Sighting #1: Southern 'Resident' fish eating killer whales (Orcinus orca)
Start Time: 1459 - 1551
Start location: Middle Bank, Haro Strait, Washington waters
Behaviour: very spread, travelling west then travelling North East
End location: 3 mile south of South Beach, San Juan Island, Washington
Individuals identified: J pod - J19, J41, J14, J30, J37, J40, J44, J1, J2, J8
Links
Orcasound online hydrophone network
American Cetacean Society fact sheet
J19, Schachi, a 30 year old female killer whale
J41, Eclipse, the four year old daughter of J19
Above 3 photos: J30, Riptide, a 14 year old 'sprouting' (maturing) male killer whale
J14, Samish (35 years old), with her newest calf J45 (7 months) and her other daughter J37, Tahlequah (8 years)
Sighting #2 Harbour Seal (Phoca vitulina)
Time: 1621
Location: Beaumont Shoals, Haro Strait, BC side
Behaviour: swimming
Harbour seal at the Chain Islands, Oak Bay
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