March 9/10 2019 Transient Orcas

Saturday and Sunday, March 9 and 10

...so good to get back out on the water...no word on whales, just some nice flat seas and sunshine, but still pretty darn cold...
...would be nice to see the Steller sea lions, harbor seals, maybe the animals on Spieden Island...
...well, just about off the dock and there was word of orcas and they were just south of Friday Harbor...being on the Western Prince...well, that was just 'around the corner'...a few images from the encounter...

 ...the researchers will assign the alpha-numeric for this baby...the fetal folds don't mean the calf was just born, but an indication as to how recent...it was the lighting that made the fetal folds look so pronounced.  I have one image, straight on profile and the folds aren't even noticeable...yep, it's all about the lighting...

 ...love this...looks like a heart shaped exhale from the new mother :) ...

...we didn't see many bald eagles but did see many of the animals on Spieden Island...lots of new baby Mouflon sheep...

 ...annual winter fella - 183R...here again...he was at such an angle, it took two images to get his entire brand...

...and then the next day...3-10
...eagles in many places...several pairs too..,

 ...183R was not there this afternoon...out for a meal somewhere or maybe switching locations...

 ...this is one very cool ferry!

 

 ...great to see the Whale Warning flag being used today!  Thanks, Capt. Michael...helping other boaters to know that whales are in the area...hopefully others who have this flag will use it like the Western Prince did today!  YAY!

...so what about T137C? Here's a page of the T137s from 2010.

However,  T137D was not born and T137C was a little one, who did not survive. 

...fun to look back and see how much T137A has grown and that T137B did not have any notches, and now has one, small one.