Bigg’s (Transient)
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The Bromance – 27/11/24
The bromance continues! As we were travelling to Pedder Bay to pick up students for their Exploring the Salish Sea trip we stumbled upon the T019s and T049As! T019C “Spouter” and T049A3 “Nat” were off on their own messing around as they tend to do when the family meets up. They swam right by a…
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A Vocal Encounter with T060F “Tigris” – 7/23
This encounter happened in Canada, in the Johnston strait area. I was on a boat, and we saw the T059’s doing this kind of classical celebration they do after they hunt and eat. So they were breaching. They were celebrating, after they were doing this celebration, and they were breaching. And then I believe it…
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Surprise Visit from T109A’s – 11/8/24
Today, we had a surprise visit from the T109As in Clayoquot Sound. They are still working their way through the inlets to everyone’s delight! T109A4 “Garrett”, born in 2012, is sprouting up quickly, his dorsal fin taller already than the last time I saw him! -Marcie On tour with @whalesafaris ***Photos are taken from an…
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A Cruel and Beautiful Encounter – 13/7/24
Nature is both cruel and beautiful. It is a dichotomy that we saw in action today aboard @islandadventurewhales . Our trip took us down Admiralty Inlet towards Puget Sound. A T-party of 38 individual orcas was on the move, and we were so fortunate to see about 20 of them. The T046Bs, T049As, T075 and her son…
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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…