It was another one of those brisk, windy April afternoons when the Ocean Magic vessel left the harbour with Capt. Anna and first officer, Scott and Naturalist Mika on board. We had fair skies above and a little wave texture all around. Visibility was great for spotting whales. We headed west and found T 14, a large bull Transient killer whale, affectionately called Pender. He was travelling slowly out west , past the picturesque Sooke shoreline. He was looking for his favourite food, marine mammals. We watched him for a while at the surface and taking deeper dives while foraging. We then headed to Race Rocks Ecological Reserve, where we had good views of Elephant and Harbour Seals, as well as a few Steller Sea Lions on rocks. Our wildlife trip concluded with sightings of breeding plumaged Rhinoceros Auklets, and a Great Blue Heron. Another splendid afternoon full of west coast wildlife.Marie , Orca-Magic.
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