Orca Whales in Sight!
J33, Keet, and J27, Blackberry surface together. 
J16, SlickCaptain Michael reported in from the Island Explorer 3 that they are on-scene with J-Pod near Alden Bank. Stay tuned to the Whale Report for an update from Naturalist Bart Rulon and click here to see the location of the whales from space. J-pod was heading northward very fast, and quite spread out as we were approaching their location. When we arrived four orcas slowed down and grouped up giving us a great first look. It turned out that we had J27, Blackberry, traveling with J16, Slick, and two of her offspring, J33, Keet, and J42 Echo. We watched these four orcas at close range for our entire visit, and they surfaced more often than normal for some great viewing. All the orcas were swimming at a quick pace, and at times they were porpoising. We could also see J-pod orcas in the distance spread out during our entire visit with the orcas. Throughout the day we also spotted many bald eagles at locations such as Strawberry Island, Peapod Rocks, Clark Island, and Lawrence Point, and more. We came across two large pods of harbor porpoises at different times on our journey. Other wildlife spotted today included harbor seals, California sea lions, pigeon guillemots, rhinoceros auklets, surf scoters, pelagic cormorants, Brandts cormorants, and a long-tailed duck. I definitely enjoyed my first sighting of orcas since January. Naturalist Bart Rulon
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