July 1, 2020: K Pod- Haro Strait
K20 Spock, K34 Cali, and K38 Comet
K22 Sekiu
K43 Saturna
K27 Deadhead and K44 Ripple
K34 Cali
K33 Tika
K20 Spock kelping
K38 Comet and K20 Spock kelping
K37 Rainshadow
K12 Sequim
Photo Credit: The Center for Whale Research: Encounter #31 - July 1, 2020
Last seen heading south towards Blackney Pass, BC, Canada, the arrival of K pod is awesome. L pod followed soon after and they were both seen off of Lime Kiln. Reports from today showed that the K12′s and the K13′s were doing the ‘West Side Shuffle’. Hopefully, the rest of the Southern Residents will be coming home soon. “Lots of excitement as soon as we woke this morning with news that K pod had arrived to San Juan Island. We'd been expecting them after hearing they were Southbound from Hanson Island at noon on June 29th - 205 Nautical miles away. They passed Lime Kiln at 9:15am - 45 hours later. So they averaged 4.5 knots at continuous travel. And good news is that they were foraging at False Bay.” -David and Barbara Howitt, All Aboard Sailing
