L Pod and Porpoise near Victoria Waterfront, July 21st 2007.

Marine Naturalist Racheal, provides information & I.D. to passengers.

Harbor Porpoise tailing a member of Lpod!

Members of L pod milling with the Lt. Governors House in the background.


L41 and members of Lpod.


The picture above and below are of L41 and his sisters.

Lpod and Harbor Porpoise.

Spyhop.

Our three earlier trips (10am, 12.30pm & 2.00pm) had all been watching members of our Southern Resident Pods near the San Juan Islands and had reported great sightings all day.

We set out this evening and caught up with members of Lpod just off Victoria waterfront. As we arrived we heard from out sister boat "Supercat" that the Orcas looked like they were playing with a small Porpoise, possibly teaching L109 (the new L-pod calf) how to grab the Porpoise. However, later in the trip the Porpoise was observed to be playing with the Orcas, something I and many of my colleagues had never seen before. It was so incredible to see this inter-species interaction right before our eyes!