Gray Whales in Port Susan!
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Photo by Naturalist Kate Janes"Today the wildlife pulled out all the stops!! Once off the dock we first swung by green channel marker #3 to visit with a hauled-out California Sea Lion! Swimming about the marker was a Harbor Seal!! We proceeded to search for Gray Whales as we headed toward the Port Clinton ferry terminal. Here Captain Michael & Captain Shane spotted the blows of a Gray Whale an estimated 6 miles away!! We quickly turned and started north towards Port Susan! There we found Patch, #49, & #531 feeding in the shallows. We had some AMAZING looks as both showed off their flukes and their heart-shaped blows! After a great visit with the Gray Whales we ventured over to Camano Island! The timing couldn't have been more perfect. Just as we arrived within sight of a Bald Eagles nest the mature Bald Eagle took flight in order to chase off a juvenile Bald Eagle that was coming a little too close!! At one point they were talon-to-talon mid-flight!! We also had 300+ Western Grebes, Pigeon Gullimots, cruising California Sea Lions, Surf Scoters, hauled-out Harbor Seals, Double-Crested Cormorants, Pelagic Cormorants, and our first Rhinoceros Auklets of the season!!" - Naturalist Kate Janes
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