Tasli
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A Post Kill Celebration – 20/10/19
T099B doing a funny half breach while little sibling T099D looks on. These guys had just made a kill (harbor seal most likely) along with the T037As. Once the whole gang was together with their food ready to eat, they started breaching and pec slapping like mad (a highly unprofessional term we call “pop corning”,…
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Mind Blowing Day with Bigg’s (Transient) Killer Whales! – 20/8/12
I really should have taken a video of this, its hard to capture with photos how amazing this was. These transients were all traveling right under the surface of the water, which was so clear we could clearly see the outlines of their bodies and white patches. They were in a tight cluster, tail slapping,…
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Incredible Day with J Pod – 24/6/12
So, today was kind of incredible … Yeeeeeup, with the whole gang. Beautiful stuff~ It was really interesting, J2 “Granny” was hanging around off Helen Point at the south end of Active Pass, waiting for the rest of Jpod to catch up, who were all down the Mayne Island shore further. We waited with her…
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Another Great Encounter with J Pod – 5/7/16
A surprise to see these 9 precious Jpod whales (including L87) at the Fraser River two days in a row. Their presence and behaviour would indicate they are being somewhat successful foraging here for right now. They have been spread out between the north and south arm of the river. We were fortunate enough to…
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Another Mind Blowing Encounter with the Bigg’s (Transient) Killer Whales – 3/5/16
The marine mammal eaters blow my mind again …. We arrived in their world just as they were coalescing into their troupe of 17 whales, where they all (minus T87 who was off doing his own thing) came together at the surface, laying there huddled in a secret and mysterious meeting (What I wouldn’t give…