August 25, 2006

As the fog lifted we began our tour by heading to the west side of San Juan Island. While we approached, we received word from the Spotting Network that the whales had traveled offshore. When continued on to Salmon Bank and immediately enjoyed a beautiful look at Skana (L79)! We carried out the rest of the tour while a subgroup of L-Pod, the L12’s, searched the water for salmon.

Our afternoon tours led us to Eagle Point on the west side of San Juan Island. We enjoyed another great viewing of the feeding L12s’. On this tour we were able to positively identify males Skana (L79) and Mega (L41) as well as female Spirit (L22). On our return home we stopped by Discovery Island where we watched a large group of Harbour seals getting in and out of the water. Our last stop was at the Chain Islands to identify sea birds.

This evening proved to be another beautiful tour. We headed east again, this time past San Juan Island to Iceberg Point on Lopez Island. The L12’s had finished feeding and began their peaceful resting state. We enjoyed watching the whales rise to the water’s surface – a spectacular end to another great day on the water!