Here are a few photos of good things from our 1 week expedition on the National Geographic Sea Bird. We are now waiting at Vancouver Airport for a plane back to Michigan. It's been a glorious week with wonderful wildlife and scenic vistas over the water and towards the mountains. I'll do some specific wrap-up posts on the First Peoples, the birds, and other topics.
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| Three orcas spouting. We spent a morning looking at a large pod of these beautiful creatures (also known as killer whales.) They live in family groups headed by the oldest female, usually the mother of the males in the group. |
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| We saw quite a few bald eagles. |
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| And we saw crows everywhere! |
Always love tagging along with you!
ReplyDeleteGreat pictures. I love the whale one. Beautiful job.
ReplyDeleteHow lucky that you saw killer whales :)
ReplyDeleteOrcas are amazing creatures. We watched a Blue Planet video from the library and it focused on how the Orcas communicate when hunting a whale and her calf. As they get closer it's radio silence as they move in. Very intelligent.
ReplyDeleteI have friends that did a similar trip but it looks as though you had much better weather. Weather is so important, I'm glad you had a good time.
ReplyDeletelove that eagle. i would love to see orcas in the wild. i believe they are actually dolphins not whales at all? and only kill for food.
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