This post includes Sept 5, 6 and a peek at Sept 8.
...they came up in the night (9-6/ 3:30am)...hear some of their vocalizing...
...and then they came up farther...hear some of their exhales...
...and as daylight came on the 6th of Sept. and they went back down island...
...Sept. 7 they were in Puget Sound...
...Sept. 8 they came back up to the west side and spent the day foraging in several locations along the west side. It seemed that the moms and youngsters stayed down island most of the day and did come up island but not sure how far upisland they got to. Some others passed the lighthouse only to turn and slowly work, a flood tide, back down island.
Down island a ways is where I saw the moms and calves...the water was much choppier and the whales were not in close...but I did see Phoenix J-57, Crescent J-58, and Tofino J-56-the the young one who caused WDFW to issue an emergency ruling to help the whales have more quiet time away from the noise. I'll wait for the drone researhers for information about Tofino. In the meantime...do all you can do for their ecosystem, because that is the SRKWs' home.
What I saw on Sept 6 and again on Sept 8, needs a great big Thank You to WDFW on scene and SoundWatch on scene all day redirecting boaters to move offshore or stop and 'stay put' or whatever it is they do, because it was effective! July 6th was a very busy day, today July 8th was not as busy but they were there to see to it that boaters followed the 'rules' and the whales' space was protected.
On Sept 8th I was glad to see Tofino and her mom near the other moms and youngsters...was surprsied to get a few images...this is just the first in the sequence as Tofino was surfacing tight to her mom's side.
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