Whales are Talking to Me

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Here are a few pictures today of the whales in Haro Straits. These pictures were taken in July when the whales are heading to a big whale party in the Straits of Georgia where they reunite with the other pods. There are three pods of endangered southern resident orcas with less than 90 whales. The threatened northern group has more than 200 whales in 16 pods.K and L pods arrived later than usual as this seems to depend upon the available salmon - they love to eat chinook, the larger salmon.Sometimes the whales come down the west coast of the island but lately use the inside route. K and L pods spend time in southern California as the salmon runs were restored in the Sacramento and the Columbia Rivers. We were on our way to Sidney Spit when we saw the whales come directly for us ...there are regulations on how close you can go to the whales. It would be better for the whales to see them from Lime Kiln Point State Park on San Juan Island.

Link to video with sound of whales vocalizing. Northern orcas video

Superpod with vocalization sounds.

North Pender Island Pod vocalizations.

Link to post at Island of Doubt for the Carnival of the Blue