With eyes wide open, this alpha female orca “spyhopped” multiple times on Sunday checking us out. It was our 3rd sighting of Killer Whales in 5 days this past week in the Channel Islands. The male orca, who we presume is her adult son, was parading around a piece of mammal in his mouth indicating they made a kill just before we arrived. Sunday’s encounter is only the second time we know of that these two whales have been documented to scientists. The first time was exactly two months ago when we