Sentences with phrase «when orcas»

Our guides use hydrophones when the orcas are in view so that you can thrill to the orcas vocalizing to each other underwater!

It's the time of year when orcas sometimes gather into a «super pod» — one of the greatest wildlife spectacles on earth.

In this case, history may pinpoint the breach to that moment on October 4 when an orca - shaped, stubby - winged aircraft planted its almost comically spindly legs on a runway in California's Mojave Desert.

Not exact matches

But Eric had fond memories of visiting Orcas Island, so when he was living in Delaware and got a call from a relative to come out for a construction job, he was enticed to go back.

The aquatic theme park company has faced scrutiny and public outcry since 2013 when the «Blackfish» documentary criticized SeaWorld's handling of its orcas.

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.

A study in 2002 showed that seals do not react to the recorded vocalizations of fish - eating orcas, but they do get jumpy when they hear transients.

When the supply of sea lions and harbor seals ran low, orcas apparently turned to the next ready meal — sea otters.

Killer whales (Orcinus orca) can engage in cross-species vocal learning: when socialized with bottlenose dolphins, they shifted the types of sounds they made to more closely match their social partners.

It was during this time, in 1993, that Keiko made animal stardom when he «played» a leading role in the hit film Free Willy, which tells the story of a boy who befriends and eventually releases a captive orca.

WHEN a pod of orcas swam past the Canadian town of Churchill on the edge of Hudson Bay in August last year, word of the sighting spread immediately.

Competition between older female orcas and their adult daughters when they can breed simultaneously may cause the matriarch to enter menopause.

New research has found that orcas or killer whales breath out good bacteria, pathogenic ones such as salmonella, and fungi when they exhale.

Receiving help from Orca when it comes to development, Square Enix says DQXI will use Unreal Engine 4 and feature an open world.

However, life becomes no laughing matter for the other polar bears, reindeer and orca that exist in their icy habitat when humans start visiting with cameras, boats.

Maybe he learned a lesson when Jaws resulted in monstrous spawn like Orca, Piranha, Tentacles, and land - locked counterfeits...

When my children were young, we went to the killer whale (orca) shows at the Vancouver Aquarium.

In this quick - paced entry in the Orca Soundings series, a masked teen asks for more than money when he holds up a convenience store.

When he pulls a knife, Jill must fight for her life in this Orca Soundings title, written for reluctant readers.

When calling, please indicate you received their veterinary listing from ORCA.

When used in relation to British Columbia's Northern Resident orca community, the term «superpod» refers to a gathering of more than 50 orcas that includes families from all three of the community's «clans» — A, G, and R. Pretty much every year, superpods come together in the Johnstone Strait area, creating a truly impressive spectacle -LSB-...]

We had an amazing whale watching tour earlier this week when we spotted a few orcas in Skjálfandi bay!

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

We played audio recordings of orca calls and also sold CD's of Springer's own vocalizations of when she first was reunited with her pod.

It's dark when I get up at 6 am, the first hint of a new day on the horizon; the forest floor has turned gold and green as the cedars shed their summer cloak; honeysuckle leaves litter the boardwalks and garden ground; bright red honeysuckle berries are being plucked by tiny wrens; jays are sitting in the apple tree, feasting on the fruit we imagined as apple pie; the last roses are fading; fronds of great bull kelp are landing on the beach, food for next year's garden; the sudden daybreak howl of sporty boats heading to the hot fishing spots where we have our hydrophones has gone; sea lions are beginning to heave their huge bodies onto haul - out rocks along the way; most of our assistants have left, heading back to school or home; and in their absence we are spending more time in the lab at night, recording the voices of the orcas, who are still here.

When a barge dangerously laden with logging equipment, including a tanker truck of diesel fuel, spilled its load in the heart of the world's best known orca habitat — the Ecological Reserve at Robson Bight — last August 20th, whale lovers were outraged, environmentalists dismayed, the public alerted, and even the oil industry took note.

When she headed north in the middle of a crowd of orcas on July 18th, Springer was swimming close to A51 & A61, the «other» orphans.

It was 08:37, on May 16th, when we heard the first orca call on the house speaker.

Basic facts about orca society, and the glue that holds it together, have been known since the 1970s, when the «photo - ID» work of Mike Bigg and Ian McAskie, & their collaborators, revealed that «resident» fish eating orcas live in -LSB-...]

When it's sunny or at least not raining, the light is soft and generous, the days are still long and warm, and the orcas are still endlessly fascinating.

Even though the resident orcas rarely ever harass the porpoise, the little ones probably feel safer when the killer whales aren't around as frequently.

The classic scene when the famous orca whale jumps to his freedom over the breakwater happened at the Hammond Marina, a 20 - minute drive west of downtown Astoria in Hammond, at the northwestern tip of the state.

Other whale species such as humpbacks, blue, orca and fin whales are less common, but can occasionally be seen during the summer when they come to the channel to feed.

When we find ourselves in the vicinity of a pod of Orca, your guide will deploy the research grade hydrophone they carry so we may hear their communications.

You went above and beyond when you kept us out to see the orcas!

If seeing orcas is a priority, please keep these dates in mind when you book your tour with us.

When the pod of orcas turned and headed north, Westby angled his boat to follow them for approximately half a mile.

The northern resident pods of Orca are found in the Johnstone Strait between mid-July and mid-September when salmon, their primary prey, come from the ocean to spawn in the rivers of mainland British Columbia.

It's always nice to see how much positive attention the orcas get these days when they are active around the city!

With great views down the valley and of «Orca Rock» this is the place to drop a few crazy chutes, catch some good tree skiing or ski to the valley floor when conditions are right!

When averaged through the entire season, orca whales are seen on nearly two / thirds of our camping trips, but the peak months historically afford an 80 % sighting success rate.

We hadn't gotten more than 5 or so minutes out of the little harbor where we launched when we started seeing Orcas, and they kept coming and coming!

When at Orca Camp breakfast is usually served at the Beach Café around 8 a.m. and features a different menu each morning.

When a group of big bad «Boss» Orcas come around and snatch up your shark pups, you set off on an epic quest to get your babies back!

Ian Dallas: The Finch house and the stories within the game are based around Orcas Island in Washington state, which is a place my family visited a lot when I was growing up.

When others would regale a group with stories of an orca's sense of humor or music appreciation, I'd hold my tongue....

Jonathan often serves as a roving therapist when the Gottmans lead couples workshops in Seattle and is among a select few whom John and Julie regularly invite to assist with private retreats in their home on Orcas Island, WA.

We collected them for several years when we visited a potter on Orcas Island.