June 15th Tour, Two Species of Whales Sighted!
We headed out today on our 9:30am trip with beautiful weather in the islands! We ended up in the Strait of Juan de Fuca with 3 Minke Whales at hein Bank. We had some wonderful looks at 2 mature minkes and 1 juvenile. We also had several Bald Eagles south end of Lopez Island and Harbor Seals soaking up the sun! We also had 2 Tufted Puffins, numerous Rhinoceros Auklets, Pigeon Guillemots, and Pelagic Cormorants!
We were northbound for our 3:30pm tour with J-Pod heading south toward us! We found J-Pod off Cherry Point slowly making their way south from the Straits of Georgia into Rosario Strait. Our first encounter was with Shachi J19, and her calf Eclipse J41, and Speiden J8 (est. birth 1933). As they reached for the northend of Lummi Island both Shachi and Speiden gave us a double breach then Eclipse joined in! We also got great look at Ruffles J1 and Granny J2 (est. birth 1911), the matriarch of J-Pod! We also had some spectacular views of Mt. Baker with the whales in the foreground!-Naturalist Jami Nagel
posted by Island Adventures Whale Report @ 4:30 PM
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