October 4, 2019 – The colors were popping in the forest as we hugged the San Juan coastline traveling up to Pt Caution. Many pairs of ancient murrelets were hanging…
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Sailing with 3 minkes and humpback whale MMX0006
September 13, 2019 – It was fun finding 3 minke whales on Salmon Bank and sailing with a humpback whale (ID# MMX0006 aka “Double Drop”). The rain held out and…
Read moreA sail with J pod, a humpback and a minke
August 30, 2019 – As we cast off there was heavy fog to the south. There were many wispy ribbons hanging low over Lopez Island as we crossed the channel…
Read moreAnother triple hitter! Transients T99’s, Minke whale “Sparkles” and Humpback MMX0006
August 26, 2019 – We had an incredible day – a pod of Biggs/Transient orcas known as the T99’s, a minke whale whom we’ve nicknamed “Sparkles”, and a humpback whale…
Read moreMultiple minkes and a humpback whale MMX0006
August 18, 2019 – We had a whale two-fer – multiple minkes and a humpback whale – which our passenger identified as MMX0006 aka “Double Drop”. One of the minke…
Read moreJ pod with a pair of humpback whales and minkes feeding
August 17, 2019 – We had a whale trifecta – Southern Resident orcas from J Pod, two humpback whales which we identified as BCY0770 Gibbous and Valiant (two year old…
Read moreFun minke whale encounter and a sail around Lopez
August 14, 2019 – It was a beautiful sail around Lopez Island with an action packed minke encounter. Spectacular views as we watched the minke whales lunging through various bait…
Read moreHumpback whale MMZ0030, minke whales and leaping salmon
August 13, 2019 – It was an incredible day with so much wildlife. Bald eagles, a bald eagle chick, great blue herons, harbor seals, harbor porpoise, minke whales, humpback whales…
Read moreBiggs orcas T46’s and T137’s plus lots of minkes
August 4, 2019 – What an incredible encounter with the T46’s and T137’s. It was a rush getting there, but a relaxing sail back home with several minke encounters on…
Read moreThree Minkes and a Humpback whale MMY0147 on our sail
August 3, 2019 – As we circumnavigated Lopez Island we saw three minke whales and a humpback, MMY0147. That’s nothing to sneeze at! We’ve been seeing the same three minkes…
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