T60's with New Calf

The T60’s were spotted just as our tour was about to begin. A couple of other whales in the mix were T2B and T59. There is a very young calf in the T60’s. Most of my shots of the little fellow were blurry other than one headshot and a couple of shots of his back.

When we arrived, there were quite a few boats on scene. We left to view Harbor Seals, Black Oystercatchers, Bald Eagles, and a look at some of the exotic critters on Spieden Island.

Back to see the Orca that led us back to Friday Harbor. We let them pass by and then eased into the harbor back to our berth. The weather was beautiful inside the islands, but it was blowing a bit down in Juan de Fuca. That is right where we met up with the pod on the afternoon tour.

They made a kill, likely a seal, just as we were making our way in to see them. They had made their way around Long Island and started around it again. This time though they kept going east. We watched them for a while longer as they rounded Iceberg Point.

Yesterday, I was with J-Pod while the National Oceanagraphic Atmospheric Administration vessel was following the resident whales around with their stabbing stick trying to attach tags to the whales. I personally wish they would just stop harrassing the whales and leave them alone. If I did what they are doing I would be cited and told I was disturbing the whales foraging and helping them starve to death.

Today they were trailing behind the Biggs Killer Whales with a dip net to pick up feces or what ever the whales would leave in their path.

I then made way back to Whale Rocks where we were viewing Harlequin Ducks, Cormorants, and lots of gulls. I tried several places to find more Black Oystercatchers, but it did not happen. We also saw a pair of Bald Eagles on Long Island.

We saw a couple of Common Loons with their beautiful garnet-colored eyes. I also shot a couple of shots of a Cormorant with their beautiful turquoise eyes.