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Orcas in Lynn Canal North of Berners Bay

10/27/2019

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We spent a few hours in our boat and spotted a pod of orcas in Lynn Canal north of Berners Bay.  The pod was spread out over a large area.  They were moving fairly quickly making it difficult to get photos of individual whales.  I believe this may have been AG pod (Alaska resident orcas).  I have submitted photos to Happywhale.com for confirmation and am waiting to hear back from them.  
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**Happywhale.com has confirmed that this is AG pod.**

We also spotted two humpbacks while we were out.  One was near the entrance of Berners Bay and the other was near the north end of Shelter Island.  We did not have enough time to stop and get photos of the humpbacks.  
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Two orcas in the Gastineau Channel

10/23/2019

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Long distant shots taken in awful weather.  Two orcas were observed swimming south in the Gastineau Channel.  The orcas have been identified as T087 and T072.    
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Two harbour porpoise in the Gastineau Channel

10/21/2019

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As I was driving on the bridge from Douglas Island to Juneau, I spotted two harbour porpoise in the Gastineau Channel.  I parked and took a few photos, as I have never seen porpoise in the channel before.  
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Humpback from False Outer Point

10/16/2019

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Long distant shot taken from shore.  The whale was swimming south toward the backside of Douglas Island.  
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Humpbacks south of Point Retreat

10/13/2019

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We spent some time in our boat after having not been on the water for well over a month.  I was anxious to see if there were any whales still in the area.  Unfortunately the water was very choppy and we were unable to go very far.  However, we did see six humpbacks while we were out.  I was able to identify four of them.  Three of them appeared to be together.  I was able to identify them as #1447, aka Juneauite and #2006, aka Magma.  Magma has a calf this year.  The third whale was a calf so I am assuming it was Magma's calf.  Last year on October 2, 2018, we encountered Magma and Juneauite as they logged very closely together at the surface of the water.  They seemed to be hanging out with one another much like this year's encounter.  It is amazing to me that they are able to find each other.  I cannot help but wonder if they are friends (if that is possible).  I identified the fourth whale as #1879, aka Sasha.  She was off on her own.  The other two whales were off in the distance closer to Point Retreat.  The water was too choppy to identify them.         
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