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...
Of the three pods that make up the Southern Resident community, K pod is the least frequent visitor to our waters. Today, however, we had the special opportunity of watching a rarely-sighted family group from K-pod, the K14’s. The K14’s are led by...
Most people come to the San Juan Islands for one reason – Orcas – but the this area is very bio-diverse place sandwiched between major urban areas so its uniqueness never ceases to amaze me. Yesterday (Saturday) Captain Jim and I went south with some great guests, a...
On this sunny afternoon, Owner/Captain Brian, Captain Pete, and I departed Friday Harbor with 18 guests aboard M/V Kestrel. Just like I always do, I began to give guests more of an orientation to the wildlife in the area, just to make everyone is on the same page as...
Today the M/V Kestrel spent some quality time with some of my very favorite whales. We found the black-and-whites on the west side of San Juan Island near Eagle Point and False Bay. Here in the Salish Sea we have two ecotypes of killer whales that are genetically and...
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