Written by Alison
on Jun 25, 2024

Orcas and a Humpback in the Beautiful PNW

Orcas and a Humpback in the Beautiful PNW

June 13, 2024 – PM It was a beautiful day with sunny skies and no wind! Yay!  We had a couple of possible reports with one being up in Canada so off we went. Our first stop was in Spieden Channel where we encountered 2 Humpback Whales. One of them had been identified as Stitch. They were traveling close to the San Juan Island Shoreline and Stitch did one beautiful fluke up dive while we were there. From there we headed into the Gulf Islands of British Columbia. We stopped in an area between Coal and Morseby Islands were we encountered the T75B’s, a family group of Bigg’s (marine mammal eating) Killer Whales. The group is made up of the 29 year old mother, T75B, also known as Pebbles and her 3 offspring. Jasper – T75B2 is 9 years old, Rubble – T75B3 is 7 and the youngest, who has not been named yet, is T75B4 who is 3. They were zigging and zagging round or the hour that we watched them. Sometimes they would pop up farther away than we expected and other times closer than we expected. On the way home, we all enjoyed the stunning scenery and stopped to see a few exotic deer and a Bald Eagle on Spieden Island.

Photographer and Naturalist: Alison Engle – Instagram: @Alisonengleart – Website: www.alisonengle.com

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Written by Alison
on Jun 25, 2024

Orcas and a Humpback in the Beautiful PNW

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