T46’s
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Amazing Day with the T46s, T46Bs and Humpbacks! – 13/8/19
Amazing day!! Two tours on Saratoga, we found T46’s and T46B’s on both including little gray whale T46B1B “Tl’uk” as well as 8 Humpbacks! The highlight for me was on trip one, we found humpbacks MMY0082 “Nala” and my favorite MMZ0013 “Two Spot”! They traveled side by side next to us then they sped up…
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Incredible Evening with the T046Bs – 21/7/19
Incredible evening last night with the T046B’s. We were all alone watching the family socialize after a porpoise kill. They stayed in one spot for so long nuzzling and playing with one another. After a dive the family surfaced close to the boat and a couple of the youngsters including T046B1A came right over to…
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Over 20 Bigg’s (Transient) Killer Whales in Juan de Fuca Strait! – 19/6/17
We encountered 20+ Bigg’s (Transient) Killer Whales westbound in the Strait of Juan de Fuca today! This was my first time as a Naturalist seeing this many transient families together, and also the first time that I would meet the T046 matriline, my favourite family. Other families included the T073As, T075Bs and T077s. The transients…
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Amazing Encounter with my Favourite Bigg’s (Transient) Orca’s! – 21/7/17
Amazing encounter with my favourite transients: the T046s. We found them near Whidbey Island, around Admiralty Inlet, in a slow-travelling resting formation. We spent a lot of time with sprouting male T046E. At only 14-years-old, he’s massive! He was travelling closely with female T122. Calm water, overcast conditions and lovely company. Great morning on the…
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Great Night with Bigg’s (Transient) Killer Whales! – 24/7/17
The encounters just keep getting better and better. We found many Bigg’s (Transient) Killer Whale families today in the area. We first met up with the T36As and T75Bs milling on kill, but the real action happened with T37 and the T34s, T37Bs, and T46s. We had lots of aerial scans, tail-slaps, pec-slaps, close passes…