The header photo contains L73/Flash from 2007 The following is carried over from Orca Network; The Center for Whale Research has shared the results of their 2010 summer Orca Survey, with the sad news that we have lost 3 adult orcas and one calf this year. Missing and presumed dead are: L114, new calf born [...]
May 7, 2010
Photo: © C Tucker. A Northern Resident orca dines on salmon off of Malcolm Island / 2005 Right now the “Get out migration” for wild salmon is underway. Kudos to friends Troy and Kate who are marching from Malcolm Island on behalf of wild salmon. This initiative is lead by Alexandra Morton, a biologist who [...]
April 4, 2010
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February 22, 2010
From the blogs…….. Friday, October 29, 2004 (Canada) Orca Dream – Transformation I will write this down before it fades. I dreamed I was on an island near shore when I saw a pod of orca passing. I ran along side with my camera (typical of me) to get some footage of them. As I [...]
December 8, 2009
At about 3:00 pm today I watched 2 large male killer whales (U38 and U39) from Dallas Rd in Victoria. I saw them pass in front of the Canadian Navy ship which makes for a nice photo. Then saw “Mallard” CWR / DFO on scene documenting the two transients. I noticed the animals went down [...]
August 27, 2009
An amazing and informative encounter with endangered killer whales like the one above, unexpected and unavoidable at times (notice our captain following the guidelines, makes the attempt to move the vessel to avoid a close encounter within 100 yards but didn’t realize an animal was right there), changes peoples lives, giving them motivation and passion [...]
June 22, 2009
On the topic of all being related comes probably one of the best illustrated documentaries unifying all of our existences by our host of life and how human behaviors are devestatingly impacting all life on which we depend. HOME on YouTube We are living in exceptional times. Scientists tell us that we have 10 years [...]
May 5, 2009
Recorded from Orca Sound tonight! Jpod was live on the hydrophone talking for hours! It was very exciting to hear them. Please enjoy this audio clip. To know more about where you can hear them please visit http://www.orcasound.net Jpod blablablabla from Chantelle Tucker on Vimeo.
April 9, 2009
Early morning of April 8, 2009 I heard sonar for several hours on the Orca Sound hydrophones which are located in the southern resident feeding habitat in Haro Strait. Although I realize military exercises are common and important, and that military care about marine life (yes I have friends and family involved in military), I [...]
April 1, 2009
(Aug 22, 2005 with 5 Star Whales and T44 at the Oak Bay gulf course) From Orca Lab: A couple of days ago, the MacKays were told of a sighting of a dead orca floating near Hope Island (near Port Hardy). The DFO was alerted and with the help of a Coast Guard boat, that [...]
January 29, 2009
During the summer of 2007, we went to Johnstone Strait. It was an incredible adventure. We saw a very rare event of several Dalls porpoise bow riding the whale watching vessel for about 40 mins! We encountered northern resident killer whales, humpback whales, and the following day about 1000 pacific white sided dolphins riding along [...]
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