Our 10am Zodiac Adventure had us headed west to the southern tip of Vancouver Islands rugged coastline. Here our veteran skipper Mark "Mallard" took us on a tour of the marine wildlife found in our west coast waters. Our first stop was to visit two Bald Eagles atop their nest in Whirl Bay. These apex predators are common to the coastal areas of Vancouver Island. Mark then spotted a family of River Otters. These frisky little guys were working the shoreline for food, swimming along the rough rocky shoreline. Our search more marine wildlife took us to Race Rocks Marine Ecological Reserve. Here we found a small colony of Steller Sea Lions. Race Rocks is a favorite haul out for these large marine mammals. Yet another great west coast wildlife adventure with Prince Of Whales. Photos by Clint "Orcawizard"
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.
Prince of Whales Youtube
We've upped our anti with new HD videos shot by Orcagirl. Videos will be shot every Wed and Thursday on the 3:30pm Ocean Magic 2 Adventure. Stay tuned..
Race Rocks Reserve
Amazing ecological reserve we visit on our tours
Clint Rivers / Orcawizard
Orcawizard's photo is currently featured in the blog banner. Click his picture to see his website
Marie O'Shaughnessy / Orca Magic
Photographer and blogger Orca Magic
Mark Malleson / Mallard
Mallard is POW's principal photographer and orca expert. Click his picture to see his website.
Brian Glennon / Beemer
Beemer is a zodiac diver and photographer at POW. Please click his picture to see his website.
Maria Chantelle Tucker / Orcagirl
Orcagirl is POW's Web, Media & Blog Master. Click her photo to visit her website.
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