Sighting #1: 'Resident' fish eating killer whales (Orcinus orca)
Time: 1122
Start location: mid Strait of Juan De Fuca, 3.5 miles south of Sheringham Point, Vancouver Island
End location: mid Strait of Juan De Fuca, 3.5 miles southwest of Sheringham Point, Vancouver
End location: mid Strait of Juan De Fuca, 3.5 miles southwest of Sheringham Point, Vancouver
Behaviour: groups spread, travelling fast westbound
Pods and Individuals identified: J, K and L - J1, J8, J14, J30, J37, J40, J44, J16, J26, J36, J42 (we didn't ID any Ks or Ls but other vessels reported seeing them)
Pods and Individuals identified: J, K and L - J1, J8, J14, J30, J37, J40, J44, J16, J26, J36, J42 (we didn't ID any Ks or Ls but other vessels reported seeing them)
Cool killer whale fact: Like all dolphins, orcas use sophisticated biological sonar, called echolocation (Au et al, 2003 paper on Resident killer whale echolocation).
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
J42, Echo , two year old female travelling with her mother J16, Slick, a female estimated to be born in 1972
J16, Slick
J19, Schachi, a 30 year old female killer whale
J14, Samish, a female estiated to be born in 1974 travelling with her newest calf J45, 8 months old, and J30, Riptide, her 14 year old son
J37, Hysquah, the 8 year old younger sister of J30
Race Rocks Ecological Reserve, the most southerly point on the Pacific coast of Canada. The lighthouse has been getting refurbished over this past summer as can be seen by the mesh covering to protect it.
male Steller sea lion (Eumatopia jubatus) at Race Rocks...they are just starting to return from their northerly summer breeding grounds
Dilapidated house onshore near Sooke Harbour
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