Departure time: 1000
Vessel: Five Star Charter's Fastcat
Sighting #1: Southern 'Resident' fish eating killer whales (Orcinus orca)
Time: 1446 - 1549
Start location: Andrews Bay, San Juan Island, Washington
Behaviour: travelling north
End location: Battleship Island, Haro Strait, Washington
Individuals identified: J and K pods - K21, K40, J22, J34, K16
Links
Center for Whale Research killer whale fact page, photo ID and matrilines
Orca Adoption Program at Friday Harbour Whale Museum
Orcasound online hydrophone network
American Cetacean Society fact sheet
K40, Raggedy, a female estimated to be 46 years old and K21, Cappuccino, a 23 year old male who is probably her brother
Members of J and K pod travelling together in Haro Strait, near Henry Island
Members of J and K pod travelling together in Haro Strait, near Henry Island...K21 is on the far right
A Double-crested cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) at the Chain Islands in Oak Bay, Victoria
SIMPLE WAYS TO HELP SAVE THE WHALES AND THEIR ENVIRONMENT
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