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’s been  Con­tin­ue Reading

Ivan from West­ern Prince sent this lit­tle video of his new boat, the West­ern Explor­er, and a trip they made (set to music).…he includes some of the cool pho­tos he’s tak­en over the years, as well. See what you think!

Jim Maya head­ed out towards Vic­to­ria to cap­ture this pho­to of tran­sient killer whales.

Jim Maya from Maya’s Char­ters says the tran­sient whales are nearby.…here’s more, from yes­ter­day: It was one of those days! We got news of Orcas right at the end of our first trip so I rushed in for my sec­ond group. We zoomed out but could­n’t find them, so we went down to Whale Rocks to  Con­tin­ue Reading

You know, one of the rea­sons the local killer whales are on the endan­gered species list is a short­age of their main din­ner: salmon. Recov­er­ing the salmon’s pre­vi­ous num­bers is a key to restor­ing a healthy ecosys­tem… and sev­er­al islanders have been key to that recov­ery effort. Here’s more from Bar­bara Rosenkot­ter, who is the  Con­tin­ue Reading