April 17th – Transient Orcas at Hein Bank

Posted on April 26, 2015 by Andrew

Tranient Orcas

Today we encountered a large group of Transient Orcas at Hein Bank that included the TO65A’s & TO75B’s. We had not heard anything about Orca sightings all day but just before we left the Harbour one of the American Boats headed to Hein Bank and stumbled upon a large group of Transient Orcas Hein Bank attracts a lot of Harbor Porpoise and Harbor Seals who feed at the bank on small bait fish and these Marine Mammals are Transient Orcas favorite food! The Orcas included the new Baby TO75B2, who is just a few days old.
Apart from the Orcas we also saw Harbor Seals and Bald Eagles today.