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Here are Camilla's data sheet notes for the day.
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77-SPOUT (777-7688)
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date
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Sunday March 15th 2009
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boat & crew
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Sea Slipper, Michael Smith, Kevin Horsfield, Andrew Stevenson, Camilla Stringer
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time leave and return
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8.00 – 18.00
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place of departure/return
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Darrell’s Wharf
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wind knots and direction
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WSW 8-12
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previous days knots and direction
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WSW 6-10 building
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tide-high and low
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Low @ 6.31
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time
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whales #
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Activity
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Place/
coordinates
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Dept (feet)
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Fluke photo # /
u-w video
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10.08
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1 (a)
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Blow
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N32 11 742 W64 07 967
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10.13
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1 (b)
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Breach x 3
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On horizon
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10.14
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1 (a)
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Blow
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10.20
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1 (a)
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Blow x 2
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N32 13 400 W64 58 726
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70
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10.29
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1 (a)
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Blow x 2. No singing
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Hydrophone #10
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10.33
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1 (a)
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Blow
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Moving slowly east
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10.37
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1 (a)
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Blow, dive
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10.45
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1 (c)
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Breach
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Hydrophone #11
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10.46
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1 (c)
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Blow
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10.49
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1 (a)
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Blow x 4, dive
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10.59
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1 (a)
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Bow x 3
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N32 14 134 W64 50 021
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60
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11.03
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1 (a)
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Peck-slapping, blow
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N32 14 182 W64 58 113
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66
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11.07
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1 (a)
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Blow
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Travelling west
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11.09
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1 (d)
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Breach, blow
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Near horizon
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11.11
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1 (a)
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Surface, peck slapping, rolling on back, diving
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52
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11.14
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1 (a)
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Blow, dive
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N32 14 062 W64 58 266
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11.15
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1 (a)
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Breach x 2, peck-slapping
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11.16
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1 (e)
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Blow
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11.18
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1 (a)
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Peck-slapping, blow
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11.19
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1 (e)
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Pecks-slapping
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11.21
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1 (a)
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Blow, Pecks-slapping
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11.21
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1 (e)
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Tail-lobbing x 22, Breach
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11.23
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1 (e)
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Tail-lobbing, Blow
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11.25
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2 (a,e)
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(e) tail-lobbing, the two whales join up
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N32 14 393 W64 58 811
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11.26
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1 (e)
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Surface by boat – looks like a 2 year old
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11.30
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1 (e)
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Blow x 2 – very small
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11.31
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1 (a)
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Blow, surface
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11.34
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1 (a)
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Blow x 3
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Andrew filming
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11.36
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1 (a)
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Peck-slapping
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Whilst the engine is off we have drifted quickly away from the whales
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11.51
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1 (a)
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Blow x 3, Peck-slapping
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11.57
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1 (a)
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Blow x 3
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12.01
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1 (a)
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Blow
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12.06
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2 (a,e)
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Blow x 3
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12.08
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2 (a,e)
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Blow
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12.09
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2 (a,e)
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Surface
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Andrew filming
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12.18
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2 (a,e)
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Blow
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Drifting quickly
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12.22
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2 (a,e)
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Blow
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Andrew out
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12.24
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1 (a)
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Tail-lobbing
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12.26
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1 (a)
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Blow, Blow Tail-lobbing
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12.32
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1 (a)
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Blow
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12.54
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2 (a,e)
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Both adult & juvenile breach
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12.59
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2 (a,e)
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Surface
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13.04
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1 (a)
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Dive – we see something hanging from the fluke.
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Photos show there to be a ‘bite’ out of fluke with hanging flesh
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13.08
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1 (a)
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surface
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N32 16 176 W65 00 799
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13.13
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2 (a,e)
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Surface, Dive – one fluke small but no photo
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13.16
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2 (a,e)
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Surface behind boat
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13.21
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2 (a,e)
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Surface, Dive
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13.58
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1 (a)
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Breach, Peck-slapping
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North edge of Sally Tucker’s
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14.00
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1 (a)
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Tail-lobbing
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N32 15 508 W65 01 193
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14.02
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2 (a, f)
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Joined by second adult, both Tail-lobbing, Breaching
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14.05
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2 (a, f)
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Blow
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14.13
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2 (a, f)
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Blow
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14.25
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2
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Blow
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14.33
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1
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Blow
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14.47
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1
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Blow
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70
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15.36
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1
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Breach on horizon
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