Gray orca born to transients…
Posted December 11, 2009 at 10:44 am by Ian Byington
Unusual grey orca in our midst....this baby calf is with the transient whales (not one of the three resident pods here), seen over near British Columbia.
First, a very happy birthday to Jim Maya, with my thanks to him for today’s report.
He was out on the water yesterday and saw & photographed a gray killer whale calf hanging around with the transients – here’s more, from yesterday:
We were near the Victoria waterfront…I called Goldwing as we got close, about 5 miles south of Trial Island, (3:15 today) and were told that one of the Orcas had a gray dorsal fin. Gray fin? It was the whole Orca that was gray and white, not just the fin.
It’s a calf and one of the T11s. In over twenty years of viewing Orcas in this area, I’ve never seen a gray Orca. I was flabbergasted! Here is a picture of the calf. I think Ken Balcomb also got some shots.
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Since it’s grey, maybe it’s not a claf but a half calf. LOL!
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