Grey Whale
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Bigg’s Harass Gray Whales – 11/5/24
Today on our boat, Tim and I started off the morning visiting with orcas T065A5 “Indy” and T065A3 “Amira” brothers with the nickname the Lost Boys as they have been traveling without the rest of their family for a bit. We lost them after a few minutes so we went on to see if we…
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Earhart and her Entourage – 20/4/24
Started this windy day with 2 whales, still not sure who but one breached a few times!! Then we got reports of #22 Earhart with 2 friends so we went to check that out! The first 2 joined up with the rest with a 6th whale off in the distance which eventually caught up to…
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Best Commute in the World – 15/3/24
The best commute in the world with grey whales feeding en route on the abundance of the herring spawn! This put me at serious risk of being late for work today because I couldn’t tear myself away from these whales! Check out this photo for a rare occurrence of a spy hopping grey! -Marcie
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A Week with Grey Whales- 3/24
CSG14 is a female gray whale with a history in Clayoquot Sound going back to 2003 when she was born. This week, she has been feeding with CSG11 at a herring spawn site. Both are Pacific Coast Feeding Group whales, meaning they don’t travel north to Alaska but stop for the summer season between Oregon…
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A Grey Whale Breach – 20/3/24
I can count the number of times I’ve seen a grey whale breach on one hand. Yesterday was an incredible encounter where this individual explosively breached from the water 4 times! It is an incredibly rare thing to witness from these gentle giants, and I feel especially privileged to have been able to document it.…