Showing posts with label Transient (Marine-Mammal-Eating) Killer Whale photos courtesy of Ron Bates. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Transient (Marine-Mammal-Eating) Killer Whale photos courtesy of Ron Bates. Show all posts

Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Transient Orcas near Sooke! Aug 9th, 2010
















Here are a few images by Ron Bates, MMRG, from this mornings encounter with Transient Orcas near Sooke!

Tuesday, April 06, 2010

TUESDAY, April 6, 2010, Transient Killer Whales near Becher Bay, not far from Beached Grey Whale












TUESDAY, April 6, 2010, Transient Killer Whales near Becher Bay, not far from Beached Grey Whale

That makes us 5 out of 6 trips for seeing Killer Whales, amazing for this early in the season!

Add Race Rocks Ecological Reserve and its many bird species, Harbour Seals, Steller Sea Lions and Elephant Seals and this was yet another wonderful day.

These Transient (Marine-Mammal-Eating) Killer Whales were successfully hunting and feed: How do we know this when we never saw the prey? Note all the birds, mostly Glaucous Wing Gulls and Western Gulls, swooping down to pick up stray bits of seal, sea lion or porpoise flesh!