Wow—2 days in a row of all three pods of Southern Residents!  At 1500, we observed the whales making the turn around Turn Island, and they really started pouring on the speed as they headed down Haro Strait.  First came members of J Pod.  We observed J1 Ruffles, J2 Granny, J30 Riptide as the porpoised past the boat (technically I guess you could say they dolphined past the boat!).  Then the breaches began as one and then another whale began breaching one after the next.  Then came a mixture of J’s & Ls as they tried to play “catch up” to the leaders.  I heard that there were members of K Pod as well, but I didn’t observe any from our location.   As they are known to do, as the whales made their way south, they began to spread out in smaller matriline groups.  At 1600, the whales were approaching Kellett Bluff and the waves and wind began to pick up, so we decided to head up Speiden Channel and enjoyed bald eagles, sunning harbor seals, quite a few Mouflon Rams (12 to be exact), and a harbor porpoise.  Oh how I hope the whales hang around for awhile longer–maybe that will indicate some salmon are returning after all!