07252022-SRKWs-the Next Day Humpbacks

 July 25

J Pod came down from the north, as they have been making a lot of 'round trips' to the Frazer River and the west side of the island this month. There was a bit of foraging and direction changes going on it was hard to keep track of who was where, because they were also moving down island!

The whales were spread out. Cookie J-38, Mike J-26 and Blackberry J-27 were spread out offshore and spread out from one another.

Off in the distance as J Pod is approaching.

Blackberry J-27

Toward the end of the pass at the lighthouse, one whale who was approaching, had me wondering what was going on.  She had 'something' with her.  I later learned that she had a dead harbor porpoise she was carrying on her rostrum.  As she was approaching the lighthouse, I did not see that, but I did see something was 'a miss'...just not normal.

Mike J-26

The whales stayed down island most of the rest of the day.  Some came up to the lighthouse and then went back down island again.  Nice to have The Whale Museum web cam.  I watched from home because I had already driven enough for one day.

July 26 J Pod had gone north in the night and stayed north as they have been doing.  However, there was a humpback mom/calf pair who came along.  Nice!

And then later in the day there was another humpback.