Saturday, September 7th
...I promised some ladies who were watching these two humpbacks offshore today...
...it was a surprise when someone came into the lighthouse and said, "there are whales out there!"...duh, let's go have a look...
...these images will give you an idea of what we saw...and they were repeated many times over while we watched these humpbacks...
...we watched for quite a while as they came up Haro Strait far offshore...yet still gets one's attention and the people watching were sharing binoculars.
Thanks everyone who was watching this afternoon (close to 5 pm) - and especially the lady from Ohio (I think) - she'd never seen anything like this before! What a fun afternoon it was!
Just a note: if you are going on a trip to see wildlife, bring a good pair of binoculars - there are times they really come in handy!!
Thursday, July 5th
...I was out the door early...Transient calls, though extremely faint, I heard over the Lime Kiln hydrophones...
...here's what I got on video:
...later in the day two different humpbacks came up island at about 6:30.
...that's about the most whale activity on the west side in many days now :(
Sunday, November 6th
...after an evening (Nov 5th) of many hours of humpback whales heard over the Lime Kiln hydrophones...here's a clip...
....I then wondered if any would be around this morning...A friend was visiting and as I was putting my socks on I hear, "HUMPBACK WHALE!" (HB - #1) - yes! being yelled out!
...out the door and down island to Land Bank instead of starting Lime Kiln Pt. State Park like usual...
...get out of the car and even before getting out the binos - "humpback!"
...that was HB - # 2 ...coming up island, so off to the park we went...
...we were looking for HB- #1 (coming down from the north) and HB - #2 (coming up from Land Bank)...and instead my friend sees HB - #3 and #4 !!
...there's another out by Beaumont Shoals area!
...it was taking very long dives and so back to active #3 and # 4...
...another one - who???...surfaces off Discovery Island while HB #2 was being watched by my friend and #3 and #4 were off of Chathan Island going down...
None were close and they were difficult to keep track of...but no matter, it is always fascinating to see whales...
I added this map to give you an idea as to actually where they were in Haro Strait.
Saturday, November 5th
a drizzly, windy morning that turned to rain and...there was a sailboat race...and throughout the day there were unexpected surprises along the way...
...and I'm still listening to those humpbacks...they might just be doing this all night long!
