What a great day on the water! We started the day with a group of transient orcas just outside of Friday Harbor. After spending some time with that group we sped off to check out a report of J-Pod in the area. Once we got outside of Spieden Channel near Henry Island we spotted the J-22's, better known as the Cookie Clan! We then traveled around to the North side of Spieden and found a large bald eagle's nest. Did you know that the largest bald eagle's nest ever recorded was over 2,000 pounds? After getting a report of more transients in the area we left the bald eagles to see what we could find. We found the T-137A's with a calf in their midst! We watched them for a while, and on the way back to Friday Harbor we came across even more Transient whales!
We really enjoyed having everyone aboard today for this amazing day on the water. Today we all really got to see the distinct differences between resident and transient orcas.
Sarah & Rachel, Naturalists, M/V Sea Lion
San Juan Safaris