[Naturalist Sarah – 09/10/2017 – M/V Sea Lion – 12:00pm & 04:30 Charter] Summer time in the San Juan Islands usually means sunny weather, beach cookouts, and time spent out on the water. The summer also usually means that the Southern Resident Killer Whales can be...
The M/V Sea Lion departed Friday Harbor yesterday at noon with a boat load of guests and a boat load of whale reports! We headed in the direction of the L-4s and company, traveling south of Orcas Island. Reaching the west-bound orcas rather quickly, we discovered a...
[Naturalist Erick D., M/V Kestrel, 8/3/17, 2:00PM] On Thursday, Captain Mike and left on another hazy afternoon adventure with a boat full of great folks on the M/V Kestrel. The past few days have been our warmest this summer and there are also a...
[7/23/17- M/V Kestrel- Kelsey, Naturalist- 2:00PM] The Southern resident killer whales have not been around much this season, so today was a thrilling day to get a chance to see them! We have had a lot of the transient killer whales (or orcas), because the harbor...
[7/18/17- Kelsey, Naturalist- M/V Kestrel- 2:00PM] Oh, Southern resident killer whales, how we have missed you here in the San Juan Islands! It’s been several weeks since any resident killer whales have been seen in the San Juan Island region, and today finally broke...
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