Killer Whales
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A November Encounter with Bigg’s – 29/11/20
That monkey was finally lifted on off my back! Haven’t had a Bigg’s encounter since October 10th when I had the T038A’s, T035A’s, T137B and T137D. Ironically, it was them that broke the slump today joined by the T075B’s right around the corner from Cowichan Bay Lots of socializing, some great vocals above and below…
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The Naming of Things: Killer Whale vs Orca
Killer Whale or Orca – That is the Question. I don’t know if there’s any cetacean whose common name inspires more debate than that of the Killer Whale, I mean Orca, I mean Killer Whale. When two people who love this species meet their conversation may go something like this: “You love Killer Whales? I love Killer…
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T63 “Chainsaw” Returns! – 22/4/17
YOU NEVER KNOW! We saw T63 – “CHAINSAW” off Sooke today! What an amazing encounter…We were cruising out west of Sooke near the traffic lanes in some light rain and out of the corner of my squinting eyes I thought I had a glance of a small dorsal a 1/2 km off our starboard… Never second guessing…