Monday, September 9th
...first sighting from the west side today...
...turned into this...
...it wasn't until I went to town, later in the day, when the J16s showed up along the west side...
... I don't know which direction they came from - the south or the north...
...they were spotted off Land Bank, just south of the park, milling (not going anywhere)...
Look at how the seas ended up today!
Perfect sea state and perfect lighting.
I feel so lucky to have seen the J16s today.
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!!
