[8/9/17 1:30pm Sea Lion Naturalist Sarah C.] One of our favorite family groups of transient killer whales have been extra present in the Salish Sea this August. Featuring two HUGE adult males and two adult females, the T18’s (named after T18 Esperanza). The...
[Sarah M. – 08/04/2017 – M/V Sea Lion – 05:30pm] Our 5:30 trip on the M/V Sea Lion from Friday Harbor was a wonderful cruise into the Canadian Gulf Islands to see a humpback whale. We experienced extraordinarily smoky conditions from the wildfires burning in British...
Lauren Fritz, Naturalist, 6/7/17, Sea Lion 12pm tour Whale, whale, whale…what have we here? Is it a humpback? Or an orca? When you see something splashing through the water out here on the Salish Sea, there’s a few check points you can go through...
[06/04/2017 – M/V Kestrel – 2:00pm] Today’s tour was a showcase of huge diversity of wildlife found in the Salish Sea. We are very lucky to find an amazing array of marine mammals: eight species of cetaceans, four species of pinnipeds, and two species of...
Today the stars aligned and we had beautiful sun, mild temperatures, and orcas! Captain Mike and I left Friday Harbor with a hearty group of passengers and whales on our minds. Though we didn’t have any confirmed reports, there was a rumor kicking around that there...
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