A Date With The L12's
L41, Mega, breach sequence!
As soon as we found the orcas we saw this spyhop.
L77, Matia, breaches right after Mega's breach!
L77, Matia, does a cartwheel to start out the action!
Word has arrived from the Island Explorer 3 that our guests are enjoying a visit with member's of L Pod Orcas! Check back to hear from Naturalist Bart Rulon on their encounter. Jim from Catchmore Charters called us this morning letting us know he spotted orcas while he was out fishing this morning. On our way out to look at them we stopped at Colville Island to view the harbor seals relaxing on the rocks there. We started seeing dorsal fins around Iceberg Point. Almost as soon as we arrived the orcas changed direction and swam over toward us. Captain Carl turned off the engines and one of the orcas did a spyhop. The group we were watching was part of L-pod including L12, Alexis, L41 Mega, L77 Matia, L94 Calypso, L22 Spirit, L79 Skana, and L25 Ocean Sun. Later the action really got started after Matia did two cartwheels in a row, then Mega came up with a huge breach! Not to be outdone, Matia followed that up with a breach of her own. During the next fifteen minutes we saw Spirit do two spyhops as she swam in front of the pod, and Mega breached two more times. After we left the orcas Captain Carl spotted a minke whale that gave us some great viewing for about fifteen minutes. On our way back to the dock we stopped in at the south end of Lopez Island to watch a bald eagle perched in a tree near her nest. Other wildlife spotted today included harbor porpoises, all three cormorant species, lots of common murres, rhinoceros auklets, red-necked phalaropes, great blue herons, and harlequin ducks. What a great day! Naturalist Bart Rulon
posted by Island Adventures Whale Report @ 3:53 PM
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