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…
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Biggs ‘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…
Read moreT49As Transient Orcas and Steller Sea Lions meet at Spieden Island
“Phenomenal”, as my mother-in-law would say. Leaving the splendor of Yellow Island, we doubled back on a ferry report of orcas at Orcas Island. We found the T49A’s that…
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April 9th – Headed South at noon into heavy fog which accentuated the roaring sea lions of Whale Rocks and the flurry of bird activity as eagles dove into bait…
Read moreTransient Killer whale family T137s visit Friday Harbor for Easter
Transient Orca Syphop David and Barbara in Bullfrog Skiff David and Barbara in Bullfrog Skiff with Male Transient Killer Whale T137A
Read moreNovember Sailing – Transient Orcas and Humpback whale drift passed the Port of Friday Harbor
Drifting South in San Juan Channel with silence broken only by massive breaths of a Humpback whales exhalation. Magical light as we passed the Port of Friday Harbor. Drifting towards Lopez…
Read moreSailing with the T60 family of Transient Orcas passed Friday Harbor
Sailing North to Speiden Channel we met the T60 family of Transient, or Bigg’s, Orcas. Folks staying at Lonesome Cove Resort witnessed the family as they hunted harbor seals. A…
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