May 22
We left the trailing Js in the center of Haro St. at 6:30 this evening, headed north.
Jim Maya

May 22
Hi Susan,
I had the pleasure of accompanying a home- school group field trip today. It was super weather, sunny and clear, we could see both Mt Baker and Mt Rainer at the same time. We sighted J pod foraging in small scattered groups of 4- 7 orcas each. Tail whack after tail whack, and numerous breaches, even a bit of la amour- amour.
The latter activity was not elaborated on as the group was very young children, the exciting details would have been wastedanyway. I positively I D'd J17 and baby J44 riding high over her back. And J27- Blackberry. All sightings 2-3 miles S.W. off Iceberg Point in the Juan de Fuca.
The children also enjoyed a pod (20-30) of Harbour porpoises, S.E. of Colville Is. and an Eagle in a nest off the south end of Lopez Island, and a lazy ole' California Sea Lion #651 on the entrance buoy of Guemes channel. He had been there all day.
These were all first experiences for most of the childr - wow! They were excited.
Caroline Spehar
Transboundary Naturalist
Mystic Sea, Anacortes