Our morning trip started out with some purple sea stars on the pilings on the breakwater, as well as a harbor seal in the water and one hauled out on a rock. There was also a great blue heron hanging out on the shallows. We made our way out to Rosario Strait where we met up with the fog. We saw some harbor seals hauled out on the south end of Colville Island. We made our way out to Salmon Bank in search of whales. We searched and searched, using all the senses we could, sight, smell and hearing to find some animals. We took a different route back toward the dock to cover as much ground as we could. We found a Steller sea lion playing in the currents of San Juan Channel. The sun decided to shine for us on the west side of Lopez Island. We found some more harbor seals hauled out at Leo Reef. We searched for a whale all day, but couldn't find one. But no worries, our customers get to come back, free, for life, until they see a whale!
Our evening trip started out in sunshine, but we had a little fog in Rosario Strait again. We saw some harbor porpoise in San Juan Channel. We made our way out to Salmon Bank. We found some minke whales! There were at least three when we first got on scene. There were so many birds going crazy; it must have been dinner time! There was some interesting behavior we watched almost the entire time we were with whales; one minke was chasing another one! They kept surfacing one right behind the other! They gave us some great looks too as they swam right next to the boat! We caught up with another whale feeding in the area as well. As we headed off scene after spending some quality time with our whales, we found the couple that were chasing each other around. We really don't know what was going on. It was the first time I had ever scene a minke chase around another minke! On Whale Rocks, we found 14 Steller sea lions hauled out on the rocks. We could hear them growling at each other; they even started fighting with each other too! It was awesome watching them interact! We also saw two bald eagles on Long Island. On our way back to the dock, we had an amazing sunset over Blakely Island! It was a beautiful evening on the water!
posted by Island Adventures Whale Report @ 10:34 PM
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