[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_single_image source=”featured_image” img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]I started out the day trying to avoid going to the west side and seeing the Southern Resident Killer Whales. There is so much political and social pressure surrounding the J, K, and L pods of the southern residents. It is so much easier to view other killer whales without all the heat and hate.
Today we first stopped by to see Black Oyster Catcher Chicks. Also known as BOC Chicks. I only saw one and only one yesterday which leads me to believe that the Peregrine Falcon I saw above their nest the other day may have nabbed one of them. Very cute and awkward chicks. I have more than usual photos of this little one because we don’t see them that often.
Then we moved north into Presidents Channel and Boundary Pass searching for the pod of T’s spotted earlier. At Skipjack island I found a Bald Eagle feasting on a harbor seal pup. It is the first I’ve seen this year nabbed by the bald eagles.
A pic of a Pigeon Guillemot, one of many in the area. Then we searched Boundary Pass with no luck and made our way to the west side of San Juan Island to view J Pod foraging for salmon.
While viewing them we were riding some rough water. We also took sentinel action on a high-speed sport boat that was flying over the whales on the way out of the bay and after seeing my waving the whales present flag he slowed down. A few minutes later he was pointed back into the bay at high speed right over the southern resident killer whales he had just run over and been notified that whales were present. I took a couple of pics that I forwarded on to WDFW who was in route to intercept him on the other side. They pulled him over and hopefully with the citation issued and fine he will not do that ever again.
We watched J Pod in rough water until they reached Henry Island and were just milling and playing. I was hoping they would continue around the corner into calmer water but they were not on the same thought process, seeming to be happy in the rough water that was making picture taking difficult for us.
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