6-11-2025 Orcas passing Lime Kiln

A few days ago was very busy seeing Harbor Porpoise then Transients and some people also saw a couple humpbacks. Yesterday was about a Zero day for seeing anything.  Then TODAY there were many people at Lime Kiln and someone spotted an orca far offshore.

A big Thank You to the person who first spotted an orca and then many others did too. A big THANK YOU to all of you and for letting me know because I was inside the lighthouse and there are 'more walls than windows' making it challenging. And thanks to all the people who got excited and who got my attention. It was challenging too because those whales were far offshore and there was a haze adding to the challenge of seeing them.  So, with that, here are the few images I got. 

The first image is to show that visibility was a challenge...

Then 3 surfaced at the same time.

One whale or two?? The sun reflection makes it confusing!

The image below looks like it could be a calf but the 2 images above looks like not a calf.

I wonder what tomorrow will bring...can't wait to find out!

An unexpected Surprise this morning

May 8th

9:00 a.m. I had just gotten to the park (Lime Kiln) and I knew there was a problem with the web cam not streaming...but I stopped at the Listening Station near the Lighthouse and pushed the button...only to hear seconds later, Transient orcas and a few faint vocals. That was a surprise!

Put my things down and grabbed my binoculars because their vocals were quite distant...

It took a while but a few boats appeared so I had a 'target' to focus on - yay!

A fella came along and I told him about the orcas...soon enough he had his chair out and watched those orcas for a couple hours...yep, they were in no hurry to go anywhere and neither was he!

Fun morning surprise and met a 'new' orca enthusiast too!!

I'm guessing the Ts were maybe 3 miles offshore from the lighthouse and possibly more. I was about to get a few images but didn't know what I had until later.  The Ts were heading south in Haro Strait and looked like maybe they might be heading toward Discovery Island.

All that land in the distance is Canada! 

-the image below - the whale might look close to that boat but it wasn't. If it had been close the whale's blow (exhale) would have been much higher if that makes any sense.

You just never know what you might hear on the Lime Kiln or other hydrophones and also that you might just happen to be in the right place at the right time...fun day!