Location: Gulf Islands
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Looking into the Eyes of the Prey – 5/7/14
When we found the whales near Thetis Island, they were doing what whales do, travelling, milling about. While we watched them with engines off, I noticed off our starboard side a Harbour Seal. Everyone was looking at the whales off our stern but I was looking at the seal. The way these Orcas are acting,…
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Incredible Porpoise Hunt from Biggs Killer Whales! – 2014
My day started pretty typically, crossing the strait of Georgia, discussing the types of Killer Whales and cetaceans found in the Salish Sea. Of course it was one of the days when I didn’t have my camera with me and I will always be kicking myself for that. Boom! Out of nowhere (the best way…
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T36A’s and T65B’s Munching on Seals! – 10/10/16
Today we had the T36A’s and T65B’s socializing and munching down on seals! Syphop city the last few days…. Love those freckles on T36A’s chin! We had an awesome encounter with her family along with the T65Bs this afternoon in the Gulf Islands. They seemed to go after every seal and sea lion they encountered. This…
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Awesome Encounter with the T49A’s and the T123’s – 9/4/16
Awesome encounter with the T49A’s and T123’s yesterday afternoon. They had taken down a sea lion and spent over an hour diving and feeding as gulls swarmed above. T49A3 and T49A4 were the most rambunctious of the group with a bunch of spyhops and breaches….another great day! T49A4 celebrating a sea lion kill with his/her…
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Great Encounter with the T49A’s -20/10/15
Had a pretty sweet encounter with the T49As a few days ago in the Gulf Islands. This is T49A herself after a successful hunt. She has the carcass in her mouth right before this but two of her kids, T49A3 and T49A4 were crawling all over her to try and get it and managed to…