WhaleTales

“The Sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever.” 
Jacques Cousteau

Emerald City School with ‘Zephyr’

Zephyr Humpback whale feeding and fluking

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Zephyr

The kids were able to see a Zephyr as she was milling in circles. My boat didn’t have to move much at all to see her. While there I did not recognize her. Later I learned from a colleague this whales name is Zephyr, she is a female and was born in 2011 making her 7 years old.

In a few of the pics, you can see bumps on the whales head forward of the two blowholes. Those bumps are hair follicles.

There were many Stellar Sea Lions, Harbor Seals, Bald Eagles, Mergus Merganser Ducks and a bunch of other birds.

I love to be able to share with young minds who are inquisitive and want to learn more about our Salish Sea.  I welcome more like this tour of Emerald City School with ‘Zephyr’.

Heading over into Canada and scanning for Orca but did not spot any. The weather was a bit chilly as everyone was starting to feel the cold by the end of the trip but the weather stayed dry with calm seas for us which was nice.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]DSC 6203DSC 6807DSC 6802DSC 6778DSC 6770DSC 6748DSC 6742DSC 6694DSC 6634DSC 6631DSC 6608DSC 6581DSC 6558DSC 6531DSC 6514DSC 6442DSC 6440DSC 6439DSC 6438DSC 6436DSC 6435DSC 6422DSC 6415DSC 6413DSC 6412DSC 6411DSC 6410DSC 6407DSC 6399DSC 6398DSC 6397DSC 6396DSC 6395DSC 6356DSC 6355DSC 6354DSC 6353DSC 6352DSC 6346DSC 6343DSC 6335DSC 6328DSC 6327DSC 6322DSC 6316DSC 6300DSC 6256DSC 62484[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][/vc_row]

Big Mama's 8th calf
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Big Mama & Calf

We started the day looking for a humpback that never materialized, then made our way to a group of feeding humpbacks south of Victoria. From

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