Today we watched all three pods (J, K, and L) fish off the west side of San Juan Island ALL morning. Back and forth, back and forth them swam while occasionally stopping to chase a salmon at the surface. In the afternoon, many of the orcas (some J’s and some L’s) decided to pack up their fins and head north toward the Fraser River - perhaps following the sockeye up to their spawning grounds? …Hmmm maybe. We don’t know for sure if the whales eat sockeye or not, but perhaps they are since there are so many around. All the questions we will continue to ponder, but we may never know the answers. Here are some pics from today:

~Katie