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8/30/2019

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We took a boat ride to Hoonah and saw 12 humpbacks along the way and a pod of orcas on our way back.  The first group of humpbacks were near North Pass.  The usual whales seemed to be present including Flame (#1538) and Barnacles (#2070) and her calf.  I am unsure if Flame's calf was there.  There were at least six whales in the area so it was difficult to determine. 

As we headed through Icy Strait and got closer to Hoonah, we noticed a group of six humpbacks swimming and diving right next to each other.  In 2017 we saw a group of humpbacks bubble feeding in the same area so we stopped to see what they were doing.  I was able to get a fluke photo of one of the whales and it turned out to be a whale from our 2017 encounter.  The whales never began bubble feeding while we were watching them, but I cannot help but wonder if they eventually did.  

While we were headed back to Juneau we spotted a large pod of orcas in Chatham Strait near Point Retreat.  The whales were spread out and seemed to be in every direction that we looked.  They were very active, as we saw tail slapping and breaching.  I believe they were AG pod (resident orcas).  I recognized AG27 (Yakobi) from prior encounters with him.    
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