T124A’s
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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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Looking into the Eyes of the Prey – 5/7/14
When we found the whales near Thetis Island, they were doing what whales do, travelling, milling about. While we watched them with engines off, I noticed off our starboard side a Harbour Seal. Everyone was looking at the whales off our stern but I was looking at the seal. The way these Orcas are acting,…
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Wonderful Day with Biggs Killer Whales! – 25/6/19
We had just picked up T086A1, T124A1 & the T124As as they began breaching, tail-slapping and cartwheeling. These seven whales quickly turned around and met up with the T046s a few moments later, just before they all initiated a long dive. Ten minutes later, both matrilines surfaced and were making haste in completely different directions.…
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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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Incredible Day with the T124A’s – 23/6/18
Some days you get to see the most incredible things… This was one of those days for me. The T124A family were hunting and playing, breaching and tail slapping but this was my favourite moment. Seeing this Orca come up to the surface with a piece of it’s prey (a strip of skin, I believe)…