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An Incredible First Encounter with L124 – 1/11/19

in Brendon, Dolphins, J Pod, K Pod, Killer Whale, L Pod, Southern Resident, Storytellers

What an encounter! We shot out from Victoria harbor and quickly found ourselves in the midst of a greeting ceremony when K Pod and L Pod met up with J Pod on the waterfront. For the first time in a very long time, the whales were not interested so much in foraging but rather in…
Another Epic Day in the Salish Sea – 20/11/18

in Brendon, J Pod, K Pod, Minke Whale, Southern Resident, Storytellers, Whales

Another epic day on the water this afternoon! We started off with multiple humpback whales checking out the boat, including MMY0106 “Aerie” and BCZ0198 “Monarch”. Then Rod/Dale found Southern Resident Killer Whales (J Pod)! We initially spotted J19, J36, J39, J41, J42, J47, J51 and a few others close to shore and left them quickly…
An Incredible Evening on the Water with the Southern Residents – 1/8/18

in Dolphins, J Pod, Killer Whale, L Pod, Southern Resident

It was an incredible evening on the water; we started the trip off about a mile from the whales traveling towards us, so we decided to shut the motors off, drop the hydrophone and hopefully pick up some vocals. After about 2 or 3 minutes of silence we were startled by a large male who…
Spending the Morning with J Pod – 10/8/18

in Brendon, Dolphins, J Pod, Killer Whale, Southern Resident, Storytellers

Spent the morning up north with J pod! The first whale we encountered was J50 “Scarlet” trailing behind the pod, so we quickly left her in search of other whales. We then spotted J27 “Blackberry,” J31 “Tsuchi,” and J46 “Star,” together, while J38 “Cookie,” foraged on his own a few hundred metres away. We decided…
J Pod and a Sperm Whale! – 31/3/18

in Dolphins, Gary, J Pod, Killer Whale, Southern Resident, Sperm Whale, Storytellers, Whales

Great day with J pod today and, oh yeah, A FRICKIN SPERM WHALE! Seeing the largest toothed animal on the planet was incredible but listening to it through the hydrophone while it was on a 35 minute dive was epic. It seemed to be hanging out in about 1000 ft of water last night but,…

Tsuchi

An Incredible First Encounter with L124 – 1/11/19

Another Epic Day in the Salish Sea – 20/11/18

An Incredible Evening on the Water with the Southern Residents – 1/8/18

Spending the Morning with J Pod – 10/8/18

J Pod and a Sperm Whale! – 31/3/18