Gray orca born to transients…

Posted December 11, 2009 at 10:44 am by

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.

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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One comment...

  1. Since it’s grey, maybe it’s not a claf but a half calf. LOL!

    Comment by Cathy on December 11, 2009 at 11:42 am

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