April 7, 2020 – Essential ID’s… The first humpback whales of 2020 to pass Friday Harbor: BCY0324 ‘Big Mama’ & BCX1193 ‘Zig Zag’. Interestingly they headed into the fastest part of the current flowing against them to go through Cattle Pass.
We also spotted two minke whales passing Iceberg Pt, Lopez Island, and heard about two gray whales outside of Lopez Pass. Pairs of baleen whales abound!
Humpbacks passing Shipyard Cove
Humpback exhale
Humpback whales BCY0324 ‘Big Mama’ & BCX1193 ‘Zig Zag’
Humpback passing seals on Harbor Rock
Humpback whales BCY0324 ‘Big Mama’ & BCX1193 ‘Zig Zag’ in Cattle Pass
BCY0324 ‘Big Mama’ tail fluke
Humpback whales BCY0324 ‘Big Mama’ & BCX1193 ‘Zig Zag’ in Cattle Pass
Humpback with Cattle Pt Lighthouse
Pair of bald eagles
Steller sea lions on Whale Rocks
Minke whale (#1)
Minke whale (#1)
Minke whale (#2)
Minke whale (#2)
Black oyster catchers