August 27th - Orcas traveling in Saanich Inlet!

Keta, Cascadia and Kula headed out on the morning of the 27th, full of excited passages. We traveled south through Dodd’s Narrows and continued through the Gulf Islands, our eyes peeled for any signs of whales. We heard of a pod of Orcas near Cowichan Bay and we were very happy to find the T65B’s traveling along the shoreline.

The T65B’s are a young pod, The Matriarch Chunk, T65B, was born in 1993, making her only 27 years old. She travels with her son Birdsall, T65B1, born in 2011 and her youngest, T65B2, born in 2011.

Check out the beautiful photos that our naturalists got during the tour.

Little T65B2 playing with Kelp. Photo by Natalie Reichenbacher

T65B and T65B1 practically onto of each other. Photo by Natalie Reichenbacher

Left to right, T65B2, T65 and T65B1. Photo by Natalie Reichenbacher

Mother and son. You can actually use T65B’s eye patch to ID her in this photo. Photo by Natalie Reichenbacher

T656B1. He’s only 9 years old, so that dorsal will grow for another 11 years before it caps out around 6 feet tall! Photo by Natalie Reichenbacher

Chunk and T65B2. Photo by Natalie Reichenbacher

The whole family. Photo by Natalie Reichenbacher

Birdsall. Photo by Natalie Reichenbacher

Baby T65B2. Photo by Natalie Reichenbacher

Jilann LechnerAugust 31, 2020Comment