Newborns and our off-season trips this past weekend
Good news from the Orca Network (www.orcanetwork.org). Ken Balcomb of the Center for Whale Research (www.whaleresearch.com) has confirmed that during the brief visit here of the Southern residents two weeks ago, two newborn calves were sighted, one with J pod and the other with L pod. The mom’s are not confirmed at this time. If these little ones survive the population would be up to 85 whales. Let’s hope for the best.
We had trips this past weekend and had some great sunny weather to go with it. The Steller sea lions were back at Spieden Island but there didn’t appear to as many as years past. The bald eagle activity was amazing. On the southwest side of Spieden Island on Sunday there were about 15 eagles, both mature and immature, feeding on a carcus which looked like a mouflon sheep.
I did get reports of transient orca whales in the area Saturday and yesterday (Monday). It sounds like we were in the area where the whales were but didn’t see them.
The photo is when we were out in Haro Strait looking for Dall’s porpoises. You can see what a beautiful day it was.
Haro Strait