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T36’s J Pod

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I first thought I had T37A with them until I was back on my computer and saw they were similar but it was T36B I was seeing. There is a young calf in this group T36B3 born in 2018.

After viewing them for a while we moved on and saw some Harbor Seals, Black Oystercatchers, Harlequin Duck, and Canada Geese.

On the second tour, I heard there was a Humpback Whale down in the area of J pod. We spent time with J pod including J31 Tsuchi and her new calf J56 Tofino. We never did see the Humpback but a Minke Whale surfaced close by to the matriline of J pod we were watching.

J pod was pretty widespread, we also had glimpses of J27 Blackberry, J26 Mike, J44 Moby, J39 Mako and more.

 

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