Date: 3/7/26 9:11 pm From: rainyday via groups.io <c_griz...> Subject: [AKBirding] Wednesday, March 4, 2026 Orcas!
Wednesday, March 4, 2026 Orcas!
Seward, Alaska
The long, cold, windy, sunny streak continued today until afternoon clouds dimmed the light. This morning, I again enjoyed Lowell Point Beach, slightly sheltered from the north wind.
On my way home, I spotted the unmistakable black dorsal fins of two Orcas steadily rising, arching, and slicing back down into the water, heading my way! I had heard Orcas were in the bay a few days ago. I quickly pulled over, grabbed the camera and watched from behind my car, out of the wind.
The sleek, glistening dorsal fins sometimes rose together, sometimes apart, veritable “tips of the icebergs”; most of the huge, powerful whales remained hidden underwater. Their misty vapor clouds hung, momentarily suspended, before the wind whisked them away.
Just as I anticipated their breathing pattern, they completely disappeared. I watched and waited expectantly for many long minutes. Nothing, just whitecaps and emptiness. Finally, I saw their blows, far off Lowell Point, still heading south. Wow!
