J Pod in Haro Strait -Steller Sea Lions and Eagles

This morning we learned that J Pod was in Canadian waters. We are not able to watch them in Canada but by the time my tour started they were in USA waters. We can watch any other whales in Canada, just not Southern Resident Killer Whales as of June 1st of this year.

However, we were in USA waters and enjoying a beautiful day with J Pod in Haro Strait among other whales from K and L pods. The first group we began watching included J38 Cookie with another four years of growing till he is considered to be an adult and he is already getting big. We saw his mom J22 Oreo too. We also were viewing L47 Marina and her daughter L83 Moonlight, J35 Tahlequah, and J44 Moby.

The next group we saw J27 Blackberry an adult male with a massive dorsal fin. His sister J31 Tsuchi and her new calf from this spring J56 Tofino. Tofino got her name from the nearest town where it was first spotted. It also has the name Naciqs pronounced Nachicks in First Nations language, which means “Tofino.”
As we were departing the Orca to make our way back to the harbor, we saw L87 Onyx hanging out on the fringe of everyone else as he often does.

Then we were off to see the Steller Sea Lions before heading back. I stopped to share a baitball too. We saw the seals, and birds feeding on the anchovies or herring but did not see the school of fish. We did see thousands of fish scales drifting in the water. The school had been devoured or dove deeper out of sight.