BCY0324
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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…
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Big Mama and her Calf in the Strait of Georgia – 6/10/14
It took quite a while searching through the fog but eventually we encountered BCY0324 “Big Mama” and her calf in the Strait of Georgia near the T14 buoy. There isn’t many times where we encounter these two and the calf doesn’t do something cool. Today was the day of tail slaps for the little guy…
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T137A Puts on a Show – 3/6/14
35 Resident Killer Whales, 4 Bigg’s Killer Whales, and a Big Momma the Humpback with her new calf…all within 5ish miles of each other. Not bad Salish Sea, not bad. Never made it down to the residents, but it turned out to be the T137A show for us! Not once but TWICE he made a…
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Big Mama in the Strait of Georgia – 6/7/15
We came across Big Mama (BCY0324) and an unknown humpback coming out of Active Pass while we were searching for killer whales. Big Mama is always a treat to see because of her rich history in our area. As one of the first humpacks to be seen consistently returning to the Strait of Georgia she’s…