Location: Strait of Georgia
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Pretty Awesome Day with the T101’s, T90’s and T46C’s! – 26/10/15
Potentially my last day out there for the season a couple days ago. Pretty awesome to hang out with the T101’s, T90’s and T46C’s as a finale! Flat calm strait and 11 killer whales all to myself……that ain’t a bad way to end. T101, a mother of three large bulls, spyhopping in the Strait of…
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Phenomenal Bigg’s (Transient) Encounter! – 26/8/15
Pretty phenomenal encounter with Transients today. T102 and T137A swimming loops around the group of tail slapping, raspberry blowing, spyhopping juveniles and matriarchs. The lone, cryptic and mysterious nature of these guys was stripped away for brief while to reveal an intimate, social side to their nature. Incredible vocals ringing through the hydrophone, and fins…
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Bigg’s (Transient) Killer Whales Speeding Through the Strait of Georgia! – 10/8/15
Often we say that finding a whale in the Strait of Georgia is like finding a needle in a haystack. It can happen but it’s pretty rare and so as we’re crossing the strait I usually keep my eyes on my passengers and use that time to get to know each other, rather than keeping…
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An Incredible Encounter with Bigg’s (Transient) Killer Whales in the Strait of Georgia – 26/8/15
One of the most incredible encounters of the season tonight! 16 animals in total including T100’s, T101’s, T137’s, T036B’s and T036 in the Strait of Georgia. They had a “motor boat” theme going and a bunch of them kept blowing bubbles at the surface…not enough words to describe the encounter. T137 T137D T137A: Amazing social…
