The Center for Whale Research teams
with the University of Washington
to collect fecal and scale samples
of Southern resident Killer whales
photo by John Boyd.
Members of the Center for Whale Research and the University of Washington team up to collect Killer whale scat (and fish scales) for science. Above, from left: volunteer Deni Malouf (UW), Kelley Balcomb-Bartok (CWR), Katie Jones (CWR) and Katherine Ayres (UW).
photo by Kelley Balcomb-Bartok. This sample was collected under MMPA permit #532-1822.
Katherine Ayres of the University of Washington carefully collects Killer whale scat from a collection net as Katie Jones looks on.
photo by Kelley Balcomb-Bartok. This sample was collected under MMPA permit #532-1822.
Killer whale scat in the collection net.
Encounter #055-1
August 29, 2007
J, K and L-pod
Platform: Orca
Departed Snug Harbor: 2:50 p.m.
Begin Encounter: 3:10 p.m.
Start Lat: 48° 29.950 N
Start Long: 123° 08.815 W
End Encounter: 6:35 p.m.
End Lat: 48° 26.845 N
End Long: 123° 02.636 W
Returned to Snug Harbor: 7:26 p.m.
Observers: Kelley Balcomb-Bartok, Katherine Ayres and volunteers Julie Woodruff and Erika Gilbert.
