Elf Shoe Extravaganza
Friday, September 21, 2007
Wes and Heather prepared scrambled eggs, avocado, and toast for breakfast. After chores and our morning meeting, we lifted anchor at Mackaye Harbor. Wes, Liz, and Kenna hoisted the main and unfurled the screecher. Mike was going over parts of the boat with all the students, while Shannon read over students’ methods for their proposals and Jason worked on amp calibration. Jason got a call from a previous BeamReacher who had spotted whales heading south from Lime Kiln, so we pulled in the screecher and headed north along the coast of San Juan Island. We found members of J and L pods. We spent about five hours with the whales again today—recording calls, whistles and echolocation clicks, and recording surface behaviors, bearing, distance, and identification. We watched spyhops, breaches, tail slaps, and pec slaps. We also caught many glimpses of the highly elusive elf shoes and Elise even snapped a couple of photos.< Just as we were getting ready to head back south for the evening, Tim and Ashley radioed us from Prince of Whales, a whale watching vessel they had joined for the day from Victoria. As the sun was setting, Kenna and Shannon prepared eggplant parmesan for dinner and we headed into Fisherman’s Bay on Lopez Island.
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