Whale Watch Fundraiser a Success

Saturday, March 12th, the day after the tsunami in Japan and despite its damaging effect on sections of the California coast, 75 hearty folks participated in a whale watch fundraiser out of Long Beach Harbor to benefit ICO.

A pod of three grey whales spouted and lobtailed (lifted their flukes out of the water) at regular four to six minute intervals several times in easy viewing distance from our ship, Liberty. Sea lions basked on a buoy and on rocks and dolphins played near our ship. Cormorants and brown pelicans flew nearby...

The American Cetacean Society Specialist onhoard, Erlinda Cortez, made sure we knew exactly when and where to spot sea life and provided fascinating information about animal anatomy and behavior.