Big Mama
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A Spectacular Trip – 9/6/25
Went out with OBI and all my classmates on an all day trip with Maya’s Legacy to celebrate Orca Behavior Institute’s 10 year anniversary. We were treated to a wonderful visit with Big Mama and her new calf (the close up breaches are baby), a lovely encounter with the T036Bs, a jaw dropping visit with…
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The Naming of Things: Humpback Whale Identification (in BC)
Previously on The Naming of Things we’ve discussed the naming of Humpback Whales but what we haven’t explored is how individual humpback whales are “named” by researchers. One of the reasons for this is because humpback whales are identified differently in different countries (sometimes they’re even identified differently by different research projects in the SAME…
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Residents, Bigg’s (Transient) and Humpbacks All in One Day!- 3/6/14
Well we were kind of spoiled for options today! Residents and Bigg’s (Transient) Killer Whales AND a couple humpbacks to top it off! The T137’s were incredible today and T137A was a superstar. He broke off from the group and swam straight at us on TWO separate occasions! He hung out right under the hull,…
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Epic Day in the Strait of Georgia – 1/10/14
Well my big lens is in getting fixed so I could only bring out my 18-55mm lens today……of course today was EPIC! 5 Humpback Whales, 10+ killer whales, sea lions, seals, Dall’s Porpoise, Pacific White- sided Dolphins and huge bait balls getting picked off diving birds. The highlight was “Big Momma” and her calf going…