Divot
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A Day of Humpbacks – 7/8/23
Today I was captaining with Andy Scheffler as my naturalist and we got to see BCX1057 “Divot and BCY0458 “Raptor” hanging out, then we decided to adventure up to Halibut Bank to see who else we might find only to discover a red-necked phalarope. We also hung out with some Harbour Porpoise and we then…
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Another Amazing Day with Biggs and Humpbacks – 11/12/17
We encountered 17-year-old transient male T46D leisurely travelling on his own today. After leaving him, we soon found ourselves in the company of at least 8 humpback whales (two of which double breached in the distance!). We accounted for BCZ0180 “Monarch”, CS513 “Anvil”, BCX1057 “Divot”, BCY0349 “Masquerade” with the all-white pectorals, and a few other…
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Another Great Day Watching Humpbacks in the Strait of Juan de Fuca – 12/7/18
We set out from Victoria, BC, into a glassy Strait of Juan de Fuca in search of humpback blows. And we found 2: a female locally known as BCX01057 “Divot”, and her newest calf! We watched them for some time, and noticed some odd behaviours from the calf. At first, we thought mom was teaching…
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Incredible Day with Humpbacks and Bigg’s (Transient) Killer Whales! – 22/5/17
Incredible day on the water today with Eagle Wing Whale Watching Tours !! 😀 This afternoon we found BCZ0298 “Split Fin” (reunited!!) and BCX1057 “Divot” a few miles southeast of Discovery Island at the Strait of Juan de Fuca and Haro Strait junction. We then motored north and found the T124As and T87 (with some fresh rakes)…
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Utterly Amazing Humpback Encounter! – 23/10/16
Ok let me preface this humpback encounter with the amazingness that came before we even got with them… We headed out across the Strait of Georgia without any reports and decided to head over to Belle Chains first. The Steller Sea Lion rock was covered in them, Males, Females,Juveniles! All grumbling and playing in the…