2024-10-04 19:43
Fall brings an abundance of Steller sea lions in the Salish Sea as they return from their summer breeding grounds, and Bigg's killer whales are all too happy to welcome them back. Yesterday the T19s kicked off a Steller sea lion hunt near Race Rocks. They eventually moved on, but the T46B1s, T63, and T65 arrived and picked up where the T19s left off. The sea lion fought valiantly for 90 minutes before the whales abandoned the hunt.
📷: pacificimagery_ (Mollie Cameron), @sooke_whale