May 28th – Morning with Jpod & Transient Orcas!
What an incredible morning trip where we encountered Jpod near BattleShip Island heading south, plus two Transient Orcas (TO77A & T124C) off Ogden Point
Jpod was spread out and doing lots of porpoising (high speed swimming)
and foraging (hunting for Salmon). We had some nice views of several
members including J27 “Blackberry”, J26 “Mike”, J28 “Polaris”, J46
“Star” and L87 “Onyx” who performed several spectacular breaches
We then got word that two Transient Orcas had been spotted near
Victoria Harbour and when we arrived on scene they were right by Ogden
Point breakwater! We soon identified the two male Transients as TO77A
and TO124C, the same two Orcas we encountered by Saltspring Island the
day before. Once again this shows the great distances Orcas can travel
in less than 24 hours! Resident Orcas & Transient Orcas during the
same trip, what a way to start the day https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10152945715227194.1073742249.83152127193&type=1
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