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Remembering J52 “Sonic”
We never really know when an encounter with an individual killer whale will be our last. But I think we always remember the first. The first time I’d ever laid eyes on Sonic (J52) he was travelling tightly beside his mother, Alki (J36), on the west side of San Juan Island. He was just a…
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Spectacular Day with J Pod! – 7/5/17
Spectacular day and evening with J pod yesterday Welcome home….hope the fish are plentiful! One of those incredible nights. Flat calm, beautiful light and not another boat in sight. We shut down and you could hear a pin drop, it was so quiet. J35 was spending lots of socializing with J47 We could hear breaches…
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Adorable Moment with J54 – 10/4/16
This moment was sort of adorable so I thought I would share…. The youngest Southern Resident J54 was with his mother, J28 “Polaris” and big sister, J46 “Star”, foraging. J54 was breaking away from mom and zooming over to his sister and back again as they no doubt were coordinating salmon hunting, all the baby can…
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Gorgeous day with K16, K21, K35 and the J17’s – 25/9/14
The J17s were travelling in a close group with the three “rogue” Kpod whales K16, K35, and K21. It was a great lighting day combined with gorgeous groups of surfacing whales at the mouth of the Fraser River … a dreamy combo The two most recognizable (I would argue) whales in the population. And hence…