Transients and seals, Gabriola Island, B.C.
Sept. 7, 2009, Photo by Gary Sutton
Sept. 7
We had a very interesting day yesterday (9/7). We were on our way to see the residents along San Juan Island but got reports of some transients along Gabriola Island. We found 8 transients and were surprised to find them very active with breaches, tail slaps, high speed swimming and spyhops. We never saw any signs of a kill but some very fast swimming close to shore with seals on the rocks so there might have been one. I managed to ID T102, T124D and who i thought was T100D. Here is a picture of some of the T's close to shore with seals in the background (pictured here) and another picture of the whales playing. Cheers,
Gary Sutton, Wild Whales Vancouver
