Transient and Resident Orca Whales Sighted
Transient orcas surface during our morning trip, including big T102.
This was one of six spyhops from k-pod during our afternoon trip.Captain Carl reports sighting Transient and Resident Orca Whales on today's tours. Stay tuned for updates from Naturalist Bart Rulon.
Our first trip started out in the fog but we managed to find some harbor seals on the rocks near Allen Island. Next Captain Carl spotted a minke whale at the south end of Lopez Island. He was illusive and we lost him in the fog so we moved northward to get out of the fog. Eventually we made it into Canadian waters to look at 10 transient orcas. It was the T101 and T124 pods swimming together. They were swimming in a zigzag pattern closely together. Everyone was impressed with big T102 and his tall dorsal fin. Our best pass of the trip was right at the end when all of them angled our direction.
Our second trip of the day started with a bald eagle sighting within a few minutes of the dock. We got word that our resident orcas were swimming in from way out west so we didn't waste any time heading straight out to try and meet up with them. We arrived on the scene with K-pod orcas that were leading all the pods eastward. An oil tanker was passing through at the same time and we saw several orcas spyhop as if to check out the approaching tanker. Before long the orcas had spyhopped six times. We also saw several tail lobs and tail slaps too. Some of the orcas we saw included Lobo, K26, Sekiu, K22, Tika, K33, Rainshadow, K37, and K42. Lobo and K42 gave us our best view as they passed by. On the way back to the dock we spotted a harbor seal eating a salmon at the surface. We also had just enough time to watch a minke whale surface about four times amongst some feeding auklets and gulls. We had to travel far on both trips today but it was worth it in order to see orcas today. Naturalist Bart Rulon
Our first trip started out in the fog but we managed to find some harbor seals on the rocks near Allen Island. Next Captain Carl spotted a minke whale at the south end of Lopez Island. He was illusive and we lost him in the fog so we moved northward to get out of the fog. Eventually we made it into Canadian waters to look at 10 transient orcas. It was the T101 and T124 pods swimming together. They were swimming in a zigzag pattern closely together. Everyone was impressed with big T102 and his tall dorsal fin. Our best pass of the trip was right at the end when all of them angled our direction.
Our second trip of the day started with a bald eagle sighting within a few minutes of the dock. We got word that our resident orcas were swimming in from way out west so we didn't waste any time heading straight out to try and meet up with them. We arrived on the scene with K-pod orcas that were leading all the pods eastward. An oil tanker was passing through at the same time and we saw several orcas spyhop as if to check out the approaching tanker. Before long the orcas had spyhopped six times. We also saw several tail lobs and tail slaps too. Some of the orcas we saw included Lobo, K26, Sekiu, K22, Tika, K33, Rainshadow, K37, and K42. Lobo and K42 gave us our best view as they passed by. On the way back to the dock we spotted a harbor seal eating a salmon at the surface. We also had just enough time to watch a minke whale surface about four times amongst some feeding auklets and gulls. We had to travel far on both trips today but it was worth it in order to see orcas today. Naturalist Bart Rulon
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