The killer whales dropped by….
Posted June 11, 2009 at 9:53 am by Ian Byington
Where did the whales go?
When Josie & I dropped by to see Bob Otis at Lime Kiln Lighthouse on Sunday, he told us the killer whales hadn’t been by for a while (see the calendar above, which his study posts at the lighthouse) in his study area, which is the area you can see from the lighthouse.
Bob Otis, with Josie
Bob’s been bringing interns to the island for 19 years each summer (he’s at Ripon College), so he’s had his eye on the situation better than most. Usually the orcas have returned by the end of May, and are around for the summer.
Well, they’re trickling in this week – a couple swung by on Sunday, and some of L-pod is in the area as well.
And, in another discovery, Jim Maya shot the photo below yesterday, which confirms that K38 is a boy!
K38 is a him....
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