L-114 first seen Feb 2010 near Victoria BC. The calf is a member of L Pod, 1 of 3 in the SRKW pop. of orcas that frequent the Salish Sea in Canada. Its mother is a 22-year-old whale named Matia, L-77. |
here is a photo taken of the newborn orca calf with its mother J-35. The baby is J-47and marks the sixth new born orca calf over the past year. Photo credit to Candi Emmons,NOAA Fisheries NWFSC |
This baby Transient Orca was seen Dec 11th and found by our Eagle Wing team. We were the first in the world to see the little guy. He/she suffers from a syndrome called Chediak-Higashi...it is closely linked with abinism |
Orca calves will shed some skin during development as they rub against rocks and the sea bottom. |
This transient calf was estimated to be between 12 and 15 weeks old at the time this photo was taken. |
L 112 is a new calf that has recently been identified as of February 18, 2009 by Kenneth Balcomb of the Center for whale research on San Juan Island |
Orca calf L110 was less than one week old at the time this photo was taken. |
J44 is a new orca calf, Because orca families stay close to newborns and share in their care, it is hard to determine at first who is the mother, the sister or the grandmother |
T-46 and her calf |
Orca calves have only a 50% survivability rate in their first year. This is blamed primarily on toxins in the animals environment. |
L-110 was born in August 2007 and has survived her first, and most dangerous, year of life. |
