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, 9/5/17, 2:00PM] For our second trip on Tuesday we went on a little search aboard the M/V Kestrel. The cool smokey fog still was hanging around. Captain Mike and I journeyed south towards Cattle Pass. We made a stop at one of...
[Naturalist Erick D., M/V Kestrel, 9/5/17, 10:00AM] On Tuesday, the weather continued to be an eerie in between of summer and fall weather. The nearby wildfires in Washington and Oregon caused a layer of warm smoke to hang in the air above the Salish Sea and...
[Naturalist Erick D., M/V Kestrel, 9/2/17, 9:30AM] On Saturday, Captain Gabe and I took an early morning crowd on another fun trip over the water. We left Friday Harbor and went south in between San Juan Island and Lopez Island. Our first stop was at one of my...
[Lauren Fritz, M/V Kestrel, 09/09/17, 10:30 am Tour & 2:00 pm Charter] Today was one of those magical days out on the water where all of us whale nerds (like me), boat captains (like Captain Mike), and wonderful passengers (like all of the folks out on our two...
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