Marcie
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A Breach from Hartley – 7/9/25
T069A2 “Hartley” breached several times for us yesterday while his pod milled a couple miles offshore of Tofino. Orcas are rare enough in Clayoquot Sound but breaching orcas are even rarer. Hartley was named after the village of Hartley Bay near the rocks he stranded on in 2015. His full rescue story can be found…
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August in Telegraph Cove – 8/25
Tell me how I am supposed to choose one photo for a post when this is the kind of view we were blessed with this past weekend? Myself and a few other whale nerds traveled to Telegraph Cove to explore the Broughton Archipelago with @seasmokewhalewatching. Nate and Jeannine were the most incredible guides and our…
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A Visit with Orcas – 8/6/25
Just last week, I mentioned we were overdue for Orcas, and sure enough, yesterday while Skookum was heading up Bedwell Channel for a charter, they ran into a pod of Orcas! I quickly made the decision whether to head out on my small personal boat or book onto a tour in Tofino and decided to…
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Active Grey Whales – 29/5/25
I had thought Grey Whales are often solitary animals. Even though they’re feeding together in the same area, its as if they are eating at different tables at the same restaurant. However there are exceptions to every rule and on rare exhilarating occasions we see whale engaging in social behaviors with each other, rolling around,…
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Socializing Grey Whales – 24/4/25
Grey whales are typically pretty solitary animals but we are beginning to understand more about their socialization. They are known to meet up with the same whale, year after year, in the same feeding areas. As naturalists we have started to track the individuals showing these patterns of association, which are characterized by synchronized behaviors…