One Very Mischevious Whale
One of our more mischievous whales got himself into a bit of a jam today. T77A Gets Tangled Up while playing around with a crab pot and buoys. He got himself wrapped up in the crab gear. PWWA boats were rotating in and out, keeping one nearby with eyes on the large male. Now he is under observation until the rescue boat arrived on the scene.
Rescue Vessel Arrives On Scene
The rescue vessel arrived after T77A had freed himself. He did not learn a lesson, though. About a half mile further on he started dragging another crab pot buoy under water and pulling the pot along. The buoys would disappear underwater and then pop up a bit later. After he was ready to move on, he did a tail slap as if he was so proud of himself. This is something I think of a juvenile Killer Whale doing. However, he is not a juvenile but a 23-year-old male who is considered to be an adult. He has a healthy mischievous streak in his psyche. I have two shots in here, one of the crab pot buoys and the other with no buoys. The photo without the buoys is a boring shot, but it is because he is now swimming below with the buoys.
T77A Moves On
After he was done playing with this buoy, he then popped up closer to us and coming our way. Now we were within the range where you need to shut your engine off. We were already shutdown having been watching T77A play. I stayed shutdown as he made his way between the vessels and continued north. We waited for one more surfacing and moved on to see a pair of humpback whales.
Two Humpback Whales
These two whales are the same pair of humpback whales I was viewing with my guests yesterday morning. Their names are “Divot” and “Stitch.” They were doing longer dives and changing course with each surfacing just like they did yesterday. There is one pic in this series that shows the very top of the whales head. Those fist-sized bumps you see on his head are hair follicles.
Spieden Island
As I navigate thr0ugh Johns Pass on our way back I point out Johns Island and Stuart Island. The Outer Islands have people living on them. They are off the grid using solar, wind turbine, generator or combination for their electricity. We made our way over to Spieden Island. Here we watched a Bald Eagle on the shoreline which was talking a bit but not sure to who. It was a great day knowing T77A Gets tangled up and then was able to free himself. Move on and create more havoc in his path.
Flattop Island
After Spieden Island, I made my way over to Flattop Island, and we saw a pair of Black Oystercatchers. They are beautiful little black birds with long red beaks and pink feet. There call reminds me of Killdeer who pretend to have a broken wing to lead you away from their nest. A killdeers nest is usually on the ground often in a bunch of pebbles or rocks.
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