Subject: Data/NSB/May 31 1997/Center for Oceanic Research and Education/Yankee Spirit (fwd)
mike williamson (williams@www1.wheelock.edu)
Tue, 3 Jun 1997 15:32:46 -0400 (EDT)
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Date: Tue, 03 Jun 1997 14:57:17 -0700
From: "Yankee Fleet: Carol Hill/Lisa Foerster" <yankee@tiac.net>
To: whalenet@whale.simmons.edu
Subject: Data/NSB/May 31 1997/Center for Oceanic Research and Education/Yankee Spirit
Vessel: Yankee Spirit
Port: Gloucester, MA
Date: May 31, 1997
Cruise Time: 0830-1230
Organization: Center for Oceanic Research and Education
Sea State: 3" - 1.5 feet
Swell Height: 1-2 feet
Wind Speed: 12-15 knots
Direction: South - Southeast
Cloud Cover: 2 percent
Weather: Clear inshore, Fog offshore
Visibility: Less than 1 kilometer (100 yards offshore)
Recorder: Lisa Foerster
Species # Time Loran Behavior Id/photos
Mn 1 0950-1006 13797/44239 Flipper slapping, 97-13L,6-12
Lob tailing
Mn 1 1015-1047 13788/44229 Deep feeding Batik?
97-13L, 13, 14,
18, 20
Mn 1 1015-1047 13788/44229 Deep feeding Mural?
97-13L, 15-17
Mn 1 1015-1104 13788/44229 Deep feeding Sprout
97-13L, 21, 23,
24
Mn 1 1015-1104 13788/44229 Deep feeding 97-13L, 19
Ba 1 1041- 13788/44227 In area X
Mn 1 1047-1104 13787/44226 Deep feeding 97-13L, 22
Trip totals: 6 Humpbacks, 1 Minke whale
Birds observed: Greater black-backed gulls, Ring-billed gulls, Herring gulls,
Bonapartes gulls, Laughing gulls, Common Terns, Wilson's storm petrels, Northern
Gannets, Various migrating warblers.