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		<title>September 3</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What a great day to be out on the water with our amazing marine neighbors! I was excited to hear our Southern Resident Community was back in town; we&#8217;ve been visiting with the mammal-eating &#8220;transients&#8221; which is always fun, though our fish-eating &#8220;residents&#8221; feel more like close friends or family, so it&#8217;s great to have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Transient encounter and beautiful weather make for a great day on the water</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Our residents were no where to be found today, but we heard there were transient orcas up north and were happy to set off to find them! It&#8217;s not often that we get the chance to see this ecotype &#8211; the classic &#8220;killer&#8221; whales. The gorgeous weather made for an enjoyable journey, and our guests [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.watchwhales.com/?p=258</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[August 2, 2010 Nature and wildlife are ever changing, so every trip out on the water is an opportunity to see something new, yet patterns emerge, yielding a little more understanding. One of our trips took us to Canada, North Pender Island, where we found some J-Pod orcas, cruising right along the shore at Mouat [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.watchwhales.com/?p=254</link>
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		<title>July 30, 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today was one of those days where you have to pinch yourself, you feel so lucky and amazed to be living in such a wonderful corner of the world! We heard reports of orcas both way north of us, and south near salmon bank, so south it was. Though the sun was shining brightly over [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.watchwhales.com/?p=250</link>
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		<title>July 23, 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Another sunny day in the San Juans! Our excitement was high as we embarked upon our journey, hearing that there were whales both north and west of San Juan Island! As we headed north Captain Pete made the decision maintain our direction so that we could meet up with some residents near the Pender islands. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Magic Happens</title>
		<description><![CDATA[July 16 I have a corny motto: Hope for the best, prepare for the worst, have few if any expectations, show up with a positive attitude, and sometimes magic happens! A recent day tested this when we prepared for high winds, lumpy bumpy seas, along with the strongest currents of the month. We had reports [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.watchwhales.com/?p=245</link>
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		<title>July 15, 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today we had an excellent tour aboard the Odyssey. We headed south out of Friday Harbor down San Juan Channel against the tide. We saw lots of seals and sea birds on our way out to the whales. We were lucky to catch up with them before False Bay and we encountered the J’s. There [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.watchwhales.com/?p=242</link>
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		<title>July 14, 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Name That Baby! Well, today was one of those days that fall in the category of a 5% chance of not seeing orcas. The two groups that were known to be in the area headed out this morning and were out of our range by the time that we left the dock. That is okay [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.watchwhales.com/?p=238</link>
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		<title>Friday July 9th</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Summer is here in the San Juans, and this week we&#8217;ve actually had the weather to prove it! It was a toasty 84 degrees as we left the dock today, and we were all quite grateful to have the breeze coming off the water to cool us down. What a perfect day to be out [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.watchwhales.com/?p=239</link>
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		<title>Orca babies and good ol&#8217; Granny</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Granny, J-2, stills breaches at 99 years old!! She showed us her power and place as the grand matriarch of J-Pod (and the whole Southern Resident Community of Killer Whales)today, as she lead the pod south from Turn Point. I wonder that she was communicating to the families to hurry up- catch up! Since the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.watchwhales.com/?p=234</link>
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