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EGS - 11
August
8
1125 34°58'-122°24' 1 Otariid light brown - ? crest
1237 34°58'-122°38' 1 Cetacea small whale or large porpoise - laying on surface - color & fin like Tursiops.
1413 34°58'-122°58' 1 Balaenoptera sp. 2 Cetacea - see notes.
1540 34°56'-123°14' 1 Physeter catodon
1550 34°56'-123°16' Balaenoptera physalus Fin seen well.
9
1135 34°33'-126°29' Balaenoptera musculus Dead - floating.
1650 34°11'-125°53' 2 Physeter catodon Rel 2 - blows only.
1755 34°11'-125°39' 1 Callorinus ursinus -
10
1834 33°38'-121°24' 1 Balaenoptera musculus Came to port 100 yd. off beam blew 5 times then dived & swam under ship at mid ships. Ca 60' long.
1954 33°26'-121°21' 1 Balaenoptera sp. With some flash-high blow.
11
1815 33°21'-125°38' 4 Delphinus At least one with white in dorsal.
1550 33°21'-125°12' 2 Physeter catodon Not moving - blowing repeatedly; remaining on surface
2005 33°19'-125°58' 10 Delphinus - Rel 2 - Near dark - didn't come to bow.
12
1810 32°31'-124°12' 1 Physeter catodon 35-40' laying on surface; blowing repeatedly.
13
1445
7 Delphinus At least one with white in dorsal- didn't come to bow.
14 None
15 None
16
0650 30°5 re -121°48' water. W 1 Phystert catodon
0745 30°52' out 1 Pseudorca No blow, dorsal medial. Smooth in water.
0815 30°52ion -21°35' 5 Delphinus All with white in dorsal. Killed & lost.
0850 30°53'-21°19' 20 Delphinus ? Normal D.d. baridii.