August 26- M/V Sea Lion- 1:30 pm
We left the dock at Friday Harbor and North towards a report of a few transient orcas. We decided to spend some time at Spieden island to look for some of our other wildlife. We got to see some bald eagles, harbor seal, and some introduced sheep. After getting our fill of wildlife we went to find some whales! We came across a sibling pair of transient orcas. It was T65A3, who is 11 years old, and T65A4, who is 7 years old. These two siblings have been hanging out on their own for a few days. This type of behavior is not uncommon among the transient orca community. The young pair will probably rejoin their mother sometime in the next few days to a week. The whales were traveling South while they hugged the shoreline of San Juan Island. We had a great day out on the water with lots of whale and wildlife time!
Naturalist Rachel