August 16, 2021 – Hallelujah Canada finally opens it’s border to the US, so that’s where we went on our sail today. We sailed up to Java Rocks to see some Biggs/Transient orcas known as T77C and T77D (siblings) with T49A2. Our first venture to Canada in about 2 years since the border has been closed due to the Covid pandemic. It felt great to be back visiting some of our favorite sights.
Sailing wing on wing
Bald eagle
Harbor seals on Low Island
McConnell Island
Bald eagle nest
Bald eagles
Harbor seals on Flattop with glacial erratic
Harbor seals on Flattop with juvenile eagle behind them on shore
Flattop Island
Pigeon guillemots by Flattop Island
Misty rain in the distance
Harbor seals on White Rock
Pt Disney behind White Rock
Orca cartwheel
T77C, T77D and T49A2 circling Java Rocks
Orca tail slap
T77C, T77D and T49A2 circling Java Rocks
Orca tail flukes
T77C, T77D and T49A2 circling Java Rocks – see all the watchful seals?
T77C, T77D and T49A2 circling Java Rocks
T77C, T77D and T49A2 circling Java Rocks
T77C, T77D and T49A2 circling Java Rocks
Orca tail in the air
T77C, T77D and T49A2 circling Java Rocks
T77C, T77D and T49A2 circling Java Rocks
T77C, T77D and T49A2 circling Java Rocks
T77C, T77D and T49A2 circling Java Rocks
T77C, T77D and T49A2 circling Java Rocks – Saturna Island behind
T77C, T77D and T49A2 circling Java Rocks
T77C, T77D and T49A2 circling Java Rocks
Misty rain over the Pender Islands
T77C, T77D and T49A2 passing Blunden Island
T77C, T77D and T49A2 passing Blunden Island
T77C, T77D and T49A2 passing Blunden Island
Layers of Canadian islands
Turn Pt Lighthouse on the far left
Bald eagle on eagle post
Views from New Channel
Views from New Channel
Harbor seals
Harbor seals and Great blue heron
Black oystercatcher
Black oystercatcher foraging with two chicks
Rain over Spieden Island
Sika deer and fallow deer on Spieden Island
Fallow deer on Spieden Island
Mouflon sheep on Spieden Island
Young Mouflon ram on Spieden Island
Island layers
Harbor seals hauled out on the rocks
Flying fish
Route map 8-16-21