By Eliza and Henry

Whale hello there! Today, the Salish Sea Science students met pod T065A, a pod of 6 transient killer whales with 2 brothers from pod T077. Pictured is  T077D, a male born in 2009. The Salish Sea crew was abruptly awoken at 8 a.m. by the sound of Alex yelling that there were orcas spotted at eagle bay. We all hustled into the van and drove to Land Bank and eagerly awaited the orcas. When they finally made their way to us, we all watched in awe as they swam by together as a pod. Once they were farther out, we hurried over to San Juan County Park and watched as they departed over to Canada. After this exciting event, students went back to the dorm and began working on project introductions. This included blacking out a room for some students, setting up tanks, and heading to a tide pool to collect data. We then planned our night walk to the Friday Harbor docks to look at the different abundance of life present at this time and bioluminescence.