Orcas All Throughout the Islands! - Monday, August 11, 2008
The Island Explorer 3 is enjoying Orca Whales out in the San Juan Islands! Stay tuned for updates from Naturalist Kate Janes!
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A Watery Playground
Photo by Naturalist Kate Janes
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Spieden's Curiosity (J8)
Photo by Naturalist Kate Janes
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Synchronized Siblings (Cappuccino K21 & Raggedy K40)Photo by Naturalist Kate Janes
"The south end of Lopez Island welcomed us into the Strait of Juan de Fuca! We neared Colville Island where we found a pair of Marbled Murreletts! These small endangered seabirds are a rare sighting in the San Juan Islands as we only have a few mated pairs in the area! Just north of False Bay we visited with a portion of L pod! Spirit and one of her sons, Skanna, were milling just off shore from San Juan Island. After some very long down times we watched as Skanna worked against the current! He slowly rolled through the water and eventually became more surface active giving our guests great looks as his exhalations bubbled from under the water! As we began to leave scene an orca began porpoising in towards shore and us!! We stopped watching as it met a boat wake and porpoised right through it!! Our journey lead us back to Lopez Island where in its shallow waters surrounding Castle Rock a Belted Kingfisher was found flying along its shoreline. We also found 12 Turkey Vultures soaring overhead and perched on the rock looking down at us! The afternoon took us northward up Bellingham Channel and into the Strait of Georgia! Just south of Point Roberts we found the rest of the Southern Resident Orca Whales! We found J, K and the rest of L Pod in the flat calm waters in the fading light of the day! We first visited with Granny, Ruffles & Spieden swimming slowly across the strait towards East Point! After a time without warning Spieden spyhopped!! Then moments later she spyhopped again! They continued on through a riptide as we watched Slick and her brood following right behind the elders of J pod! Little J42 began breaching and taillobing near her older brother Mike! We could see whales for miles as they all made their way in our direction! Our last visit was with Cappuccino (K21) and his sister Raggedy (K40)! We left as the whales continued towards East Point and the Canadian Gulf Islands!!" - Naturalist Kate Janes
posted by Island Adventures Whale Report @ 10:56 AM
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