent, as they often are, it's really fun to say "start looking" and have
them pop up on cue. It makes you look smart, and I need all the help I
can get.) </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Arial size=4><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 14px"><BR></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Arial size=4><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 14px">During one of the 9.5 minute
dives, the zodiac pulled alongside our boat. It was John Calambokidis,
his son, and one other person. We had just missed them tagging one of
these two blues by 15 minutes!!! How great that would have been to see.
I'll bet the IPCO boat got to see that. John showed us what the
suction cup tags look like. Picture a small fire extinguisher with two
suction cups, each about 3 inches across. The cylinder was bright
orange. As these two "very regular" blues would surface, we could easily
see the bright orange tags, which are designed to fall off after a certain
amount of time. It was a special treat to see John, and have him answer
questions from passengers! Just imagine a little zodiac along side a
blue whale with some one foolish enough to poke at it with a stick!!!
Let me restate that... Just imagine a little zodiac alongside a
big blue whale with some one brave enough to try and tag it for important
research!</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Arial size=4><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 14px"><BR></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Arial size=4><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 14px">We started moving towards
Painted Cave, and found two more blues. These seemed larger than the
first pair. These two whales were short divers, with dives about 2 - 2.5
minutes. Part of the time these two blues just "logged" at the surface.
No visible tags on these guys.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Arial size=4><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 14px"><BR></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Arial size=4><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 14px">On both pairs of whales we got
great views, as close as maybe 60 yards away. All whales seemed relaxed
with our presence. We saw at least one tail fluke from each pair of
whales. One fluke was really nice.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Arial size=4><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 14px"><BR></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Arial size=4><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 14px">Some passengers, and myself
noticed what seemed to be a big exhalation from at least one of the blues just
when making a deep dive, which seemed curious. If you know more than me,
and who doesn't, please share! </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Arial size=4><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 14px"><BR></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Arial size=4><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 14px">The boat had about 110
passengers from various parts of the U.S. and Europe, and maybe beyond.
There were some really inquisitive passengers with lots of great
questions.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Arial size=4><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 14px"><BR></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Arial size=4><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 14px">As for the krill omelette
recipe?? Well Deb is looking for one since she now has them in her
fridge. Please forward to her. I hear they are great with
garlic...but what isn't good with garlic?</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Arial size=4><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 14px"><BR></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Arial size=4><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 14px">Regards,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Arial size=4><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 14px"><BR></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Arial size=4><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-SIZE: 14px">Scott
Cuzzo</SPAN></FONT></DIV></DIV></DIV>
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