Written by Alison
on Apr 30, 2024

Whale Report: April 22, 2024 – Big Mama and Zig Zag

Whale Report: April 22, 2024 – Big Mama and Zig Zag

April 22, 2024 – Today we lots of sunshine and blustery winds. Our first stop was at Spieden Island where we checked out some exotic game animals. There were dozens of Mouflon sheep grazing on the hillside. We had several rams with their full curl horns and many ewes with their lambs from this spring. At the east end of the island we found lots of Steller Sea Lions. There were some in the water and a couple dozen on the rocks. From there, Captain Ivan, decided to follow up on a report of Orcas. We headed up to Canada and cruised between the beautiful Islands of Saturna and Mayne to our east and South and North Pender, to our west. We had all a few other boats searching as well as all of our passengers, but to no avail. Luckily for us there were not one, but two Humpbacks spotted near by! We headed to an area called boiling reef. There we found “Big Mama” and “Zigzag.” They were traveling together heading west towards a lovely spot called East Point. They spent a lot of time on the surface with a few beautiful fluke up dives. It was fun to see Zigzag’s bright white dots on the underside of her fluke. And then Big Mama did a beautiful fluke up dive right off the point! We also had a couple of Rhinoceros Auklets pop up near the boat. Hard to believe that these small birds and these giant whales depend on the same small bait fish to survive!

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

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Written by Alison
on Apr 30, 2024

Whale Report: April 22, 2024 – Big Mama and Zig Zag

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