Sighting #1: 'Resident' fish eating killer whales (Orcinus orca)
Time: 1823
Start location: 2 miles west of False Bay, San Juan Island
End location: 1 mile west of Hannah Heights
Behaviour: groups spread, foraging
Cool killer whale fact: Southern Resident orcas rely on salmon, specifically chinook in the summer and chum in the fall, fortheir survival. Chinook salmon constitutes over 70% of their diet (Ford and Ellis, 2006 paper)
Cool killer whale fact: Southern Resident orcas rely on salmon, specifically chinook in the summer and chum in the fall, fortheir survival. Chinook salmon constitutes over 70% of their diet (Ford and Ellis, 2006 paper)
Links
Center for Whale Research killer whale fact page, photo ID and matrilines
Orca Adoption Program at Friday Harbour Whale Museum
Orcasound online hydrophone network
Orca Sightings Network
American Cetacean Society fact sheet
L26, Baba, a female estimated to be born in 1956
L78, Onyx, 20 year old male and Baba's son
L26
L90, Ballena, a 16 year old female
Above 3 photos: L74, Saanich, a 23 year old male
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