Friday July 16th 2010
Friday July 16th, 2010
Our Captain Don made the right call today……he headed north up the west side of Lummi Island. When we were almost to the north end, we received radio calls from Canada. The Canadian boats were up north and reported no Orcas! This is a wide expanse of water; the Strait of Georgia. It can be very hard to spot whales sometimes. Anyways, we decided to head west and turned and went through the middle of the islands. A beautiful scenic route, but possibly ‘whale-less’. Just as we going through Pole Pass, we heard that there were Orcas up north and they were heading south. Decisions: it was a long way from our present location and they could turn around and go back up north. We decided to go for it! We arrived to find some of J and L pods. They were mainly foraging and heading south. We followed along for awhile until it was time to go. We didn’t have as much time as we wanted to spend with the Orcas, but sometimes this is just the way it goes. They are living in their natural environment and wherever and whatever they might be doing while we are out watching, is what we get to see. Just to see these magnificent animals in their watery world, if only for forty five minutes is still sometimes just enough. Other sightings: harbor seals, harbor porpoise and birds. (See previous reports).
