Whale Watching Report

Thursday, August 20, 2009

Breach Near Pender Island
Photo by Naturalist Kate Janes

Headstand!
Photo by Naturalist Kate Janes

Wee One Does a Rostrum Lounge!
Photo by Naturalist Kate Janes

"Through the inner islands we navigated to find Orcas! All 3 resident pods had grouped up just north and west of the Turn Point Lighthouse and what fun they seemed to be having! We saw spyhops, cartwheels, taillobes (upside down & right side up), headstands, pec slaps, breaching and even some signs of mating! There was a couple of youngsters that were just going taillob happy doing repeated taillobes as they swam along. We even had a group come close to the boat and then one female made a huge spyhop coming out of the water up to her naval to take a closer look at our passengers! They then broke out into taillobes & even a headstand. In the group was Mega (L41), Blackberry (J27), Mike (J26), Princess Angeline (J17), Polaris (J28), Tahelquah (J35) and little J44. Whales could be seen as far as the eye could see and each group seemed to be having their own party! Quite the evening with some amazing wildlife!"
- Naturalist Kate Janes



1 Comments:

At August 21, 2009 7:45 AM , Blogger cheramie said...

We went on this excursion yesterday, it was absolutely phenomenal!!!!We saw so many whales, they were fantastic. Our weather was great. We would recommend this trip to anyone, the crew worked really hard to make you at home. They were friendly, very knowledgeable and they all had great attitudes!!!! It was wonderful.

 

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