If you were a killer whale, what would your favorite snack be? Harbor seal? Salmon? Porpoise? It depends on where you live, right? If you’re a killer whale in the Salish Sea, you definitely have your pick of what you’d like to eat for dinner. And as whale...
Wow. If you were lucky enough to be in the San Juan Islands today, or even in the Seattle area, you were probably experiencing some absolutely magical weather. Summer in the San Juans seems to be in full swing. M/V Sea Lion pulled away from the dock for our noon whale...
Steller’s sea lions, also known as Northern sea lions, are some of our wintertime wildlife residents here in the Salish Sea. Characterized by their golden-brown coloration, their broad foreheads, and, oftentimes their deep growly roars it is always a treat to...
Yesterday guests aboard the M/V Sea Lion braved some Pacific Northwest liquid sunshine for what turned out to be a beautiful day out on the water. We headed north from Friday Harbor, with whales on the brain. Members of or spotting network gave us a call to let us...
I love being the boat to find whales. I love that moment of being able to make the call to the rest of the fleet, and for that singular moment knowing something else that no one else knows. Today Captain Brian and I left the dock with no reports of orcas, which is not...
In a season that has not felt quite typical in terms of the presence, or lack of presence, from all three of our Southern Resident Killer Whale pods, yesterday was quite a refreshing dip into the ordinary patterns that I have come to expect from summers in the...
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