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Sallysouth
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What a beautiful video Pam!That was just outside of Juncalito if I am not mistaken. God I miss Loreto.You have beautiful children too!!Thanks for
sharing with us!!!
Happiness is just a Baja memory away...
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| Quote: | Originally posted by shari
Great news Pam...having the fishermen diversify is wonderful...more skills the better and it is critical that they learn from a whale person how to
successfully view whales...each species requires a different technique but learning the right way to observe whales is extremely important. One thing
I found interesting was that many of the whales you saw were in resting mode...whales catnap on the surface and one problem with commercial whale
watching is that whales dont get the rest they need as they are often disturbed by boats and have to wake up and submerge..on calm, glassy days whales
seem to rest more like that. Excellent footage.
Pam, it would be great if you could begin documenting things like how many whales in an area, the date, time, tide state, behavior, direction when
travelling, species and remarks that may be of use to researchers later and matching your notes with photo ID's of the individuals and is also
interesting for you and your family...get the kids involved with taking notes at the time of sightings and they can earn to identify individuals by
their markings...sirenita began doing that when she was a toddler....thank you Pam for being you...
I am just back from an outstanding 2 days at Ojo de Liebre with Eli and Standingwave and others....I have vowed never to wash my lips again after
planting some big juicy kisses on a real sexy whale! trip report coming.
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Shari and Pam, I was out on a boat off Cabo San Lucas yesterday and it was
shameful the way the tour boats were crowding the whales. We encountered a pod of gray whales and a pod of humpbacks, in both cases they were
completely surrounded then pursued by 10-12 boats very closely. It would be a really worthwhile project to disseminate some of that education down
there.
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flyfishinPam
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non-aggressive boatmanship
We're working on just that in going through this training. I was proud at how 4 of the 5 boats out there that day behaved. The double motor boat was
a big too gung-ho in my opinion, but the rest of us respected the animals and each other. We're all brothers here its a small town and like family we
gave each other their space. I've seen whale chases and it nauseates me as well. I have some of this on film especially at Lopez Mateos and it will
serve as an example of how not to operate a boat around whales.
I understand there are some folks who would rather not see this become commercialized but we have to work, so we may as well do it responsibly and
with as little an impact as we can.
Those resting blue whales, especially the one with the cut fin followed our boat through the day. It wasn't something I noticed until I sorted
through 4GB of video clips and could point out individuals. Of course after I took the camera off my eye I was seeing double for half an hour.
This was off Nopolo and Juncalito.
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Pam, I finally got around to checking out your video. I can only echo, times 10, what everyone else has said. Absolutely top notch videography and
music!! It was also very relaxing to watch, and most enjoyable.
I have one question. Who was playing the piano in the 2nd music clip? I loved it. I play piano myself, and I really enjoyed it.
Bob H
The SAME boiling water that softens the potato hardens the egg. It's about what you are made of NOT the circumstance.
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Great video Pam! I'm sure you spent a lot of time and effort putting it together. 
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That was great Pam. Thanks for sharing. Good to see everyone out for the boat ride. Enzel is getting to be a big boy. See ya in a couple weeks......
marty
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| Quote: | | Shari and Pam, I was out on a boat off Cabo San Lucas yesterday and it was shameful the way the tour boats
were crowding the whales. We encountered a pod of gray whales and a pod of humpbacks, in both cases they were completely surrounded then pursued by
10-12 boats very closely. It would be a really worthwhile project to disseminate some of that education down there. |
I agree that education is the key to successful, low impact whale observation. If people like Pam are the pioneers in this activity, i am sure they
will set a good example of how it should be done. It may be worthwhile to think about setting local "codes of conduct" type "recomdations" in your
area...lobby fisheries to set up spome viewing regs from the git-go. I would hate to see those whales harrassed to the point where they simply avoid
an area...but those in the video didnt appear to me bothered much although they did get woken up a couple times.
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Pam,
Are you certain they are Blues? In relation to the boats, their size doesn't look large enough to be blues (75 to 100') and their color appears to be
too dark.
I'm certainly not an expert...just wondering.
Miguelamo 
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| Quote: | Originally posted by AmoPescar
Pam,
Are you certain they are Blues? In relation to the boats, their size doesn't look large enough to be blues (75 to 100') and their color appears to be
too dark.
I'm certainly not an expert...just wondering.
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yes they are blues. look at their mottled pigmentation, and also realize that they don't put much of their bodies out of the water simply because
they are too large. the backs of these resting whales in these video clips only show roughly 20% of their body length. sometimes the angle of the
sun, angle of the shot or glare can deceive ya.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by LaloinBaja
Pam...What is the music?????Lovin' it...Want it!!!!!!Thanks...Lalo (Is is My buddy Luke Pavarotti??) |
Yes, that is Pavarotti with Vanessa Williams "Non Ti Scordar Di Me"
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Marc
| Quote: | Originally posted by LaloinBaja
Pam...What is the music?????Lovin' it...Want it!!!!!!Thanks...Lalo (Is is My buddy Luke Pavarotti??) |
Yes, that is Pavarotti with Vanessa Williams "Non Ti Scordar Di Me" |
Yes, but what is the second song... piano???
The SAME boiling water that softens the potato hardens the egg. It's about what you are made of NOT the circumstance.
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I went fishing with Fred Hoctor several times in his little aluminum 12" and once, on foggy day as we were heading south in front of La Bufadora, I
heard several noises that I couldn't figure out. Fred said it was the tug boat bringing cement from Santo Tomas to Ensenada. As we got closer, and the
fog lifted there were two Blue's and they were beautiful. We got closer and watched them for over an hour. They looked a lot bigger than the whales in
the video. I will never forget the look on Fred's face as he watched them. It was like a little boy in a candy shop. I miss Fred and will never forget
that particular fishing trip!
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