June 10
Dave Ellifrit, Emma Foster, Erin Heydenreich, John Durban and Leigh Hickmott of the Center for Whale Research headed out after receiving a report of the L12's off Hein Bank from Jeanne Hyde at 6 a.m. At 9:48 a.m. L85 was spotted off Salmon Bank (48° 25.958 N; 123° 00.629 W) traveling slowly towards San Juan Island (48° 27.93 N; 123° 00.84 W). The whales were very spread out and apparently foraging. The whales present were: L12, L42, L77, L94, L22, L79, L85, L89, K20 and K38. All whales that were in the area were documented. This is the first sighting of any L pod whales since March, and the second CWR encounter with L's in Puget Sound this year.
Correction from June 10th report from CWR:
We had an error on our website for encounter 24/June 10 - L12s & K20/38 (reported in the 6/12 Orca Network report). The whales seen were: L12, L25, L41, L77, L94, L79, L85, L89, L22, K20, K38. Thanks!
Erin, Center for Whale Research
June 10
June 10, from 1:15pm to 2:05pm, we were delighted to watch L-41, L-77, K-20, and K-38, actively foraging off of False Bay. They headed west-northwest at first, then made directional changes and milling as the flood tide picked up. Lots of percussive behaviors- tail slaps, pectoral slaps, and breaches! L-41 was upside down, repeatedly slapping his curled tail flukes back on the surface! Nice to see the K's with the L's, and familiar behavior- hope they got some salmon.
Caroline Armon, San Juan Excursions
woensdag 10 juni 2009
L12
San Juan Island
June 10, 2009
Photo by Marie O'Shaughnessy
June 10
The two K's and L12s started off at 5:12 am off west San Juan Island - headed north, turned, headed south---and have been doing the shuffle ALL DAY LONG, all day between South Beach and Landbank- I dont even think they have made it to Lime Kiln yet. Up down, up down -- CLASSIC. When I saw all the big fins this morning I thought we had a superpod on our hands - but not.
Sandy Buckley, San Juan Island
June 10
The 3.30pm Ocean Magic encountered some of L pod orca this afternoon off San Juan Island.We found 'Mega', L 41 and 'Alexis, L 12 (see photo above), foraging 1-2 miles offshore from other members of this family group. We watched for a while and then moved closer to shore where we watched L 77 'Matia' and two others that I weren't able to identify, as they were far off. They were all heading North. I did hear that K 20 and K38 had joined this group so perhaps those two seen very close to shore were the K's.
Marie, O'Shaughnessy, Orca-Magic, Prince Of Whales, Victoria B.C.
June 10
Southern Resident Killer Whales on the west side of San Juan Island. We identified members of L-pod, one of the three pods of the southern resident killer whales. We first saw some members of L-pod just south of Lime Kiln State Park heading North. Just as we decided to make a trip around San Juan Island following the orcas, they changed their direction and began heading South. We quickly changed our direction and began heading south as well. We watched as the orcas traveled and even spy hopped. The captain then decided to head north and take a peak at the Cactus Islands. These islands are very beautiful. We then began looking for bald eagles and to our surprise found not only one but four. On our way back to Friday Harbor we got a good look at some of the mouflon sheep on Spieden. These sheep are awesome to look at. Another great adventure in the San Juan Islands with San Juan Safaris!!!
Jeannette, Naturalist, Crew At San Juan Safaris Whale Watch Wildlife Tours
dinsdag 2 juni 2009
L 89, "Solstice"
June 2, 2009
Off Victoria, BC
Photo by Jim Maya
June 2
We have just heard from our vessel that they have encountered members of L Pod (the L12's) near Albert Head, B.C. This is the first confirmed sighting of members of L Pod in the waters off Victoria this season and what a wonderful surprise!
Andrew Lees, Five Star Whale Watching
June 2
At a little before 3:00 this afternoon, the L 12s showed up a little to the east of Race Rock. Wow. Big surprise. We had to head home.
Late in the evening, we left L89 and L22 way out west of Victoria this evening at 6:30. We were lucky enough to see these breaches (see photo above).
Capt. Jim Maya, Maya's Westside Charters
zaterdag 30 mei 2009
L pod near Port Hardy
No calls but orcas nearby
The Mackays report that a large group of orcas was seen earlier this evening near Port Hardy. The whales were headed this direction.
Helena
29 May 2009 23:41:21 PDT
No orcas present.
More news: the DFO received photos of the whales off Port Hardy last night: L41,L77,L79,L12,L22,L89 were identified. They were reported heading east. No reports today.
Helena
30 May 2009 16:07:17 PDT
May 29
Hi Howard and Susan - I thought you might like to know that I just received photos from Linda Nichol and Melissa Boogaards who work in our group and it looks like they had L's heading east off Port Hardy at 1800 this evening. From the photos they sent I could identify: L41, L77, L79,L12, L22, and L89. With any luck they should be down your way in a couple of days. Cheers,
Graeme Ellis, Pacific Biological Field Station, Canada's Dept. of Fisheries and Oceans
The Mackays report that a large group of orcas was seen earlier this evening near Port Hardy. The whales were headed this direction.
Helena
29 May 2009 23:41:21 PDT
No orcas present.
More news: the DFO received photos of the whales off Port Hardy last night: L41,L77,L79,L12,L22,L89 were identified. They were reported heading east. No reports today.
Helena
30 May 2009 16:07:17 PDT
May 29
Hi Howard and Susan - I thought you might like to know that I just received photos from Linda Nichol and Melissa Boogaards who work in our group and it looks like they had L's heading east off Port Hardy at 1800 this evening. From the photos they sent I could identify: L41, L77, L79,L12, L22, and L89. With any luck they should be down your way in a couple of days. Cheers,
Graeme Ellis, Pacific Biological Field Station, Canada's Dept. of Fisheries and Oceans
vrijdag 27 maart 2009
L pod off the Columbia River plume
March 27
2:25 pm. L pod off the Columbia River plume. We detected them acoustically first... it was very exciting to find them. We lost them again last night since they were quiet during our last visual sight and traveling south along the 20 fathom line pretty much for most of the afternoon (3/26). We had to go deeper after dark because of all the fishing gear out here. We continued south to overshoot where we thought they might be by morning and then did tracklines back up north. The visual team found them again off the Columbia R plume this afternoon (14:25). The crew just deployed the small boat and the whales are grouped up, resting and haven't made a peep so far. Our current lat/long is 046deg 21'51.5460"N, 124deg 41'411.3200"W.
Marla Holt, NOAA Fisheries NWFSC, on the McArthur II
2:25 pm. L pod off the Columbia River plume. We detected them acoustically first... it was very exciting to find them. We lost them again last night since they were quiet during our last visual sight and traveling south along the 20 fathom line pretty much for most of the afternoon (3/26). We had to go deeper after dark because of all the fishing gear out here. We continued south to overshoot where we thought they might be by morning and then did tracklines back up north. The visual team found them again off the Columbia R plume this afternoon (14:25). The crew just deployed the small boat and the whales are grouped up, resting and haven't made a peep so far. Our current lat/long is 046deg 21'51.5460"N, 124deg 41'411.3200"W.
Marla Holt, NOAA Fisheries NWFSC, on the McArthur II
donderdag 26 maart 2009
L pod off Grays Harbor WA
March 26
Our encounter with L pod off Westport today: Spent entire day with them as they were heading south - left them off Long Beach - too far inshore to take the Mac II at night so will have to try to relocate in AM.
Looks like we will be hiding somewhere over weekend due to 40 kts wind forecast.
Brad Hanson, NOAA Fisheries NWFSC, from NOAA Ship McArthur II
March 26
3:30 am - L pod off Grays Harbor WA.
We found L pod on the 4th day at sea!!! The NOAA ship, McArthur II ran into all of L pod just north of Grays Harbor WA. in the middle of the night last night (~0330 March 26). We lost them acoustically but then found them visually and acoustically in the mid morning and were able to deploy the small boat (RHIB). The whales were spread out and traveling south most of the day. Brad and the rest of the crew got photo IDs and some prey samples, stayed with them day until 1830. Last visual sighting was at dusk when they grouped back up and became quiet. Hopefully we will stick with them through the night to get more samples tomorrow.
Marla Holt, NOAA Fisheries NWFSC, from NOAA Ship McArthur II
Our encounter with L pod off Westport today: Spent entire day with them as they were heading south - left them off Long Beach - too far inshore to take the Mac II at night so will have to try to relocate in AM.
Looks like we will be hiding somewhere over weekend due to 40 kts wind forecast.
Brad Hanson, NOAA Fisheries NWFSC, from NOAA Ship McArthur II
March 26
3:30 am - L pod off Grays Harbor WA.
We found L pod on the 4th day at sea!!! The NOAA ship, McArthur II ran into all of L pod just north of Grays Harbor WA. in the middle of the night last night (~0330 March 26). We lost them acoustically but then found them visually and acoustically in the mid morning and were able to deploy the small boat (RHIB). The whales were spread out and traveling south most of the day. Brad and the rest of the crew got photo IDs and some prey samples, stayed with them day until 1830. Last visual sighting was at dusk when they grouped back up and became quiet. Hopefully we will stick with them through the night to get more samples tomorrow.
Marla Holt, NOAA Fisheries NWFSC, from NOAA Ship McArthur II
dinsdag 3 maart 2009
L-pod at Monterey Bay, CA
Sighting · March 3, 2009 · L's
L pod was last seen up this way in Puget Sound on 20 February, and then they raced the eight hundred miles down the coast to be seen on 3 March by Richard Ternullo of Monterey Bay Whale Watch. In this photograph, L pod seems to be racing back to the north with Moss Landing in the background. In this photo we can identify L25, L47, L54, L84, and L100.
L pod was last seen up this way in Puget Sound on 20 February, and then they raced the eight hundred miles down the coast to be seen on 3 March by Richard Ternullo of Monterey Bay Whale Watch. In this photograph, L pod seems to be racing back to the north with Moss Landing in the background. In this photo we can identify L25, L47, L54, L84, and L100.
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