[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]This morning we spent some time trying to see Minke Whales and a Humpback Whale, both were not being particularly cooperative but we did see them, more than what my lens captured.
We also got to see some Tufted Puffins including a mating ritual and two who were mating, a first for me. Such beautiful birds. The Stellar Sea Lions are starting to come back, miss them when they are gone.
For the afternoon tour, I knew there was a chance that the Southern Resident Killer Whales would make their way down from Canada and sure enough they did. I was planning on returning to the Humpback but as I was leaving the harbor I received word that the Resident Orca had dropped back down into USA waters so I headed up to them.
The first whale we happened upon was J26 Mike. He is such a beauty with his big tall sail of a dorsal fin. Next, we moved on to see J31 Tsuchi and her calf J56 Tofino and one other with them. Then on to see a group of six and another of four and some time with J38 Cookie, witnessing him pouncing on a salmon. I put the hydrophone down and we heard a few vocals but mostly echolocation clicks searching for salmon.
There was almost zero wind with the pod and I was sweating like crazy in the hot sun. A very beautiful day on the water.
“The Sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever.”
Jacques Cousteau
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