Cetaceans Coming Our Way
I learned that we had the T73As and T75s Inbound from the sea. The Spirit of Orca headed that way with my guests on board. I let them know it would be a long haul if they were up for it. They did not mind knowing we would be back an hour late. They were game, so off we went.
Pinnipeds
I shared a couple of critter stops along the way of Harbor Porpoise, aka Orca Sausages. We also stopped to see Stellar Sea Lions, aka the full meal deal.
We caught up with the Killer Whales a bit east of Port Angeles right near the Canada/USA border. In my featured pic, you can see Race Rocks lighthouse in the background. Race Rocks in this pic is four and a half nautical miles away.
The Orca Family Tree
The pods consist of T75 Athe 43-year-old matriarch. Her children, T75A the oldest male child. Her daughter T75B born in 1994 and granddaughter T75B2. T75B2 is the young one born in 2015. The last of the T75s is T75C born in 1998, T75’s youngest child.
Then there were the T73A’s with T73A being the matriarch and her clan T73A1, A2, and A3. So that is nine whales, and I believe we only had six, so a couple of them were not here.
49A1 Missing His Family
T49A1 from yesterday was all by himself up at Race Rocks — the rest of the T49A’s unseen today.
There is a pic of a Rhinoceros Auklet among my pics. I had hoped to include one of a bait ball. However, when we slowed to take a look, the school of fish had dove deeper.
With the T73As and T75s Inbound, and T49A1 a few miles north doing his own thing, there was plenty to be seen today. Also, there were the T123’s southbound from Nanaimo BC and about 8 Humpbacks seen in all directions, though we did not happen on to one of them today.
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