June 11th, 2001
Another wonderful day on the water with nature lovers !
      Pick up at Lund B.C. with a group from the Malapina Naturalist Society. With high expectation we headed north to Twin Islands in Desolation Sound where with help from Martin we found 5 Tranisent Orca heading northeast toward King Horn Island. T20 can be seen very clearly with his cut out nick on the backside of his dorsal. Along with 4 of his accomplices, they made the first few hours of our trip most enjoyable.
     After many attempts to depart from the great show the Orca were putting on, we headed into Bute Inlet where we found this very large Black Bear sleeping on the edge of a rock bluff. (see pic) A few mile down the channel we found another Black bear gazing at himself in the still waters of the the beautiful Bute Inlet.

    The surprise of the day had to be another group of 4 Transients that we found entering Arron Rapids against the flood tide. (see pic) These 4 small fins made their way 3/4 the way through when a Harbour Seal swam through the rapids and was quickly made into lunch by the hungry group of Orca.

    We headed for a coffee / hot chocolate break at Big Bay while the Orca continued to circumnavigate Stuart Island. Later on the way back to Lund and a few stops for playful Dalls Porpoise, we heard from our other Zodiac which had come out later in the day, that the Orca went through the Arron Rapids once again, this time snacking on a Harbour Porpise!
A great day for all, especially those of us high on the food chain !

Cheers

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Jack Springer
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