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And once again, NFMS, the federal agency in charge of protecting the orca whales from the real threats that include declining salmon, elevated toxin levels, and brain - hemorrhaging sonar, prefers to focus its attention and our tax dollars on the dangers of sea kayak tours in the San Juan Islands.

This part of Prince William Sound is the best place to encounter orca whales from sea kayaks in Alaska.

June 2002 saw the arrival of Springer, the orca whale from A-pod that had been abandoned at the Vashon Island Washington ferry dock.

Not exact matches

In Texas, it was not a sense of guilt over paying money to watch majestic orca whales prevented from swimming freely at sea because they're forced to perform tricks in comparatively small enclosures at the behest of misguided trainers who could very well be maimed when SeaWorld's whales are eventually driven insane by the hopelessness of their situation that kept audiences away earlier this year.

Ross Sea killer whales from the Antarctic are about two - thirds the size of most orcas, eat only fish and have the smallest eye streak of all.

Evidence for vocal learning in juvenile male killer whales, (Orcinus orca), from an adventitious cross-socializing experiment.

«I haven't been impressed by their knowledge and understanding of killer whale biology,» said Craig Matkin, a marine mammal biologist from Homer, Alaska, who has been studying orcas for 20 years.

Estes estimates that before industrial whaling, the amount of food that orcas could find by eating whales was about 60 times greater than what was available from the combined numbers of seals, sea lions, and sea otters.

To find out if differences in diet and culture have also led to two species of killer whales in the Northeast Atlantic, Foote and his colleagues studied the dietary choices and genetic relationships of orcas from Greenland to Norway.

They also extracted DNA from the specimens, and from skin samples of living orcas to reconstruct the whales» genetic lineages.

Apart from humans and the occasional orca known to attack babies, whales don't really have predators, probably simply because of their size.

Blackfish is the doc, from director Gabriela Cowperthwaite, which opens the book on Seaworld and the mistreatment of the Orca whales they keep in captivity.

We will choose between a last paddle, or if the orca are in the area, we may spend some time whale watching from the ship as we make our way back to Port McNeill.

«Then we start to see the blue whales from April through October, along with sightings of humpbacks, orcas, fin whales, and minke whales.»

The top places to see killer whales / orcas is around the Snæfellsness peninsula but they can certainly be seen from other locations.

In 2009, a humpback whale hoisted a seal out of the water to protect it from oncoming orcas.

The underwater photographers were shooting the orcas when a humpback whale emerged from the depths and narrowly avoided Dykstra.

Surrounded by crystal clear azure waters on all sides that are often visited by orcas and gray whales, the islands are ideal for rugged nature photography from either their forested shores or rocky peaks.

Seasonal activities — such as grizzly bear tours, whale watching and kayaking with orcas — generally run from May through late September.

Orca (Killer) Whales Researchers from around the world have been coming to Vancouver Island to study the Orca (Killer) whales for a few decades making Orca whales here the best studied whales in the Whales Researchers from around the world have been coming to Vancouver Island to study the Orca (Killer) whales for a few decades making Orca whales here the best studied whales in the whales for a few decades making Orca whales here the best studied whales in the whales here the best studied whales in the whales in the world.

An entire day passed, without news — despite active searching efforts from whale watchers — apart from a possible sighting of the A34s far east in Johnstone Strait and a confirmed sighting of transient orcas near Campbell River.

It is the perfect spot for wildlife viewing as we share our environment with everything from bald eagles to orca whales.

Specializing in tours such as the Orca Camp Tour at our Whale Watching Base Camp in Johnstone Strait or our Sea Kayak Expeditions in the beautiful Discovery Islands Grey Wolf Expeditions has guided over 3,000 guests from all over the world between ages 6 and 79.

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.

Multi-day kayaking adventures with the orcas (killer whales) of Johnstone Strait depart regularly from Quadra Island, as do shorter excursions through the abundant waters off the island.

Scientists from around the world come here to study Orca (Killer) whales.

Our last blog entry discussed the dangers from a new study that involves dart tagging the resident orca whales in Washington — the same friendly orcas we enjoy watching on our kayaking tours in the San Juan Islands.

As we kayak into Blackfish Sound and Johnstone Strait we keep our eyes peeled for the blows from killer whales (orcas) and humpback whales.

North Island Kayak specializes in Sea Kayaking Tours with Killer Whales, or Orcas and Humpback Whales from Telegraph Cove on Northern Vancouver Island, British Columbia (BC), Canada.

From orcas to humpback and grey whales, an incredible range of marine life, including seals, sea lions and porpoises, make their home in Vancouver's waters.

Tip: If you don't see any orcas during your kayaking trip, save some time to do a whale watching tour from a boat.

If lucky, you may see Orca or Humpback whales as they swim by the camp, however this is less likely than on our tours departing from Telegraph Cove.

Below is a kayak trip report from a guest on our September 2 to 5, 2008 Kayak With Whales — Orca Waters Base Camp kayak tour.

Orca whales are mostly restricted to the US side of the waterway that separates the San Juan Islands from Vancouver Island, so this is the area our whale watching kayak tours operate in.

From May to October Stubbs Island offers a variety of Vancouver Island boat tours including Whale Watching Orca tours (mid June to October), along with Marine & Wildlife Tours and Specialty Tours of the Robson Bight and Johnstone Strait areas off Vancouver Island.

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The team not only identified each of the Orca family groups but they also identified the hump - back whale that we saw from the shape of it's flume.

With the continued development of Vancouver Island's highway and a shifting mentality towards whales in the wild, tourists from around the world travelled to Telegraph Cove just to see the Orca and this still rings true today.

Researchers from around the world have been coming to Vancouver Island to study the Orca (Killer) whales for a few decades making Orca whales Read More...

Supplementing the acoustic data are visual sightings of orcas as they pass OrcaLab, and reports from land observation sites during the summer «season» as well as reports from other researchers and whale watchers who share observations and information.

Orca whales can be seen frequently from its shores.

In the summer of 2015 my partner Kelly and I, along with 15 volunteers from around the world, lovingly created the Orca Dreams whale watching camp.

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.

This is your chance to sea kayak with killer (orca) whales or watch them from our boat, the Tenzing.

San Juan Island is famous for its varied wildlife, and the celebrities of this natural world are the Orca whales that cruise the surrounding waters from mid-April to early October.

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.

Minke whales, more difficult to locate than orca whales due to their solitary habits, occur during the same period but most sightings are from mid-July to mid-October.

Orca whale watching is most reliable from late April through early October with killer whale activity peaking mid-May to mid-August.

Like other whale - watching boats, we are required to position our kayaks 200 yards or more away from orca whales.

In contrast, toothed whales such as orcas have strong, sharp teeth and appear to have evolved from weasel - like predators.