No news of our black and white friends, so off we set searching the straits! We came across a minke, and then 2 more minkes at Hein Bank. Fleeting glimpses of harbour porpoises. Pulled a strand of bull kelp out of the water, and we all examined it! The afternoon trip brought reports that there were 15+ transient orcas off Port Townsend. As we set our GPS, Wilson Point was our limit, yet we realised earlier than that it was a no go. This group of orcas had headed south down Puget Sound, and were well out of our reach. So to Hein Bank, where we had a great show from a minke. He/she was surface lunge feeding, all over. Must have been great feed down there. The animal certainly startled the seabirds!
With a grusome look at a de-capitated (partially!) harbour seal floating 3 miles NW of Hein Bank, seeing the live ones at Chain Islands was better, and surprisingly more fragrant than the deceased! Go to video link below to see ....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbZMn1p564s
2 comments:
gross and perhaps a little inapropriate
Not at all, its nature, and those that feel that it would be gross to look at the video, shouldn't. We Marine Biologists on board, were fasinated.
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