Vocalizing
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Singing Humpbacks – 14/7/18
In Coulter Bay we could hear them singing. The most incredible sound I have ever heard before. We went around Coulter Island in the canoe and saw two Humpbacks fishing in the bay. There was only a kayak, a boat and us in our canoe there with them and they were at least 200 feet…
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A New Calf in Mosquito Creek – 2017
We were in Churchill in 2017 and we headed up the river in our small research zodiac. We went to Mosquito Creek and man the mosquitos are insane! You can lean on them, they formed a wall around the boat haha Mosquito Creek is an area where according to local knowledge the whales give birth.…
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A November Encounter with Bigg’s – 29/11/20
That monkey was finally lifted on off my back! Haven’t had a Bigg’s encounter since October 10th when I had the T038A’s, T035A’s, T137B and T137D. Ironically, it was them that broke the slump today joined by the T075B’s right around the corner from Cowichan Bay Lots of socializing, some great vocals above and below…
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Whales, Tons of Them! – 8/7/08
We had an amazing passage from P-Town to Maine. It took about 30 hours in light winds. Near the Cape was the first sighting of whales. They were in pods just feeding off the abundant supplies of fish in the marine sanctuary. Whale watching boats were all over and, although they got their sightings, these…
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Language of the Orca – 9/3/19
Queen taught us The Language of the Orca today as to our astonishment she swam towards our bow and spoke to us with a clear, “Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr” being heard on her exhale! She was most certainly having a good old chat and it seemed directed towards us as we watched the incredible interaction unfold throughout the…