Sunday, April 11, 2010

7 Transient Orcas near Bird Rock! April 10th, 2010.









Photo courtesy of Jeanne Hyde!


Today was a very magical day on the water with 7 Transient Orcas, including T87 and T14, near Bird Rocks. We first got reports of these Orcas at 10.00am and and amazingly the Transients hardly moved from the same spot all day, they seemed to be having a feeding frenzy!

Our vessel Fastcat headed out at 2.00pm with a full load of excited passengers eager to see these magnificent apex predators and they were not to be disappointed:) Whilst on scene the crew noticed signs of kills and foraging. The prey included a Sealion, which the Orcas would have hunted cooperatively.

With the sun shining it was a wonderful day to be on the water!

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