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Pretty Special Day with 26 Bigg’s (Transient) Killer Whales – 29/6/16
MORE KILLER WHALES!! Pretty insane season with Biggs. Today was pretty special. You can’t help but be concerned about the lack of resident sightings but from what I’ve heard, they are having a huge year for spring salmon on the west coast of the island so hopefully the residents are finding lots of food out…
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Large Group of Bigg’s (Transient) Killer Whales on our Doorstep – 14/6/16
Well after a 5 hour whale watch trip, we returned to the harbour and dropped off our passengers without seeing any killer whales. An hour later, I get a call about a large group of whales ,including the T124As, T100’s and T86A1 right on our doorstep…..naturally, I had to go check them out….nothing better than a…
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Welcome to the World T100B2! – 30/5/16
What a day! Got to meet a new calf that is no more than 7 days old! T100B was spotted a week ago with no baby so this calf is only in its first few days of life! I could still see fetal folds and a wobbly dorsal fin. Really amazing conditions and then topped…
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Incredible Encounter with the T123’s and T124A’s – 27/5/16
Pretty incredible encounter with the T123’s and T124A’s (minus the T124A2’s)! They were acting very mellow and then, all of a sudden, the hunt was on. They chased around a harbour seal and the final blow looked like this! A tail throw from one of the matriarchs (most likely T123) launched this seal into the…
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Another Mind Blowing Encounter with the Bigg’s (Transient) Killer Whales – 3/5/16
The marine mammal eaters blow my mind again …. We arrived in their world just as they were coalescing into their troupe of 17 whales, where they all (minus T87 who was off doing his own thing) came together at the surface, laying there huddled in a secret and mysterious meeting (What I wouldn’t give…