August 16- M/V Kestrel - 10:00 am
For our first trip out on the water we headed out towards British Columbia to go and find some orca whales. We went up to Saturna Island to find a group of transient orcas called the T2C’s. This particular day our guests were very lucky to get a great look at some of our mammal eating orcas. Not only do we always want to find whales on our trips we also always try to highlight other wildlife in the area as well. Harbor seals are definetly are most prominent marine mammal within the area. There are an estimated 250,000- 300,000 of them in the Salish sea, so we generally have at least one seal sighting during our trips. We also have the highest density of bald eagles within the continental U.S. so we always keep an eye out for one of those large raptors. We thoroughly enjoyed getting to show our guests a variety of wildlife here in the San Juan Islands.
Naturalist Rachel