Orion and T65A's -Other Transients and Animals

Today was about a Humpback called Orion and T65A’s plus the T37’s, and T34’s.

I left the harbor this morning with no sightings reported so we went searching. I started off heading north in search of blows. Yesterday there were four pods in the area, we saw three and knew they were somewhere. I shared some harbor seals to start including a few very fat ones, they should start popping out seal pups any time now.

We ventured into Haro Strait then followed the border around into Boundary Pass and up into Georgia Strait. That is where I spotted a humpback whale known as Orion. We watched him as he approached Patos Island then did a wide turn and head back towards the border. We watched until he crossed over then went in search of other marine life.

I did not find any other whales but we saw more porpoise, more seals, and a Bald Eagle soaring high overhead that I grabbed a few pics of.

The second tour I stopped to view some Harbor Seals on the way back up to see the Humpbacks. Once up in the area, the whales had been lost but I was able to spot Orion again and snap a few pics before he was too far away across the border.

We started scanning for more when I got word that Orca had been spotted on the west side of San Juan Island and they were traveling north fast. We sped that direction about 30 minutes away. When we got close we found ourselves with some of the same whales we had been with the day before off of the Olympic Penninsula.

The T65A’s, T37’s, and they joined up with the T34’s after we departed. It was a very nice day on the water here in the Salish Sea.