Afternoon T-Party at Mandarte Island. 23 whales: T36, T36A’s, T36B’s, T49C, T73A’s, T75B’s, T99’s, T123’s, T124C. Highly social party games with adult only behavior. Some photos are not suitable for…
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Afternoon Ts
Afternoon sail and we lucked out again. Transients, T36A’s, T75B’s, T123’s, and T124C. They met us at White Rock and exhibited hunting behavior – turning abruptly towards Cactus Islands, porpoising…
Read moreTransient Orca whales – the T73A’s visit Friday Harbor
Transient orcas, T73A’s, visit Friday Harbor coming in the south entrance past the Ferry Dock and out through the north entrance. They hugged the shoreline past the University Labs continuing…
Read moreSail to celebrate 25th Anniversary
Sail to celebrate a 25th Anniversary. Downwind against the flood through Cattle Pass to meet incoming transient orcas, T46’s and T73A’s. We all ran the flood up the west side.…
Read moreResident orcas meet Transients
June 5th – After 22 days absence, our Southern Residents returned. They were heard on the hydrophones at dawn and the calls included those of L pod. This is their…
Read moreSailing with T46Bs Transient Orca family
May 31st, Sailed South onto glassy waters south of Lopez Island and changed course for Hein Bank with news of transient orcas. We sailed back towards Lopez with the T46Bs…
Read moreBiggs ‘Transient’ orcas passing Friday Harbor – again!
Some days you just can’t help but feel lucky. Two bulls, T93 and T97, were traveling together and quickly approaching Friday Harbor. We left the dock just in the…
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Not too far to sail today as the Transient Orcas came to Friday Harbor. The T75B’s and T77’s had just finished predation of a Dall’s porpoise at Turn Rock. They…
Read moreT Party : Twenty Transient Orcas North from San Juan Island
T Party. One of the most amazing days ever. Over 3,000 photographs today and a few hours of audio recording. Today could be a photo book today on its own,…
Read moreBig Mamma Humpback and the T123 Transient Orcas
Afternoon to sunset sail. We went north and into Haro Strait to find Big Mama humpback and her calf ambling towards Turn Point. We left them to double back toward…
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