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Outline of Program (Summer 2008)
 
   1. Required Observations:
      a. Individual sighting hours (must
          complete at least 5 sighting forms).
      b. Mass Sighting Day - must complete
          2 hour shift on assigned day.
      c. Harbor Patrol Tour - must partici-
          pate on at least 1 tour.
      d. Photograph at least one dolphin
          dorsal fin..

  2. Supporting Lab Assignments:
      a. Complete Dorsal Fin I.D. Lab 
          exercise to identify matches in 
          photo database.
      b. Read Cetacean Behavior Notebook
         2002 to familiarize self wtih
         distinct behaviors of dolphins.
    
  3.  I Search Paper:
       a. Review the literature and write a
           brief summary of your findings on
          a topic which is relevant to the
          Coastal Dolphin Survy Project.
          Suggested topics: Dolphins entering
          other harbors; Recent proliferation
          of giant squid off S. Cal; Social
          pairing of dolphins; Dolphin- human
          interactions in the wild.  .
      
  4. Optional fieldtrip to a location of our
      choosing: L.A. Co. Museum of Nat
      History MM warehouse; Marine
      Mammal care center - Fort
      MacArthur; Whale watch cruise, etc.
                                            
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Below are additional photos of dolphins
  inside Newport Harbor that were taken
  by Randy Seton on Wednesday, Jan 3,
  2007 at 11:55 a.m.
Whale Watch Cruise - Friday, 01/12/08 - On this day at 1:00 p.m. Dennis Kelly participated in a
  Whalewatch Cruise aboard the vessel Western Pride out of Davey's Locker Sport fishing -
  Newport Harbor.  No migrating gray whales were seen on the cruise but two separate pods of
  bottlenose dolphin were encountered.  The first occured at 2:15 p.m. off Crystal Cove State Park
  and consisted of 25 - 30 Coastal Bottlenose dolphin.  The second encounter occured at 3:20 p.m.
  and was located about five miles offshore from Crystal Cove.  This time it was a larger pod (30 -
  35 dolphin) of Offshore bottlenose dolphin.  See photos below from each of the two sightings.
Above (left to right) three different shots of Coastal Bottlenose off Crystal Cove State Park.
  Below (left to right) two different shots of Offshore Bottlenose bowriding.