7-5-19 Part 4- A Stunning Day on the Westside

This is Part 4 and last post from, what I saw, of the stunning day of J Pod, K Pod and Onyx L-87 on the west side.
...it was about 2:20 when the whales a were coming up island, headed up toward Lime Kiln lighthouse...
...just for them to be here and along the west side of the island was special...
...it wasn't know how long they might stay in these inland waters, but there were hardly any indicators that they might...

...not all came up to the lighthouse, but instead the whales were spread for a couple miles from the lighthouse and down island...when they turned and headed back down island I went to see if I could see them as they did...
...the road was packed...there were cars double parked along the west side, where the pullouts are...it was amazing and totally understandable - everyone wanted to see the Southern Residents...
...what they got to see was 'how it used to be' for these 'people of the sea'...stunning behaviors - energetic throughout the day...
...I just hope that those who had not ever witnessed these endangered orcas, understood just what it was they were seeing...

 ...it was a short visit to the lighthouse, but along the west side it lasted likely an hour or more...the whales went back down island, then spread out and were foraging...at near dark they came back up island...some vocals could be heard as late at almost 1:00 a.m.
...the next morning they were seen heading into the Strait of Georgia.