MONDAY. APRIL 20, 2009 T-40 & T-124 TRANSIENT KILLER WHALES
Wow, what a day! Early morning sunshine and what had all the makings of the nicest weather of 2009....But the anticipation was palpable as we had no early reports of whales...and then, at about 9:00am, we received a call that "Many Whales" were Eastbound past Race Rocks Marine Protected Area inbound from the Pacific Ocean into Juan de Fuca Strait off Victoria.
Could this be a pod of the Southern Resident (Fish-Eating)Killer Whales?
It turned out to be 6 Transient (Marine-Mammal-Eating)Killer Whales traveling quickly.
Note: T-40 is a large male 8.5 m (27+ feet) long, almost 8 tonnes and has a tall dorsal fin (2m or over 6 feet tall. Note the fold at the top as it has partially collapsed to the lefthand side.
We saw the T-124's and T-40 at Kelp Reef in Haro Strait and then T-40 and T-124C passed to the East near Spieden Island in the U.S. San Juan Islands, while the rest of the 124's stayed on the West half of Haro Strait in Canadian waters.
Were T-40 and T-124C on a "date"? Stay tuned.
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