Observed one humpback from our deck (again).  The whale surfaced and dove several times, never displaying its flukes.  Perhaps it was the same whale we saw yesterday.  We are also seeing small pods of porpoise.  Out near Knudson Cove we saw a pod of harbor porpoises on this same day.  The very next day we saw a pod of dall's porpoise in Carroll Inlet.  

Observed one humpback from our deck.  It surfaced twice before diving.  It did not display its flukes during the dive.  It appeared to be swimming south towards Mountain Point.  No pics.  

Two humpbacks swimming in front of our house this morning.  They were very close together, and we only saw them and their flukes for a moment, before they dove and were gone.  That was the theme later in the day when we were out in the boat.  We saw a lone humpback by Mtn Point and tried to view it, but again, it was gone.  Then we saw it out by Spire Island, went over there, and again, gone.  And lastly we saw it by Hole In The Wall marina once, then poof, gone.  They seem to be swimming long distances between sightings, unlike there fall pattern of surfacing every 5-7 minutes along shore, and generally moving in a predictable pattern along deep shorelines.
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Lone humpback spotted just south of Mtn Point by other bystanders that was apparently breaching.  We saw it three or four times heading out into Nichols Passage and then heading towards the east channel of the Tongass Narrows, following the shoreline.

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Observed one humpback from our deck heading south in the morning.  Saw it surface three times and then it disappeared.  Viewed orcas late in the afternoon from the bike path, looking south towards Annette Island.  There appeared to be five of them.  A male was approximately 10 minutes behind the group of four.  

Unable to identify the pod of orcas.   

Observed four orcas from Rotary beach.  They were swimming south towards Mountain Point.  I did not have my camera with me and they were too far out for my phone camera.  No pics.   

Prepping the boat when a pod of 6-9?? orcas were out in front of the deck, near shore hunting and lingering in the area before heading south.  After launching the boat at Mtn Point we motored up George Inlet and again saw them near shore, in deep water.  They were travelling approximately 4.5-6mph with about 4 minutes between sightings.   After a while we motored up to Coon Cove and beached the boat, at which point the pod showed up again across the channel, lingering for about an hour below Mahoney lake/creek area.  On the way out of the inlet, the pod again seemed to be leaving at the same time, and we observed them to just north of the cannery, then left.

We contacted a group referred to as the Northern Resident Orca Population (see a link to their Facebook page to learn more under our "Links" tab) in the hopes of identifying the orcas we photographed.  Much to our delight, they were able to identify a few individual whales and their pods. If you have any pictures of orcas you would like to share, follow our link to their Facebook page.

The orcas we observed on this day were a pod of transient orcas (mammal eaters).  I suspected they were transients, as I believed I was watching the whales pursue a sea lion.  All from our deck.    

Below is shaky footage of the whales in George Inlet, post stablized as best we could.

Spotted pod of orcas right out front of Bar Harbor Marina as we were launching the boat.  We continue out the west channel of the Narrows at 5-6mph as they stayed out ahead of us, heading towards Nichols Passage.  Towards Nichols Passage, but still in the Narrows, they turned around and lingered close to the west shore.  A few times they surface very close to the boat.  

We contacted a group referred to as the Northern Resident Orca Population (see a link to their Facebook page to learn more under our "Links" tab) in the hopes of identifying the orcas we photographed.  Much to our delight, they were able to identify a few individual whales and their pods. If you have any pictures of orcas you would like to share, follow our link to their Facebook page.

These whales have been identified as transient orcas (mammal eaters).  The female with the notch is T68 and the male is her son T68A.  

Orca viewed west of Mtn Point from our deck.  The 300mm lens isn't enough to get good photos.

A positive ID of the pod was not possible.  ​

Observed one humpback from the bike path near Annette bay.  No photos.