#ca216

[californiatransients]

9/4/19 - Very exciting news! A brand new calf has been spotted in the CA216 matriline with grayish pigmentation, exactly like the little off-colored calf T46B1B in the Pacific Northwest. You can still see the faint fetal folds, indicating that this is a newborn individual.

This is not the same calf, family, or population from the PNW, however CA transients occasionally intermingle with other West Coast transient populations. Who knows what the genetic connection could be between these two calves, if there even is one!

Photos by Kate Cummings with Blue Ocean Whale Watch

[respectanimalrights]

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Credit © 🎬 ✔️ @adam_ernster onboard ✔️ @condorexpresssb To round out the year, who could forget our once in a lifetime killer whale encounter!? We had pod members from 3 different CA transient matrilines meet up and socialize around our boat. For the duration of our trip these whales came back to our vessel multiple times to checkout our passengers on the bow. We encountered killer whales 3 times in 2019 so we hope the upward trend keeps up for 2020! — Once again thank you to you all for following along this year, and we look forward to having you out on many great adventures in 2020. Happy New Years! Video by our wildlife photographer @adam_ernster . . . . . #whalewatch #whalewatching #orcas #orca #orcas #orcinusorca #killerwhale #artofvisuals #travel #orcinusorca #wildlifephotography #wildlifephotographeroftheyear #earth #saveourorcas #biggsarethebalance #santabarbara #seesb #visitsantabarbara #california #cali #CA51 #CA216 #CA138 #condorexpress #condorexpresssb #condorexpresswhalewatch https://www.instagram.com/p/B787gSqB9mM/?igshid=gnir30abuu4e

[captdaveswhalewatchingsafari]

Some video from our incredible Bigg’s killer whale encounter on October 6, 2017!

Footage by Domenic Biagini

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Credit © Video 🎬 @captainbeezer (please tag with credit to the captain with crew if reposted) Post by @condorexpresssb We are so thankful here at the @condorexpresssb for this massive group of transient killer whales that joined us on our whale watch today! ~15 killer whales from 3 different matrilines played, socialized, mated, and breached around us a few miles off the coast of Santa Barbara. Members of the CA216, CA138, and CA51 orca pods gave our crew and passengers yet another experience of a lifetime. We never know what we’re gonna see while we depart the docks in the morning. That’s the beauty of the Santa Barbara channel!! Video by @captainbeezer DAVE BEEZER (Please tag with credit to the captain and crew if reposted). . . . . . #whalewatch #whalewatching #orcas #orca #orcas #orcinusorca #killerwhale #artofvisuals #travel #orcinusorca #wildlifephotography #wildlifephotographeroftheyear #earth #saveourorcas #biggsarethebalance #santabarbara #seesb #visitsantabarbara #california #cali #CA51 #CA216 #CA138 https://www.instagram.com/p/B3Ro2rnB_19/?igshid=15y6jb24hl7qb

[californiatransients]

2/4/18 - The CA216′s with a male whose ID is currently pending. Will update once I have it!

The female with the tall curved dorsal fin is matriarch CA216, while the one with the raggedy dorsal is CA216B Jagged, one of her daughters.

Photos by Daniel Bianchetta and Wil Monterey Bay Whale Watch