Good Morning,

It has been a busy and hot two days on San Juan Island. We watched on Tuesday as the Southern Resident community of killer whales swam by the lighthouse at Lime Kiln SP. The whales were broken into little groups, some way of shore, a few in close and one (L79 pictured above) went by about 10 yards from the rocks we were sitting on. Having been around these animals quiet for awhile, I kind of forgot how big some of them are. L79 was so close when he passed that his image filled the entire frame of my camera, even though I was zoomed out as low as I could go.




We were also listening to the hydrophone and the whales were so amazingly vocal that night.
In fact, you could distinguish each pod clearly as they went by. J Pod was at the front and their specific calls were heard first. Just as those calls began to fade, K's started to creep in. As K's slowly passed, you could begin to hear L Pod calls blending in as well.
You can listen live too...just go to http://www.orcasound.net/ and click on either the OVAL link or the one for The Lime Kiln SP hydrophone.

It was another magic night in this magic place.

Talk again soon.