J-pod members chase Transients
into Haro Strait, October 15, 2007
photo by Dave Ellifrit. This photo was taken under MMPA permit #532-1822 and DFO license #2006-08/SARA-34.
J19 and J41 "porpoising" as they chase several Transient killer whales into Haro Strait.
photo by Dave Ellifrit. This photo was taken under MMPA permit #532-1822 and DFO license #2006-08/SARA-34.
Transient T2B porpoising to get away from members of the J-pod which chased the transients for several miles before giving up the chase.
photo by Dave Ellifrit. This photo was taken under MMPA permit #532-1822 and DFO license #2006-08/SARA-34.
T60D and T60 send water spraying high into the air as they flee from members of J-pod.
photo by Dave Ellifrit. This photo was taken under MMPA permit #532-1822 and DFO license #2006-08/SARA-34.
T2B (note the overbite) continues to flee long after J-pod ended the chase.
photo by Dave Ellifrit. This photo was taken under MMPA permit #532-1822 and DFO license #2006-08/SARA-34.
Matriarch J2 (born ~1911) leaps into the air as she nears San Juan Island following the excitement of the chase.
Encounter #73-1 and 74-2
Oct. 15, 2007 J pod and Transients Platform: Shelmar
Observers: Captain Bob Wood, Dr. Pete Schroeder, Dave Ellifrit and others aboard Shelmar.
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