Orca Whale Sightings

And a good Monday morning to all. It's foggy for the first
time in while, but we will go out twice today.

The weekend was wonderful for watching Orcas. We saw 7 Transients
Friday, Saturday and Sunday, and twice saw them go after Steller
Sea Lions, once right in front of the boat.

My passengers were in awe!
In this part of the world, Northwest Washington and Southwestern
British Columbia, we see four different cultures of Orca. By culture,
I mean the same species of mammal, but with different languages,
family patterns, hunting habits, eating habits, breathing patterns
and seemingly different values.

For the last three days we saw Transients, as opposed to our
Residents, or Off Shores or Northern Residents. The latter two I
have seen only three or four times in my 1100 hours with Orcas in
this area.

So, we will go out again today and try and find them, or perhaps
the Js, one of our local pods which should be showing up on a
regular basis around this time of the year.

Have a great week.

Capt. Jim