Transient male T14 sighted May 9, 2007
near Race Rocks, British Columbia.
Photographer Paul Tixier submitted these photos and a brief observation
from an encounter with Transient male T14 off Race Rocks May 9, 2007.
"Because we spotted him in the late afternoon and there were only a few whale watching boats aware of this, I thought you might be interested in knowing that T14 was about three miles Northeast of Race Rocks at 4:26 p.m. He was slowly headed North, although he kept "zigzaging." We left him at 5:13 p.m., he was North/Northeast of Race Rocks, closer to the Vancouver island shoreline, at about the same distance from the reserve." — Paul Tixier.
Transient Male T14 (formerly known as O4) surfaces near Race Rocks, off the southern coastline of Vancouver Island, British Columbia. These photos (above and below) provide a detailed look at his dorsal fin, saddle patch and the distinctive nicks at the lower leading edge of his dorsal fin. Click here to learn more about T14's scars.
T14 is an easily recognizable whale due to the two large scars on the lower leading edge of his dorsal fin.
The scars are the remnants of bolt holes that were drilled through his dorsal fin back in 1976.
These holes were surgically added to securely attach a tracking device to his dorsal fin.
Click here to learn more about T14's capture and subsequent release in 1976.
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