Northern Resident
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August in Telegraph Cove – 8/25
Tell me how I am supposed to choose one photo for a post when this is the kind of view we were blessed with this past weekend? Myself and a few other whale nerds traveled to Telegraph Cove to explore the Broughton Archipelago with @seasmokewhalewatching. Nate and Jeannine were the most incredible guides and our…
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Seeing Whales in Telegraph Cove! – 24/8/24
Sara So, we decided to go to the northern part of Vancouver Island, to a small community called Telegraph Cove. It is in a well-known or near a well-known whale area, sort of near Port McNeill, Port Hardy, and it’s just north of the Johnston strait where the Robson Bight Michael Biggs Ecological Reserve is,…
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An Incredible Encounter with Dolphins and Porpoises – 9/16
We were spending a couple days we had been lucky enough to see Northern Resident Killer Whales, Bigg’s, Dall’s Porpoises, Humpbacks, seals and sea lions. Also, while we were there, roughly 350 Pacific White-Sided Dolphins (also known as Lags) were rampaging up and down the island squalling, harassing Humpbacks, hanging out with the Northern Residents.…
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A Successful Northern Resident Killer Whale Watching Trip! – 28/7/21
I was on a kayak trip based out of Telegraph Cove, and we were camping right by the entrance to Blackney Pass. It was the last night, and two of us (me and one other person) were getting kind of anxious because it was Northern Resident killer whale season, but we hadn’t seen any. We…
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The Naming of Resident Killer Whales
Chances are that if you love Killer Whales you know the name of at LEAST a couple of individuals. Whether it’s dear departed J2 “Granny”, rescued and rehabilitated A73 “Springer”, or famously grief-stricken mother J35 “Tahlequah” – the names of Resident Orcas can stick with us and often leave big fluke-prints on our hearts. But…