Cappuccino and Raggedy are a couple of special whales to me because they are the first whales I ever saw up close when I first came to the San Juan Islands ten years ago. Back then their mom K18 Kiska was still alive, and the three of them made quite an impression on me - enough of one that I’ve come back here every summer since then!

I was just listening to the hydrophones at orcasound.net and heard quite a lot of vocalizing. It sounded to me like the two groups of whales from this morning had probably met up and were enjoying socializing with one another! Hopefully all the great sightings will continue, as August has started off just as great in terms of whale encounters as was the entire month of July.