Prince of Whales blog: March 2008

Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Transient Orca

Tuesday was a great day on the water, once the whales were located by Mallard (one of our skippers, who was up on the hill spotting in the morning). Sighted were Transient Killer whales, T20 and T21.

Photos by Mark Malleson

Friday, March 21, 2008

Transient Killer Whale Sighting

These photos were taken by one of our captains during an encounter between race rocks and the Victoria waterfronton Thursday. Transient Orca are the mammal eating variety of Killer whales that frequent our waters.

Photos by Mark Malleson

Saturday, March 01, 2008

Stranded

Prince of Whales Naturalist Nicola Hewson and part time zodiac skipper George Isherwood make the best of being stranded on land by joining othershore based whale watchers as Jpod cruises through Oak Bay.

Important Notice about content

Most of the images on the blog are shot with a 400 mm telephoto lens. Because of our restrictions around wildlife (100+ meters), we use powerful lenses to better share orca activity that passengers see on their trips. Keep in mind this also heavily compresses space between objects. We also crop images for best blog viewing.

The videos are generally shot in wide angle and are very realistic to what the eye sees on the boat. Please enjoy the photos for the telephoto view, and the videos for a boat based, real life passenger view.