{"id":5680,"date":"2017-06-28T05:01:25","date_gmt":"2017-06-28T05:01:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/salishseasciences.org\/blog\/?p=5680"},"modified":"2017-06-29T00:53:26","modified_gmt":"2017-06-29T00:53:26","slug":"whales-and-the-weeds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salishseasciences.org\/blog\/whales-and-the-weeds\/","title":{"rendered":"Whales and the Weeds"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Ben, Sonja, and Parker-<\/p>\n

On the second full day, we arose from our chambers to a brisk summer morning. We then came into the kitchen to have a delicious meal of various cereals, fruits, and other breakfast options.<\/p>\n

After finishing breakfast we took a quick walk to the Whale Museum<\/a>\u00a0where we were given a lecture about the local orca population.<\/p>\n

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Walking to the Whale Museum<\/p><\/div>\n

During this lecture we listened to a conversation between a family of Southern Resident Killer Whales named Oreo, Double Stuff, and Cookie. We could hear the various clicks and other sounds that they used to communicate with each other. Unfortunately, these orcas face many threats to their already endangered population, such as noise pollution caused by humans, decreasing prey populations (specifically Chinook salmon),\u00a0and the accumulation of toxins in predators on top of the food chain. After the lecture, we moved up to the different exhibits in the museum and were given a scavenger hunt to “dive deeper” into the fascinating lives and behaviors of these amazing marine mammals.<\/p>\n

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Listening to a lecture on orcas<\/p><\/div>\n

If you are wondering how you can help support orca populations worldwide, it can start with simple things such as picking up trash and limiting electricity use, along with many other solutions. For more information,\u00a0please visit the link above to the Whale Museum website.<\/p>\n

After leaving the museum, in small groups, we explored Friday Harbor through a photo safari, during which we searched for areas depicted in historical photographs. Attempting to recreate the photo in the modern era, to examine the transformation in the people, landscape,\u00a0and culture of the island.<\/p>\n

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Photographer: Peter<\/p><\/div>\n

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After a lunch of sandwiches, we prepared for our longboat voyage starting on Wednesday, June 28th.<\/p>\n

We then traveled to the Spring Street International School\u00a0labs where we received a lecture on algae by Dr. Rebecca Guenther,\u00a0manager of the Ocean Acidification Environmental Laboratory in Friday Harbor.<\/p>\n

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We learned the major characteristics of algae and how to identify them with a dichotomous key.<\/p>\n

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There are thousands of species of algae, but are divided into three main groups: green, brown, and red algae.<\/p>\n

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Later, we\u00a0created plant presses of algae specimens which will be dried and completed by the time we return from our longboat voyage.<\/p>\n

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Dr. Guenther then joined us for a scrumptious\u00a0pizza dinner with flavorful toppings such as potatoes, artichokes, and different types of cheese.<\/p>\n

Now we will finish our preparations for the long-boat journey and prepare ourselves to wake up early and catch our ferry to Anacortes!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Ben, Sonja, and Parker- On the second full day, we arose from our chambers to a brisk summer morning. We then came into the kitchen to have a delicious meal of various cereals, fruits, and other breakfast options. After finishing breakfast we took a quick walk to the Whale Museum\u00a0where we were given a lecture about the local orca population. During this lecture we listened to a conversation between a family of Southern Resident Killer Whales named Oreo, Double Stuff, and Cookie. We could hear the various clicks and other sounds that they used to communicate with each other. Unfortunately, these orcas face many threats to their already endangered … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":95,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes"},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/salishseasciences.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5680"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/salishseasciences.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/salishseasciences.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salishseasciences.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/95"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salishseasciences.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5680"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/salishseasciences.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5680\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5690,"href":"https:\/\/salishseasciences.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5680\/revisions\/5690"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/salishseasciences.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salishseasciences.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salishseasciences.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}