Sept 13th – We started with a very pleasant sail bird watching through the islands. A little shy of Mandarte we met the bad boys, three of the T100’s and T65B and offspring T65B1. We traveled with them from Gooch to S. Pender to Blunden leaving them near Java Rocks. Shut down to drift while enjoying dinner just before sunset. It was a jam packed fun filled day. All photos in our posts are available as signed gallery prints.
Transient orca T100C
Transient orca T100 with 13 yr old son T100C
T100 and her 6th known calf, T100F, first seen October 2014
Transient killer whales T100, T100C, T100F, with T65 and T65B1
Transient killer whales T65B1, T65B, T100F, T100 and T100C
Turn Point Lighthouse, Stuart Island, with Mount Baker
T100C sharing Boundary Pass with a large container ship while headed for Mt Baker
T100C traveling along S Pender shoreline – Saturna Island in the background
Blunden Island and Mount Baker
Kelp Forest
Heermans Gulls with Point Disney in background
Female Surf Scooters
Pair of Marbled Murrelets, Canada Geese in background
Harlequin ducks
Harbor Porpoises
Pigeon Guillemot in winter plumage
Harbor Seals off Yellow Island
Harbor Seals of Low Island with Yellow Island in background
Pregnant Moonrise
Mount Baker holds onto the sunset light
Friday Harbor at dusk
S/V Martin Sheen, a Sea Shepherd vessel, docked overnight in Friday Harbor