Location: San Juan Island
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Biggs and Minkes! – 8/5/25
Went out with Puget Sound Express out of Edmonds on this beautiful day! We ended up near Lime Kiln Lighthouse on San Juan Island where we found the T065B’s, T124D’s and possibly more. After a visit with them while they socialized we were heading back and our Captain spotted a Minke whale! While trying to…
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A Close Encounter with J Pod
We were up off of San Juan Island. And we were looking for Granny, the most famous orca and it was the first year that they had not seen her. We were filming the J Pod out there, we were out with Ken Balcomb and his team of whale researchers, which are just incredible humans.…
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Whale Watching in the San Juan Islands – 25/5/22
I took a seaplane from Seattle to go whale watching in the San Juan Islands. I wasn’t able to take the seaplane that is painted like an Orca but I still had fun. I saw 3 Biggs Killer Whales, 2 Humpback Whales, and some sea lions ( rock sausages). I even got to see an…
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A Night with J Pod – 1/9/21
Tonight I had the Lime Kiln hydrophone playing as I attempted to sleep. At 3:30am I started being able to hear echolocation, so I grabbed some things, hopped in my car, and drove down to Western Preserve, while listening to the hydrophone. As I neared the parking spot, their calls got louder and louder. Once…
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An Exciting Encounter with the T065As – 9/20
We encountered T065A pod in the San Juan Islands before we even got on the trek! Our ferry to the island stopped suddenly to their pod hunting along the coast of one of the islands out there and we knew it was going to be a good day. Within 15 minutes of being on our…