Afternoon to sunset sail. We went north and into Haro Strait to find Big Mama humpback and her calf ambling towards Turn Point. We left them to double back toward Battleship Island to meet the transient orca family, the T123’s. They stopped for supper north of O’Neal Island but supper got away from them. Luckily our supper was cooking on the barbecue. They crossed the channel, slipped around Jones Island and rode the flood up Presidents Channel through the sunset. It was an incredibly beautiful evening.
Harbor Seals
Immature Bald Eagle
Canadian Geese with goslings
Steller sea lion checks us out
Immature bald eagle on Madrone, Sentinel Island
Sailing North from San Juan Island
Humpback BCY0324 “Big Mama” – calm waters in Haro Strait
Humpback calf – Big Mama’s 6th known calf
Humpback Whale – Big Mama BCY0324
Male Transient Orca – T123A
T123 with her son, T123A, hunting a harbor seal – which got away near the beach
T123
T123A
T123 with 3 1/2 year old T123C
Sunset looking west from Jones Island
Immature bald eagle flying off
T123A with reflections from Orcas Island
To Flattop and beyond
New Channel, Speiden, Cactus, Tip Top Mountain Stuart island and beyond
Little McConnell
Sunset over Yellow Island
Sunset over Yellow Island