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Jan 10, 2002
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I think that's some kids with a cardboard fin like in Jaws?

That is really cool. (y)
I screwed up insofar as there is another video that I saw which showed the Orca much better, as well as a SUP guy about 30' away when the Orca was heading back out. I think it was also identified as most of them up here are named and catalogued. I've scrolled looking for it until I got so dizzy I almost fell out of my chair, but I can't find that one.

If I run across it I'll post it up.

Saw lots of Orcas pass by during my years there, but that's the first one I ever saw actually inside the bar and upstream.
They are mostly transients nowadays as this is the time of year the annual onslaught of California Sea lions usually show up.

I watched that evolve over the years too.



Take care.
 

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Lots of Orca activities recently.
This was a drag race between a couple of them.

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Recent warm weather has induced our local Garter snake population to arise once again, and old friend Karen Wasilenchuk was there.
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Down near Sooke a Great Horned Owl caught a Bunny for lunch.

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Orcas again. The photographer, Gerry Ambury, claimed they were all over the place but quite suddenly got all lined up before heading off.

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Take care.