Sentences with phrase «orca whale pods»

As of August 17th the local orca whale pods have been sighted in the Salish Sea for 80 straight days — that must be a record!

The three southern resident orca whale pods were belatedly declared endangered by the U.S. and Canada in 2005 despite years of urging by environmentalists and kayak tour companies in the San Juan Islands.

Check out our YouTube Channel for orca whale watching and kayaking San Juan Islands to see a video from this June of two orca whale pods swimming right up to our kayaks while we rest in a kelp forest in a protected cove.

At least two of the three resident orca whale pods have been sighted this month.

Seals, Sea Lions and several species of Dolphins along with occasional Orca Whale pods may also be seen on your trip.

Because these waters are known for their diversity, viewers often see gray whales, humpback whales, seals, sea lions, several species of dolphins along with an occasional orca whale pod.

Not exact matches

Its cold, deep waters are inhabited by chinook and coho salmon, pods of majestic orca whales and Kinder Morgan's Westridge Marine Terminal.

Some killer whale observers have proposed that the orcas in the Northeast Atlantic also likely comprise two species, because some pods appear to be fish specialists, while others prefer marine mammals.

The thought of watching a majestic and peaceful Gray Whale get attacked by a pod of Orcas makes my stomach churn, but it's almost like a car crash — you just can't look away.

Watching the pod of Orcas attack the Gray Whales was tough to watch, but I REALLY didn't want to see a dolphin die today.

I saw a huge pod of transient Orcas, numerous Humpback whales, and sea lions on a morning boat trip in late September.

Point no Point is filled with rich history and astonishing views of orca pods, gray whales, humpback whales, and otters.

The Juan de Fuca and Haro Straits are home to three resident Orca (killer whale) pods, referred to as J, K, and L pods.

Three pods of about 80 resident Orca whales live around the southern tip of Vancouver Island and in the Gulf islands.

From right in Campbell River, you can hop onto one of our boats and head out on the waters of Johnstone Strait, and Desolation Sound, off the Discovery Islands, and sometimes even the Sunshine Coast to watch a pod of Orcas or to witness a Humpback Whale breaching the surface.

About thirty seconds into the video, you can see the pod of nine orcas hunting the gray whale calf.

Our expert kayak guide spotted a pod of killer whales and rafted all the kayaks together to be courteous to the orcas.

Later that afternoon as we kayak toward a new campsite we watch a pod of killer whales (orcas) foraging for salmon.

In addition to over 200 Northern Resident Orca who return every summer, to gorge on salmon and rub themselves on the beaches of the Robson Bight Ecological Reserve, we are visited year round by pods of Transient Killer Whales, while Humpback Whales forage our narrow straits.

We were lucky enough to see humpback whales, seals, dolphins and 3 different pods of Orcas.

One of our local pods of resident - type (fish - eating) orca whales has returned to the San Juan Islands and we look forward to kayaking with them soon — maybe today!

Much of what is known about the orca whale's highly - organized social life has been learned from the resident pods you can watch from kayaks in the San Juan Islands of Washington.

Pods with up to fifty family members live here and sightings of these intelligent orca whales occur on more than half of our San Juan Islands kayak tours.

There is nothing quite as spectacular as encountering of a pod of Orca Whales along the protected coastlines of the San Juan Islands.

The three pods of «resident» orca whale families (the species of killer whale in the Pacific Northwest that specializes in eating almost exclusively salmon) roamed their greater home territory over the winter and at one point were seen as far south as Monterey Bay and as far north as the tip of Vancouver Island in British Columbia.

We are optimistic that this «baby boom» in J pod represents a comeback for our local orca whales.

Their peaceful migration northwards was interrupted by a pod of «transient killer whales», the type of orca that mainly eats other marine mammals.

The northern resident pods of orca (killer whales) currently number over 220 individually identified whales in 17 separate pods.

Another event, involving a pair of humpback whales attempting to save a gray whale calf from a hunting pod of orcas after it had become separated from its mother, was captured by BBC filmmakers.

Whether it's a surfacing pod of orcas, a sea lion feasting on salmon, or the blow of a humpback whale, wildlife constantly makes its presence felt here.

... we were so very lucky to kayak with a few pods of Orcas as well as Humpback whales and sea lions — amazing wildlife encounters and the reason we signed up for the trip.

More recent trips caught footage of a pod of orcas teaching its young how to hunt, which digitally raced around the world of marine mammal scientists, participated in a penguin census, and logged polar bear and whale identification photos for researchers who track global populations of these animals.

To add to Senator McCain's Robin story, Killer whales, Orca pods were first seen in the High Arctic a few years ago, an awsome sight to those not use to them.

But the best way to see orca whales is to hire a boat to visit the resident whale pods who feed along Haro Strait near San Juan Island.