May 31st, Sailed South onto glassy waters south of Lopez Island and changed course for Hein Bank with news of transient orcas. We sailed back towards Lopez with the T46Bs alongside as the sun was setting. The last of the Mohicans, a single Tufted Puffin, was hanging with a Rhinoceros Auklet and to our surprise with a pair of Pacific Loons. Another surprise was a steller sea lion pup, and again we saw a steller sea lion nursing.
Harbor seals hauled out
Double crested Cormorant Colony
Pelagic Cormorants
Orcas with Mount Baker
Transient Orca
Spyhop
Transient Orca family
Large eye patch on calf, Mount Rainier in distance
T46Bs
Transient orca silhouettes
Transient Orcas
Tufted Puffin and Rhinoceros Auklet
Pacific Loons, with Glaucous Winged Gulls and Rhinoceros Auklet
Harbor Seal in Kelp
Harbor Seals with Cattle Point Lighthouse
Steller Sea Lion
Stellers Sea Lion Pup
Stellers Sea Lion nursing
Stellers Sea Lions kissing