L90
Photo by Dave Ellifrit


L85
Photo by Dave Ellifrit


J14 and J45
Photo by Dave Ellifrit


J14 surfacing
Photo by Dave Ellifrit

L94 and L113
Photo by Dave Ellifrit

J14's
Photo by Heather Conketon

L106 Spyhop
Photo by Ken Balcomb

L112 with big brother L106
Photo by Ken Balcomb

whales playing at sunset
Photo by Ken Balcomb

Encounter # 69 • September 11 • J,K,L Pods

Orca Departed Snug Harbor: 3:30 p.m.
Begin Encounter: 4:30 p.m.
Start Lat: 48° 20.44 N
Start Long: 123° 00.56 W
End Encounter: 6:53 p.m.
End Lat: 48° 26.56 N
End Long: 123° 04.90 W
Returned to Snug Harbor: 7:30 p.m.

Observers on Orca: Dave Ellifrit, Heather Conkerton
Observers on Shachi: Ken Balcomb

We encountered whales east of Hein Bank at 4:30 p.m. The whales were extremely spread in small tight groups and singles heading north. At 4:37 we encountered L90 logging and milling by her self. She was exhibiting the same behavior we have seen over the past few weeks: lifting her head before each breath and taking shallow dives. She remained close to the research boat for over 10 minutes. We encountered her again at 6:57 p.m. still by herself and heading slowly west. All the whales we encountered were: L90, L84, L5, J34, L85, J37, L12, J14, J45, J40, J30, L113, L94, K27, K44, K12, K37, K43, K25, K38, L83, L110, K20, K16, K35, L91, K40, K21

These photos were taken under MMPA permit #532-1822and/or DFO license #2006-08/SARA-34.