Humpback Known as Vanta
[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]A Humpback known as Vanta, and an Alopecia Harbor Seal. We saw some beautiful Salish Sea Birds today including Black Oystercatchers, Cormorants, Bald Eagles, Rhinoceros Auklets, Pigeon Guilemott, and more. We also got to see Vanta the Humpback Whale. Soon after we left she crossed the border […]
A Puffin Kinda Day
[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]A Puffin kinda day with many Tufted Puffin and several Minke Whales. I counted 27 Tufted Puffin today and several minke whales. I have a birding tour coming up this Saturday and still have room for one person. Puffins are on the must-see list for many people, […]
Humpback Named Vanta and Tufted Puffin
[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]A day with Humpback Named Vanta and Tufted Puffin. This morning I started south and ran into a fog bank at Cattle Pass and stayed with me till I was west of Salmon Bank. Once clear I started scanning for whales and making my way to some […]
T137s & T65As Inner Islands
[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]Today it was nice to have T137s & T65As Inner Islands viewing. Especially since there were gales south of us with 5′ to 6′ seas. They were very playful in the morning, multidirectional, and just having fun. Later they seemed to have a purpose in their travels […]
Breaching Humpback and Squid Catching Puffin
[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] Wow! What a day with a Breaching Humpback and Squid Catching Puffin. We started out knowing there were Orca spotted but they were on the Canadian side of the border. We are not permitted into Canada during these COVID restrictions. We spent time with Minke Whales […]
Minke Whales Lunge Feeding
[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 the Southern Resident Killer Whales made their way towards the Pacific and we viewed Minke Whales Lunge Feeding. Minke whales are the smallest of what is known as the “great whales” in the world. They are typically around 22′ but can reach lengths up to 35′. […]
Glassy Strait of Georgia then K’s & L’s at Salmon Bank
[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]We were in a Glassy Strait of Georgia then K’s & L’s at Salmon Bank in the afternoon. My pics start off with a Black Oystercatcher seeming to be teaching the chick how to seek out morsels from the crevices within the rocky shore. Mom finds a […]
Scoop – Then Ks & Ls
[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 day presented Scoop. Then Ks & Ls. It started off searching for a Humpback Whale in Haro Strait. When located we made our way to it and spend most of the rest of the tour watching it do many fluke dives. On the way, we had […]
Sea Birds – T65As & T46s
[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]Today we saw sea birds – T65As & T46s and much more. It started off great with news of a pod of Orca near Discovery Island on the Canadian side of the border with hopes they would travel a typical NE path and cross over into USA […]
Humpback named Zephyr
[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]Today we started south for Saratoga Passage with the T46’s Northbound and just enough time to reach them, view them, and get back to Friday Harbor for guests to resume their activities. However, the pod turned back south and no one was going to be on the […]
Humpbacks Niagara and Friend
[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]An unusual day today with not many sightings. It may be a reflection of the 5′ seas in the Strait of Juan de Fuca. I opted to go north into the Strait of Georgia where it was glassy calm. However, we did not see any whales or […]
Orca – Humpback – Minke – Harbor Porpoise
[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]A beautiful but very hot day on the water with many cetaceans including Orca – Humpback – Minke – Harbor Porpoise. We saw so much wildlife today that a book could almost be written. We started off with Harbor Seals and moved on to Bald Eagles and […]
Bigg’s T37As All Day Long
[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]Three tours today and we saw the Bigg’s T37As all day long. I have some great shots of T37A4 aka Crinkly Fin. He suffered an injury to his dorsal fin at a young age and you can clearly see it in some of my shots today. I […]
Bigg’s Orca Seal Hunt
[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]Ever wonder what a Bigg’s Orca seal hunt looks like? Some of my guests have experienced it but many have not. Today we saw a few seals get eaten, and a very intense seal hunt taking place with some very traumatized seals, but apparently an unsuccessful hunt […]
J26 Mike and Mom J16 Slick
[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]Today we spent time with J26 Mike and Mom J16 Slick on both tours. We were with J Pod today and saw J39 Mako, J44 Moby, and others. A small Lions Mane Jellyfish drifted by us. We saw Black Oystercatchers, Bald Eagles, a Red-Tailed Hawk, Harbor Seals, […]
T65A’s and Tufted Puffins
[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]Today was T65A’s and Tufted Puffins, plus Bald Eagles, Black Oystercatcatchers, and Harlequin Duck Juvenile. I headed north knowing we had some heavy seas to the south in the Strait of Juan de Fuca. We stopped off the see the Black Oystercatcher chick that I have been […]
J Pod in Haro Strait
[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]One tour today and we started off with Harbor Seals and Bald Eagles and then J Pod in Haro Strait. Eagles and seals are not usually on the same rock but today it was. The eagles had nabbed another seal pup and were waiting for their turn […]
Humpbacks Minke & Orca
[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]We saw Humpbacks Minke & Orca today starting out with a pair of Humpback Whales that swam past the harbor heading south. J Pod was nearby for both tours. A lunge-feeding Minke Whale caught our attention for a bit on our way to view the Humpbacks on […]
Humpback Minke & J Pod
[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 […]
J Pod and USCG
[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]Today we viewed J Pod and USCG in Haro Strait. Then part of J pod in the Strait of Juan de Fuca on the second tour. We spent some time with J Pod arriving from Canada into USA waters and at one point the USCG vessel #29445 […]