Location: Whidbey Island
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Orca River Otter Predation – 3/1/24
Well…predation or attempted predation. Today on the eastern shore of Whidbey Island we saw members of the T124As and T124Ds, chase a river otter. While Bigg’s orcas are marine mammal eaters, river otters aren’t usually on their diet, so this was unusual. We are still sorting through IDs, but I feel comfortable saying the T124A4s…
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Easter Sunday with Orcas and Grays! – 17/4/22
Tim and I spent Easter Sunday near Whidbey and Hat Islands with Transient Orcas T123’s and T124C and two Grays #2362 and #383. Look at these faces!! We were fortunate to find two grays together #2362 and we think the other one is #383. They didn’t fluke much, rolled around a lot together, and then…
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T137’s Edmonds to Whidbey – 8/10/21
We dropped the crab pots and set off to try and find some whales that were reported near Kingston. Only got as far as Possession Bar and found T137A “Jack” and his Mom and siblings on a kill. They split up quite a bit, sometimes all 4 split, sometimes in groups of two. They proceeded…
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Amazing Day on the Water – 30/8/21
A-M-A-Z-I-N-G day on the water!! T018’s, T034’s, T037A’s and T037B’s from Clinton to Possession Bar… Tim and I found this huge group of transients near the Clinton ferry dock, Whidbey Island. Most of the group was traveling really close to the shore. They had just finished eating so a little breachfest happened then they started…
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A Whaley Fun Saturday! – 14/8/21
Hopped on my Sea Panda with Tim and his friend Kevin and we set out to find a large group of transient orcas that had been spotted near Lagoon Point. We found a “T Party” when we got there, multiple families. T137’s, T037A’s, T36A2 and T36A3…17 whales total!! We watched them as the sun started…