Many of my shore walks to visit slides and bluffs are non social events. I most often do not see anyone particularly on chilly breezy day in winter. But on this trip on southeast corner of Penn Cove on Whidbey Island I came across a group with long camera lenses. Their aim was well out in the water beyond my ability to see with my own eyes and out of my field point and shoot camera.
The whale watchers looking out over Saratoga Passage with
Camano Island across the water and Mount Baker and Twin Sisters in the distance
The group was tracking a pod of Orcas and with their lenses were able to identify specific wales by their dorsal fins.
Penn Cove was the location of a rather notorious Orca capture in the early 1970s when Orcas were herded into Penn Cove and young Orcas were taken from the pod and at least 5 Orcas died.
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