Re: NANFA-- mystery photo

Norman Edelen (normane_at_edelendoors.com)
Mon, 31 Mar 2003 18:07:06 -0800

Hi Jay,

I am going to guess that it is a porpoise chasing a squid that has broken
the surface.

Norm Edelen

Portland, Oregon
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Jay DeLong" <thirdwind_at_att.net>
To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
Sent: Monday, March 31, 2003 5:28 PM
Subject: Re: NANFA-- mystery photo

>Ok... seriously... really hard to even guess at what it is. It could be a
>bird landing or diving underwater, or something as simple as a muskrat. :)

Much more awesome than something so mundane! :-)

>But is more likely something that just left the surface... like a duck.

No, but there were flying fishes around.

>Knowing where you were (I think...) I'll guess gray whale.

Nope, but I did see whales:
http://home.att.net/~mudminnow/finwhale.jpg. The fin whales were large and
not friendly like gray whales. There were also blue whales. We just hoped
they wouldn't surface under us.

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Jay DeLong
Olympia, WA
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