Orca and Minke Whales Today!!
The Island Explorer 3 sighted Orca Whales very close to a juvenile Minke Whale! Stay tuned to the Whale Report for details from Naturalist Jami Nagel! "Beautiful weather in the island's and a double header today with 2 types of whales!! We headed north were we caught up with J-pod heading south at Alden Bank just NW of Lummi Island. We stayed with them as they made their way south in Rosario Strait to the southend of Lummi Island. The subpod we were with was Slick (J16) with her offspring Mike (J26), Keet (J33), Alki (J36) and calf J42. There were several breaches, taillobs and some great porpoising!! We also had a Minke whale join in on the action! This Minke thought he was part of the pod, porpoising along with J-pod!! This is not normal behavior seen by our Minke whales. We had a great pass by Blackberry (J-27) a sprouter male. We refer to the maturing males as "sprouter" because their dorsal fins are being to grow or "sprout". The last group we saw before departing were Samish (J-14) with her son Riptide (J-30) and calf Suttles (J-40). We also encountered several bald eagles including a massive eagles nest on Jack Island, numerous Pigeon Gullimots, Rhinoceros Auklets, Pacific loons, harbor seals and a rather lazy California Sealion on a channel marker."
posted by Island Adventures Whale Report @ 5:12 PM
0 Comments
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home