Saturday, 6/21, SUNSET TRIP-- lots of action!!

In celebration of the summer solstice, our local resident orcas (J-pod, K-pod, L-pod) have formed a superpod!! It's a whale of a party! Well...no we don't really know what has brought them all together...but there they are off of the southwest end of San Juan Island...all spread out and swimming in smaller groups...up and down the coast! It's a perfect evening, the sun is shining through the clouds....the Olympic Mountains are looking scenic as ever to the south! And some of the orcas we're watching seem to be in high spirits!!
We see plenty of breaching, pec slaps, belly rolls, and spy-hopping!! There's a young calf and mother that spy hop nearby! So beautiful! And then we get quite the show....L-74, a 22 year old male is trying to mate with a female of the K-pod or J-pod. We're not sure who the lucky lady is, but it's not often that we get to see this in the wild! What an experience. Before we realize, it's getting late, and it's time to leave the Orcas as they swim north. It's not everyday that we get to see such a show. Nature at it's best!

-Jaclyn, naturalist