We cut through Mosquito Pass to meet the T77’s (first reported at Eagle Cove) hunting in Open Bay. They took the shoreline of Kellett Bluff past Roche Harbor and began circumnavigating San Juan Island with several stops to hunt along the way. Interesting scars on the dorsal fin of T77B. We witnessed him trailing kelp over his dorsal fin on three occasions, and then trailing intestines which were then passed onto his mother before being passed back again. We left them at Cattle Point Lighthouse at sunset.
Bald eagle
Immature Bald Eagle
3 Bald Eagles on Gull Rock
Pigeon Guillemot flying by
Purple Starfish
Harbor Seals
Harbor Seal
Transient Orca T77B cruising by Kellett Bluff
Transient Orca T77 traveling along Kellett Bluff
Transient Orca T77B trailing kelp over his dorsal fin
T77B passing the caves on Henry Island
T77B exhale
Bald Eagles and their nest
T77’s kids – T77B decorated in kelp
Sailing whale watching
Rake marks on dorsal fin of T77B
spyhop
Trailing intestines on dorsal fin
spyhop
Family photo
Hunting
Hunting in Cattle Pass
T77B
T77B passes Cattle Point Lighthouse
Friday Harbor at Twilightnds