Yesterday morning I got a call from Sidney Jeff, saying that Mallard had said, that someone had told him that at 7:30 there had been a report of Orcas at Cattle Pass. You got that. OK. Cool! But just who had Mallard heard if from. Hmmmmm?Well, it turned out that the info was good, but surprising.
Surprising because we have only been seeing Js and three Ls, including the L male, Faith, and the night before they were way north. (Faith's name is another story. A boy named "Faith?" He was mis-sexed as a calf and named as though he was a female. Faith is the one with the magnificent dorsal the bends over at the top. See above pic. I think he has a girlfriend in J pod since he travels with them from time to time.)
So we went down to see the Cattle Pass Orcas, and who should appear but K Pod and the rest of L Pod. Then the rumors started about the Js, and we assume Faith, being over near Anacortes, which might be expected, considering where they were the night before.
They all got together for the 4:30 trip, and for the first time this year, the total Superpod was together on the West Side of San Juan Island.
Capt. Jim
Capt. Jim Maya
Maya's West Side Charters
San Juan Island, WA
