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Spotting a Dorsal Fin in the Fog

2020-08-11

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When I leave the dock I ask that my guests keep an eye on the horizon looking for blows, fins, backs, breaches and holler in case I did not see it. Today that is exactly what happened, one of my guests spotted a fin and hollered out. It was the T10’s, consisting of T10 and T10C, two Bigg’s Orca.

They pounced on a porpoise and enjoyed that meal between the two of them and start doing a bit of a celebration dance with tail lobbing and splashing around. It was so nice to have this mother and son pair to visit us for the day. I had hoped to take a family out this evening from the previous day but the pod made their way back into Canadian waters.

Today we also saw Steller Sea Lions, Harbor Seals, a Brown Pelican, Black Oystercatchers, Bald Eagles, Mouflon Sheep and a very non-typical Fallow Deer.

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