On The Hunt For Transients, Encountering Northern Residents

Researcher Josh McInnes has been encountering Northern resident orca whilst out on the water in pursuit of mighty mammal-eating transients. Here is A060 swimming the waters of Bute Inlet to the North (photo: Josh McInnes). Visit the Transient killer whale Research blog by Josh McInnes (c) for more information about Josh's work: 

Research expedition: Sorry everyone I have been further to the north searching for cetaceans on a survey. I will be updating the prior events of the transient calf T046C2 in full detail. We had an amazing adventure to the North Vancouver Island in search for marine life. Our main mission was to find transients but instead we ended up watching the Northern resident Apod A5s (A23s, A8s), three humpback whales, 200plus Pacific white sided dolphins, harbour porpoise, harbour seals, Steller sea lions, and numerous marine birds. We had missed the transients by two days.


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Photo by Josh McInnes
Northern Resident killer whale A060 swimming the waters of Bute Inlet to the North.