Eagle Wing Tours

Reports of whales...transients? or residents? It took a little while to positively identification of the animals early on in the morning. However when we arrived on scene near Iceburg Point it becmae apparent that we were being treated with a superpod day. All three families of Southern Residenmt pods-J,K,& L were travelling up Island in wonderfully close groupings and then spread out as the day progressed. Once they reached Lime Kiln National PArk on San Juan Island they reversed direction of travel and headed down island. Our afternoon tours were also fortunate to see all of these whales with perfect weather conditions...flat water, sunny/overcast skies, but warm & pleasant! It was great to see K21 Cappacino & Raggedy K40 swimming side by side. The only unfortunate news of the day was the apparant, potential confirmation of 'no sighting' of K7 Lummi (the oldest Orca in the Southern group...est. biurth 1910). Over time we wil be keeping a steady watchful eye open for her over the next several months. If we do not see her it will become evident tat she has passed on and will not be returning this year. For a female killer whale the average age is 55 years...so she has done well over the years, and it has been a pleasure to be a small part of her life. Cheers to Lummi!