All Aboard Sailing

Sailing with Transient (Biggs) Orcas the T65As and T49As

June 22nd .We were all excited to hear a report of Transient Orcas at Lopez Pass. We sailed through Turn Island Pass and  then North, close to the shoreline of Upright Head where eagles looked down from their roosts. We continued South between Frost Island and Spencer Spit and on to Lopez Pass. We met the T65As and 49As (minus T49A1) in social play on the shoreline of Decatur Island. They hunted together in a cove on James Island and then came in through Thatcher Pass. There were many breaches and tail slaps. At one point T49A came up below T49A5 and knocked her calf clear into air. We noticed the calf looks to be a female Harbor Seals of Turn Island Pass

Sailing wing on wing

Sailing wing on wing

Bald eagle of Upright head

Bald eagle of Upright head, Lopez island

Bald eagle of Upright head, Lopez island

Bald eagle of Upright head, Lopez island

Sailing past Frost Island

Sailing past Frost Island

Sailing Past Spencer Spit

Sailing Past Spencer Spit

Bald Eagle nest Trump Island

Bald Eagle nest Trump Island

Orca Headstand

Orca Headstand

Playful young Orcas

Playful young Orcas

T49A5 knocked into air by mother T49A

T49A5 knocked into air by mother T49A

T49A5 knocked into air by mother T49A

T49A5 knocked into air by mother T49A

T49A5 knocked into air by mother T49A

T49A5 knocked into air by mother T49A

T49A5 knocked into air by mother T49A

T49A5 knocked into air by mother T49A

T49A5 knocked into air by mother T49A

T49A5 knocked into air by mother T49A

Orca Half Breach

Orca Half Breach

Orca Breach

Orca Breach

Orca half breach

Orca half breach

Orca half breach

Orca half breach

T65A2 Male Orca

T65A2 Male Orca

Orcas hunting  James Island

Orcas hunting James Island

Orcas hunting  James Island

Orcas hunting James Island

Orcas hunting  James Island

Orcas hunting James Island

Transient Orcas of T49As and T65As

Transient Orcas of T49As and T65As

Transient Orcas of T49As and T65As

Transient Orcas of T49As and T65As

Transient Orcas of T49As and T65As

Transient Orcas of T49As and T65As

Transient Orcas of T49As and T65As

Transient Orcas of T49As and T65As

Transient Orcas of T49As and T65As

Tight group of Transient Orcas of T49As and T65As

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