Orca Whales Sighted!
We saw several orcas breaching today! 
We also saw a couple of spyhops.
Peregrine falcon chicks at their nest ledge.Captain Michael reports orca sightings from the Island Explorer 3! Stay tuned to the whale report for details and other wildlife sightings from Naturalist Bart Rulon. We had our first wildlife sighting before we even got off the dock today. As we were giving our passengers a pre-trip orientation we spotted two peregrine falcons flying over us. We had a great day watching L-pod and K-pod orcas off Salmon Bank. They were traveling in several groups and we positioned ourselves near the most active group which included Spock, K20, and Comet, K38 with others. Orcas in this small group breached for us multiple times. Another group further out was doing lots of tail slapping, splashing around, and possibly some mating. We also got good looks at L85, Mystery, L12, alexis, L41, Mega, and L79, Skana. They were all very active today. On our way back to the dock we cruised by a peregrine falcon nest and watched one of the adults fly in and land on a rock, then he flew into some grass where he had a bird stashed to feed on. We also got a good look at the three falcon chicks on the nest ledge! Other wildlife sightings today included lots of harbor seals, harbor porpoises, bald eagles, pelagic cormorants, double-crested cormorants, brants cormorants, rhinoceros auklets, pigeon guillemots, glaucous-winged gulls, a great blue heron, and a California Sea Lion. It was an awesome day! Naturalist Bart Rulon
posted by Island Adventures Whale Report @ 4:34 PM
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