Sea Talk 2015
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My First Ever Minke Whale – 5/88
The first whale I ever saw was a Minke whale-at first I thought it might be a log! There was such high waves and with such a tiny fin, it was such an unusual thing to see and to know it was a whale. It seemed so immobile (especially after seeing how Killer Whales slice…
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The First Sighting of Spirit! – 4/7/13
We were out in the Goose Group doing research on Steller Sea Lions and there were definitely more Killer Whales around than normal, as the Chinook return that year was record breaking. We did ID one specific whale, A73 “Springer, ” a whale so famous for her story (http://www.vanaqua.org/act/direct-action/marine-mammal-rescue/success-stories/springer) and we were able to see…
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An Unexpected Interaction between Two Southern Residents – 9/05
Early in the morning off of San Juan Island, we were just drifting watching the whales. We spotted two Southern Resident Killer Whales very close to the boat amidst some bubbling, whirling water. I couldn’t figure out what was happening and thought that maybe they were fighting. All of a sudden one of them emerged…
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An Amazing Interaction with a Brand New J50! – 28/12/14
On a very cold, windy, grey day I went for a brisk walk out to East Point, out far beyond on the fog alarm. I heard something, the unmistakable sound of a whale but it was too windy to really see anything. I then spotted a group of whales, about 4 or 5 of them…
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Amazing but Quick Interaction with Two Orca Calves! – 7/99
16 years ago I took my granddaughters down to East Point to see a big pod of Killer Whales. We went down onto the rocks right on the waters edge. Suddenly, two very tiny (probably 4 or 5 feet long) calves swam right up to us and put their snouts about 6 inches from my…