J-pod was observed on the west side of San Juan Island in the past half hour. They were first spotted (most recently) on Saturday in the strait of Juan de Fuca eastbound (towards the San Juan Islands). Hopefully this means they are around for the spring/early summer now.
For those who are familiar with the Lime Kiln hydrophone, apparently vocalizations have been heard today.
Since we have not blogged since late last week, there are have been many killer whale sightings to report. We'll start with the resident J's and K's that were spending lots of time in Seattle last week. Those same whales were spotted off Victoria on Sunday moving East. Some local whale watch tours from Victoria and San Juan Island were able to spot them and confirm J-pod individuals. We were not on the water that day, although it wasn't a bad day out there. I'll be...
San Juan Island wildlife update for Wednesday, July 7th, 2010:
Don and Tim reported back that they saw our Southern Resident Killer Whales on this gorgeous sunny day! For many of their guests it was their first time seeing whales, and a not-necessarily-expected but certainly welcome surprise!