Whale Watching Report

Saturday, March 8, 2008

Gray Whales Sighted March 8th, 2008!

3 Gray Whales were sighted today from the Island Explorer 3 on our first tour for 2008!! More details coming soon from Island Adventure's Naturalist, Kate Janes! "A great day with the whales to start or 2008 season! We had 3 Gray Whales sighted only 40 minutes after leaving the dock! We identified the whales as #531, #56, and #49 Patch, who is an annual visitor to this area. The Island Explorer 3 was near Camano Head where our guests got to see 3 Bald Eagle nests - we spotted 3 adult eagles and 1 juvenile. We also got to see a California Sea Lion feeding, Pigeon Guillemots, Glacous-Winged Gulls, Brandt's and Pelagic Cormorants, Canadian Geese, and our friendly dock-side Harbor Seal, Norman paid us a visit!" Next tour will be March 15th! 

Monday, March 3, 2008

2008 Whale Watch season is here!

The spring whale watching season is literally just around the corner! Our first tour is on Saturday, March 8th at 11 AM departing from Everett. The sighting reports have been active the last two weeks with the first Gray Whale spotted near Everett on or around February 25th, J pod in the San Juan area about the same time, and on February 29th, L pod orcas were near Seiku, WA and J pod orcas were off Victoria, BC! Sounds like a great start to our 2008 season!! More and More Grays should be showing up near south Whidbey Island each week. We are so excited to start off the season in a few days!


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