(In J Pod Land it's only May 3rd) !
...this pattern is what J Pod used to do in May, so I'm setting my J Pod calendar watch to May :)
...J Pod coming down Rosario Strait...a long way across but out on Peregrine we went...as we are just arriving...
...they ended up foraging near Deception Island for a while before heading west and then north up the west side of San Juan Island...there they stopped again and spent several hours, a few passing Lime Kiln lighthouse in the late afternoon with others miles from shore going up island...but those turned and went back down island...
...they were anywhere from just south of Lime Kiln Park to Eagle Pt. over the next several hours before they were heard over the hydrophones at 8:30 pm...
...I saw them passing where I live at about 9pm...going up island...
Same day: the T49As
...this is the family group that was seen off Newport, Oregon on June 22nd...it's also the family who has one member who keeps leaving the family and showing up with others...that would be T49A2...link to prior recent post about T49A2...and of course T49A2 was not with them today...
...mom - T49A, however, has a new set of wounds - I call them that because the rake marks from someone's teeth caused all that 'mess'...!
...T49A1 is looking like an adult now, but he's only 15 years old, according to the DFO (Canada Dept. of Fisheries and Oceans ID charts)...so that dorsal fin of his has the potential of more growth!
...the other two offspring who travel with mom are T49A3 and T49A4...
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