Northern Resident
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Thanksgiving Humps! – 7/10/17
Laying in bed this morning, I could still feel the waves swaying beneath me. I didn’t sleep a wink, but then again it isn’t too often that your dreams fail to compete with the reality you experienced the day before. Yesterday morning started in Port Hardy. The weather was typical of the North Island; grey,…
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Hunting Orcas – 26/7/16
For half an hour we watched a mother humpback whale successfully protect her calf from orcas on the hunt. Tired & stressed but fortunate those two humpbacks continued their migration north for the winter. The pod of 8 orcas then continued to move south still on the hunt following the back of the Ningaloo reef,…
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Killer Whales in Alaska! – 12/5/17
On Friday, May 12th I took a tour on board a Kenai Fjords Tours catamaran vessel that was very comfortable. I took the Kenai Fjords National Park Tour which is a 6 hour tour making a 100 mile round trip from Seward, Alaska. We made it out to Holgate Glacier, but along the way we…
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Amazing Day with Northern Residents and Bigg’s (Transient) Killer Whales! – 24/8/16
We started early in the morning from Alert Bay with Seasmoke Whale Watching, the fog was so thick we could not see a hand in front of us, I thought there was no way we would find anything on the water! With the cooperation of researchers and fishermen in the area we soon had reports…
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Northern Resident Killer Whales Kiss the Sky – 3/9/15
Excuse me while I kiss the sky! Today’s encounter includes a spy-hopping calf from the I15 matriline; whale blows under cumulous cloud studded skies; and a Bald Eagle swimming to shore. Sharing with you to offer a breath of the wild, maybe a small release from all the human tragedy, and to strengthen sense of connection…