Wednesday, March 28, 2018

3-28-18 Killer Whales Trippin' Through the Islands

Wednesday, March 28th

Whales were spotted off Friday Harbor- again!  It's been a busy place so far this year...they were coming up island...so it was, once again, time to go to Ruben Tarte Park...

...two males, T49A1 was born in 2001 and T124C was born in 1992 (ref: DFO Bigg's Transient IDs).  They have been seen traveling together recently.  It will be interesting to see how long they travel with each other.  For a couple seasons, T124C was encountered several times traveling completely alone...no other whales anywhere...then he would show up with some of his family...so you never know who will be with whom when the Transients are seen.  
Here's where they went during the time I saw them...it was like an Island naming experience...








...I last saw them, miles in the distance from County Park (no image), as they made their way across Haro Strait and to the west...but did they go to the north or the south?...

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