J-Pod in Our Backyard!!
"We headed out today with sunny skies and J-pod just 20 mins off the dock!!! As we came out of Guemes channel, J-Pod was entering Rosario Strait from Bellingham channel. The first subpod we encountered was Slick, Alki , Mike and little J42 (now a year old). We stayed with them till they rounded the southend of Lopez Island. They were spread out into subpod in Rosario and grouped up some as they headed around the southend. We caugh up with Granny J2 and Ruffles J1 at the southend of Lopez, they were the leaders. We sat there as all 25 members of J-pod cruised passed. There were several breaches and Granny gave us a great Spyhop!!! After the whales passed we tucked in between Lopez Island and Castle rock were we found 3 immature and 2 mature bald eagles. We also checked out the eagles nest and several harbor seals sunning themselves on the rocks. We again joined up with J-pod now off Iceberg Pt, Lopez Island. We had our grand finale with several breaches and some tail lobs! Our other wildlife sightings included: Pigeon Guillemots, Rhinoceros Auklets, Turkey Vultures, Black Oystercatchers and Purple Seastars." Naturalist Jami Nagel
posted by Island Adventures Whale Report @ 9:21 PM
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