Jack
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A Magnificent Day with a Fin Whale and the T419’s – 14/3/26
Today started with me opening my front door to gray skies, drippy, wet snow and biting cold, but yesterday ended with whales heading our way, and there were shorelines to scout. After stopping for hot coffee, I followed a route from the west side of Whidbey to the east side, then down island. Two hours…
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Crinkle and a Murre – 22/9/23
T037A3 and T037A4 along with T137A and T137D spent about a month together traversing the Salish Sea together. During this encounter, the young whales were playing with common murres while the eldest whales kept on swimming east. On this occasion, T037A4 Crinkle managed to grab a murre! -Tom
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Moonlight with Bigg’s Killer Whales – 27/8/23
Today was such an incredible day with the T099s, T137s, T109As, T038C, and T038E. T137A “Jack” catching some air this afternoon. You can see the floats of a crab trap right below him and, shortly after this breach, he started pulling along the trap with him. A behaviour that is, seemingly, becoming more and more…
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Fun day with the T137’s, T036’s and more!! – 18/5/22
Headed out on Saratoga (Puget Sound Express) with a sighting of orcas near Picnic Point. They had made it to Mukilteo ferry lanes when we caught up to them. They were very spread out, total of 12 whales and it took a while before we saw all 12. T137A “Jack” decided to interact somehow with…
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T137’s Edmonds to Whidbey – 8/10/21
We dropped the crab pots and set off to try and find some whales that were reported near Kingston. Only got as far as Possession Bar and found T137A “Jack” and his Mom and siblings on a kill. They split up quite a bit, sometimes all 4 split, sometimes in groups of two. They proceeded…