Orca Whales Near Saturna Island
Cookie (J38) BreachingThe Island Explorer 3 is on-scene with J-Pod. Check back for details on today's tour from Naturalist Jami Nagel and click here to see the location of the whales from space. "Heading north today took us on the east side of Guemes Island where we encountered our first 6 out 8 bald eagles. We caught up with J-pod just off Saturna Island as they made their way into Boundary Pass. As soon as we arrived on scene we were greeted with 3 breaches in a row by 6 year old Cookie (J38). Cookie (J38) was travelling with her mother Oreo (J22), big brother Doublestuff (J34) and cousin Rhapsody (J32). Cookie was very surface active with several more breach series of 2 and 3 breaches in a row. Even Rhapsody (J32) joined in with a couple of cartwheels (peduncle throws). We then moved on to check out Blackberry (J27), a sprouter male at 18 years old who will be considered mature in 2 years, with his sister Tsushi (J31) and little brother Mako (J39). Before saying goodbye to J-pod today we headed over to Granny (J2), the matriarch of J-Pod and the oldest female in the southern residence at 98 years old (est.), with her son Ruffles (J1) who happens to be the oldest male in the southern residence at 58 years old (est.). Our route home took us through the inner islands where we found our last 2 bald eagles and Dahl's porpoise who decided we would be fun to bow ride with."-Naturalist Jami Nagel
posted by Island Adventures Whale Report @ 3:14 PM
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