Aug 5, 2016 – Double hitter: Residents and Transients. J’s and L’s swimming against the strong flood tide from Turn Point to Kellett Bluff. Larger groups and lots of breaches. A good sign, we hope, that they found food up north at the Fraser River. Brief stops for foraging as they traveled. We left the choppy waters at Kellett Bluff to meet the T137’s at Yellow Island after they passed by Friday Harbor. Dramatic to watch T137 deep in the shallow cove at Gull Rock rounding up harbor seals. Backlit blows with sunset and a brand new moon.
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A member from the J14’s breaching
And another breach from the J14’s
One more breach from one of the J14’s
Left to Right: L115, L110, L83, and J31
Looks to be L115 surfacing
Sails with Whales
J47 Notch with a rainblow off Kellett Bluff
J47 doing a tail lob
J17 Princess Angeline along Kellett Bluff
Sea Shepherd Crew on Board
Sailing with transients
T137’s: T137 with offspring T137A, T137B and T137D
Harbor Seal mom and pup on Flattop Island
Sailing along Flattop Island
T137 deep in the shallow cove at Gull Rock
T137’s cruising the shore of Gull Rock
T137A head on
T137A and T137B
T137A and mom T137 heading off into the sunset
Sunset in Spieden Channel