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Seeing Whales in Telegraph Cove! – 24/8/24
Sara So, we decided to go to the northern part of Vancouver Island, to a small community called Telegraph Cove. It is in a well-known or near a well-known whale area, sort of near Port McNeill, Port Hardy, and it’s just north of the Johnston strait where the Robson Bight Michael Biggs Ecological Reserve is,…
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A Truly Magical Experience with J41 and Her New Calf! – 24/9/20
I’ve been on the water and around whales my entire life, both here off the coast of B.C., and off of Cape Cod, Massachusetts. I’ve had many incredible encounters, especially during my time as a humpback whale research intern and now as a naturalist, but this was the most mind-boggling and magical experience yet. I…
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Another Triple Header in the Salish Sea! – 24/7/18
An amazing day on the water today with both Bigg’s (Transient) and Southern Resident Killer Whales. On our way back from a couple of humpbacks, we saw J’s and K’s coming up from Turn Point. We shut down and just waited until everyone cleared and at one point, J41 and J51 broke off from the…
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J Pod in Haro Strait! – 18/3/18
Jpod was in Haro Strait yesterday and they were full of energy! We were able to see most of the pod, including L87 “Onyx” who was in the middle of a rather intimate moment with J36 “Alki.” I also got to see my ‘favourite’ killer whale, J19 “Shachi,” ram a salmon out of the water…