May 14, 2019 – Sailed North with a belated report of Biggs Orcas coming in through Cattle Pass and passing Friday Harbor. We met T87, the T90s, and T124A2s near Greenpoint and they decided at length to take Spieden Channel. They hunted a harbor seal near Sentinel Rock with spyhops and breaching following the kill. Then continued on to Turn Point Lighthouse and again decision making took some time for them before they headed west while we sailed on around Stuart and Johns Islands to head home.
Route Map 5/14/19
T87 and commercial shipping
T87 Tail Lob at time of predation
T124A2 breaching after predation
T124A2 breaching after predation
Double Breach
T124A2 breaching after predation
T124A2 breaching after predation
Double spyhop
T90B Lovers Leap, Turn Point Lighthouse
Biggs Orca 13 year old sprouter male T90B (born 2006)
Biggs Orcas tight together heading toward Canada
T87 elder male Biggs Orca – Approximately 57 years old
Sailing Turn Point Lighthouse