A lot has happened in the past few weeks up here on the Island. Giles, our boat driver took off for Oregon for a wedding so we enlisted the help of some AWESOME volunteer drivers.
Sam, the Endowed Chair for the Department for Conservation Biology drove for us in some crazy weather with huge waves. We did see porpoising whales though which was incredible! Jeff, a Soundwatch driver took the wheel one afternoon when the weather was too good to pass up. He did a fantastic job and we found a great sample! And our final volunteer was Doug. He was a superstar reading the wind and scooping poop! He was even scooping as he drove! Raise a paw to the volunteers! Thank you!!
This last week we had a couple cameras around us which made things exciting. We had a perfect day on the water on Monday. 7 pancake size samples, whales everywhere (85 to be exact), calm water, great wind, and the whole team was back together. We couldn't have asked for a better day to start our week. Of course though, the next few days were a little more trying as the water was never quite ideal and the weather provided us with pea soup fog.
The cameras hung around though and were able to capture Tucker celebrating after a training sample. The video shows the Tucker dance and Tucker playing around with his Westpaw Design Huck (a floating ball that I attached a rope to). If you all see us celebrating on the water, feel free to join in on the Tucker dance, Tucker loves the attention!
Tucker celebrating with his Huck
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