This may be J pod ...too far out to ID. Big male in the lead three animals. At first I thought Transients because it was at least 7-10 more minutes before I could see others surfacing. Too far out even for my long lens.
Guess I must turn on the hydrophones now...
I feel so blessed to have looked up at the right moment.
I did see the whales spy hopping, cartwheeling and tail slapping. Definitely the residents.
Marie O'Shaughnessy
Susan, I was out yesterday fishing and happened to have my camera with me. Hopefully you will be able to identify this pod (see photo here & below). What a spectacular sighting and a spectacular day.
Terry.Singh, SV Liberate. Victoria.
J31
ID's from Terry's photos, from the Center for Whale Research:
Looks like J31 in the first pic (included here) and maybe J38 in the last one.
Dave Ellifrit, Center for Whale Research, San Juan Island
On Friday January 23rd, about 4:00pm we had multiple small groups of orcas passing by Trial Island: 5 or 6 groups of 3-6 orcas each.It took more than half an hour for them all to pass by. They came round the south tip of Trial Island Lighthouse, moving eastward in the Juan de Fuca Strait then turning north towards Bayne's Channel. I have some photos if that would be helpful (see above photo). Thanks!
Sheila Brooke, Trial Island Light
