Smiles from Ear to Ear!
"We left the dock at an extremely low tide exposing 50+ Sea Stars (star fish) on the pilings!! The Orcas of J pod brought us up into the Strait of Georgia just west of Cherry Point! We arrived on scene just as the 25 members of the pod broke off into 2 distinct groupings. This gave our guests the opportunity to see all the whales of J pod!! After a few good looks at the smaller of the two subpods we left Ruffles (J1), Princess Angeline (J17), Polaris (J28), and the other whales he was traveling with to spend some time with the leading subpod! We enjoyed the rest of our time with Slick's (J16) family group from her oldest son Mike (J26) to little J42 and Samish's (J14) subpod from her teenage son Riptide (J30), Hyishqa (J37) and little 4 year old Suttles! We enjoyed watching the whales steadily make their way south while having fun along the way! We witnessed multiple spyhops, cartwheels, breaches, taillobes, and great looks at the subpods traveling in unison!! We also spent time with Spieden (J8), Tsuchi (J31) & Blackberry (J27)!! After a great visit it was time to return home, however we were in for one more HUGE surprise....a breaching Minke Whale appeared 1/8 of a mile south of Alden Bank!! This very active Minke breached once and then continued lunge feeding in a circular pattern!! Back to back double headers!! What a way to start the month of June! We also saw Rhinoceros Auklets, Pigeon Guillemots, Harbor Porpoise, Common Sea Stars, Pacific Loons, Harbor Seals, Common Murres, Great Blue Heron, and Bald Eagles (6 total)!! - Naturalist Kate Janes
posted by Island Adventures Whale Report @ 9:03 PM
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Fantastic Day.....Wish I could do this tour on a regular basis.
Great way to really enjoy nature and the beautiful Pacific Northwest.
Judy Healy
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