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A Foggy Day with J Pod! – 6/10/20
Our foggy day started passing a really odd looking ship, it was a Zumwalt Class Destroyer! Next we headed into Admiralty Inlet and a few minutes later we found Endangered Southern Resident orcas J pod! We were able to see all the members of the pod including the 2 new babies J57 and J58. We…
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An Epic Three Species Day!- 28/9/20
What an amazing day!! We found endangered Southern Resident Orcas, J Pod, 5 minutes off the dock near Kingston! All members of J pod seemed to be present including the two new babies! We left them and went to Gedney Island and found Gray Whales #2261 and #2259. They met up and then travelled together…
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A Southern Resident Superpod and a New Calf! – 5/9/20
It was an absolutely incredible day today with over 65 Southern Resident Killer Whales! I haven’t had a day like this in years. Whales everywhere the eye could see. Big social groups, cuddle puddles, breaches, spyhops…..a real reminder of how special these whales are. Had great conversations with my guests about the conservation of these…
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Remembering J52 “Sonic”
We never really know when an encounter with an individual killer whale will be our last. But I think we always remember the first. The first time I’d ever laid eyes on Sonic (J52) he was travelling tightly beside his mother, Alki (J36), on the west side of San Juan Island. He was just a…