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2008 Life at Campo Cortez
Februery 27, 2008
Naturalist report 2
Greetings from San Ignacio Lagoon! We have been seeing lots more whales in the lagoon. You can hardly look any direction without seeing a whale spout or two. We have had some extreme tides and when the wind is blowing NW and the tide is flooding, it seems to make the whales a bit more active as we see lots of Spy hopping and breaching too. We have at least three super friendly Cow/calf pairs and a few single friendly’s as well. We are seeing lots of mating activity, classic two bulls pursuing one female. Lots of splashing, pectoral flippers and flukes a flying! We even had a possibly young single female use our boat as a block to her suitors! We have really enjoyed the birds in the lagoon as well with trips through the mangroves when it’s too windy to whale watch. Reddish egrets, little blue herons and white ibis are some of the favorites. Brown pelicans are in full breeding colors and are busy diving for fish along with the Caspian and Royal terns. We even spotted a lone Frigate bird which is not a common San Ignacio lagoon visitor.
We are watching the census and hoping the numbers continue to rise. We are at about 155 whales in our lagoon. We hope to see well above 200 in the coming weeks! All for now!
~Adrienne~
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