May 21
J 44, the calf surfacing close to its mother J 17.
Photo by Marie O'Shaughnessy, Orca- Magic, POW



May 21
Hi Susan,
The magic continues out there in the Salish sea. What a beautiful day watching J pod and some of K pod, head north along the shoreline of San Juan Island, between 2-3 pm today. Got to see one of the little ones J 44 swimming close to mom J 17. Not much foraging going on as they were really moving in rather spread out groups. I was on a POW Zodiac enjoying the calm conditions. We actually were surprised by a sudden appearance of a Minke Whale on the west side of Hein Bank during our trip over to the San Juans. The scenery all round was spectacular on this very clear day.
Marie, Orca-Magic, POW

May 21
I went out to Joseph Whidbey State Park at 10 AM, just south of Naval Air Station and saw 4 or 5 orcas heading due west toward Salmon Bank, south of San Juan Island, several miles from shore.
Howard

May 21
Chuck Niedzialkowski called at 9:30 AM with a sighting of at least five orcas heading south along the shore of Rocky Point, on the north side of the Naval Air Station Whidbey, including a cow and calf.

May 21
Sally Reeve called at 8:30 AM to report about ten orcas heading west toward Ice Berg Pt. at the south tip of Lopez.


May 21
J pod off Lime Kiln Park
Photo by Andrew Lees

May 21
This afternoon we caught up with several members of Jpod including J27 Blackberry, J28 Polaris and the new calf J44, just south of Lime Kiln Park. We followed about 12 members of Jpod that also included J17 Princess Angeline, J34 Doublestuff and J38 Cooke, as they moved north along the west side of San Juan Island up to Andrew's Bay. The rest of Jpod could be seen in the distance near Stuart Island.
We also saw this afternoon a Brown Pelican just south of Lime Kiln Whale Park.
Andrew Lees
Marine Naturalist
Five Star Whale Watching

May 21
We left the J trailers headed N. at Turn Pt. at 6:30 this evening. The K13s headed south at Kellet at 4:15. I would suspect we'll see both groups tomorrow. Could the Ks, having split w the Js, be headed south to meet the rest of the Ks?
Thanks,
Capt. Jim

May 21
Hi, Susan.
On May 21 around 8:45 pm, a group of about 8 orcas were travelling eastward through Active Pass. They were moving quite quickly but we saw one spy hop.
It is our first sighting of the season, although fellow whale watchers from Georgeson Bay tell me it is the third time they have seen them in the Pass this week. it was dusk and the light was very low but I am including some photos for ID purposes anyway. Please let me know who they were. Thanks.
Cheers,
Karoline
Galiano Island