T101’s
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A Large Group of Bigg’s Killer Whales! – 26/6/22
Rushed up to Parksville yesterday to head out on the water and follow up on a large group of Bigg’s! Incredible day with multiple matrilines socializing with 31 animals present including the T049As, T002Cs, T100s, T137s, T034s, T037, T037Bs, T123s, and the T101s. Love the coordinated Bigg’s launches that seem to happen quite frequently during…
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Fin Whales and Whale Soup! – 15/3/20
Guess what??? Today I saw a Fin Whale! The second largest species of whale/mammal on the planet! They are slowly making a comeback on our coast, though very little is known about their population in the North Pacific at this point. Sightings near Tofino have been increasing with a few different individuals now spotted this…
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A Record Setting Day with Bigg’s (Transient) Killer Whales! – 7/4/19
A record setting day today! A long haul to follow up on a report in the Strait of Georgia led to us finding a very large group of Bigg’s (Transient) Killer Whales. It started with the T36A’s, T36B’s, T100s, T99’s and T101s but as they continued west at high speed, they met up with the…
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Amazing T-Party! – 30/8/18
Saw an AMAZING T-party (as I learned it was called) with the most stellar vocals, spyhopping, somersault, etc today! The Orcas came right next to the boat within touching distance. It was astounding! My husband and I went to San Juan (from Arkansas) solely for the Orcas. I am thoroughly enamored with Orcas and researched…
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It Begins… – 17/8/09
Let’s go back in time to good old 2009. Justin Bieber was a gearing up for his first release and Barack Obana was inaugurated as the 44th President of the United States, and I went whale watching. When on first moving to Vancouver, myself and my husband thought of course we should go see whales.…