tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-130197342024-03-13T03:04:39.274+01:00Killer Whales of the Northern Resident CommunityAn online catalogue of the orcas of the Northern Resident Community of the Pacific North West.Janhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00106629761591242577noreply@blogger.comBlogger79125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13019734.post-20500742779130452032017-11-25T07:30:00.000+01:002007-11-25T11:44:45.957+01:00Northern Resident CommunityTe northern resident community is comprised of three clans A, G and R, with a total of 16 pods and 33 matrilines.<br /><br />Matrilines are named first after the senior living matriarch of the group.<br />Thus as an example, the matriarch A11, her sons and daughters and grandsons and granddaughters, all belong to the A11 matriline. When reference is made to specific reproductive daughters in the matriline, and their offsspring, these "submatrilines" ar identified with the grandmother and mother's name. Thus, A35, daughter of A11, and A35's offspring are referred to as the A11-A35 matriline. Upon death of the senior matriarch, her name is dropped from the descendant matriline's name, unless sons or non-reproductive daughters of the matriarch survive, in which case the original matriarch's identity is retained in the matriline's name. E.g. A36 matriline. This matriline lost its matriarch Sophia (A36) in 1997. It now consist of only three males and will die out in time.<br /><br />The range of the northern resident community includes coastal waters from the midpoint of Vancouver Island north to southeastern Alaska.<br />The orcas of the community are most commonly seen during the summer months in the area of western Johnstone Strait and Queen Charlotte Strait, off northeastern Vancouver Island.<br />In this region salmon funnel into narrow channels on their way to spawning rivers, and the orcas congregate here to intercept them.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-COKtsq3IDAGcbjOdD5Y4-3sACj0zg-TKnMr7QmXvgTYSpKNsB0foKkfcs0l_yFEEYtlFot4FUE5JKS2-JckR0Fv7fh57JqqEp081dw5g6_eAjru0CvKHkJBBlgYaquCmJ4tJVg/s1600-h/map.gif"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-COKtsq3IDAGcbjOdD5Y4-3sACj0zg-TKnMr7QmXvgTYSpKNsB0foKkfcs0l_yFEEYtlFot4FUE5JKS2-JckR0Fv7fh57JqqEp081dw5g6_eAjru0CvKHkJBBlgYaquCmJ4tJVg/s400/map.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5136666530531563634" /></a><br /><br />Dialects<br />Different orca populatios can be distinguished by the kinds of underwater communication sounds the produce.<br />These vocal variations, known as dialects, can provide important clues about the relationships of groups and populations.<br />Each group a orcas produces a specific number and type of discrete calls, which together form its dialect.<br />Each pod of resident orcas has a unique dialect that can be readily identified by the trained aer or sound analyzer.<br />Within the resident population, pods with related dialects belong to a clan.<br />Different clans have no dialect features in common.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8QIQuqr4hfesh0wDNnLpQMJqxRyRf30JiPfdTg24VTc1tScthUY3eEgo9pFwPqCbL51KDWR4kV4pcmMET7zen6Aa89mKuhh0ru-S-3HmrmAeodiMQ09-p3BFw-LKAlDv-EEbYYw/s1600-h/Acoustic+similairity.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8QIQuqr4hfesh0wDNnLpQMJqxRyRf30JiPfdTg24VTc1tScthUY3eEgo9pFwPqCbL51KDWR4kV4pcmMET7zen6Aa89mKuhh0ru-S-3HmrmAeodiMQ09-p3BFw-LKAlDv-EEbYYw/s400/Acoustic+similairity.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5136726647188805762" /></a><br /><br />Learn more about the matrilines of the northern resident community by following the links at the sidebarJanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00106629761591242577noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13019734.post-8830305665934009052017-11-04T08:09:00.001+01:002010-05-05T09:01:06.406+02:00A1 Pod - A36 MatrilineOur knowledge of the A36 family goes back to 1970, when an adult female with a severely damaged dorsal fin was one of the first orcas identified in the Johnstone Strait area. Called "Tulip" for the look of her fin & later "Stubb", she was given the designation "A1", i.e. the first identified member of the first identified orca family. When A1 died in 1974 the matriarch of the family became her daughter Sophia, A36, and the family became known as "the A36s". Eventually, in 1997, Sophia died. Today, the family consists of three brothers, A32 (Cracroft), A37 (Plumper) and A46 (Kaikash). Huge males with distinct dorsal fins and voices, they are an unmistakable presence in the "core area".<br />Source: Orcalab <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmfjgtb5mFkBSB2ugNsF0QSP2sjRYZNumNSYlAP8KHoJaM1uW8yL9d5huddWREPFhgWFEnfowbjoPgg9wnHaroG0sCjy1-H940p4sjYvnbXrK46f-oN-iKJFlLpjnzkv0aFUJrvQ/s1600-h/A36+matriline.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmfjgtb5mFkBSB2ugNsF0QSP2sjRYZNumNSYlAP8KHoJaM1uW8yL9d5huddWREPFhgWFEnfowbjoPgg9wnHaroG0sCjy1-H940p4sjYvnbXrK46f-oN-iKJFlLpjnzkv0aFUJrvQ/s320/A36+matriline.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5128907570544888610" /></a><br />----------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><strong>A36s harassing a Dall's porpoise</strong><br />The incident occured on November 8th 2004. <br />The three brothers appeared in front of Cracroft Point where a camera of Orca-Live recorded the whole event. They started porpoising through the water. They were chasing a small Dall's porpoise. This is very unusual, because the A36s are -just like all the Residents- fish eaters and they usually don't hunt marine mammals. <br /><br />The video below shows a part of the harassing.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="350"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/RgR9I5njjuY"> </param> <embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/RgR9I5njjuY" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="350"> </embed> </object><br />----------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><strong>Distinctive calls</strong><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf8wYsdXj-lI-uq1OLce-WkW2V30sOADwjp7WRAeSphbtcxlBWG_IsmCEO0vYRZZcIaSFGEUONTmwF5Kgk3ouHmEYNEUd4O086Qaogb-j9PSp4EqdBcpGLMVXo1Jxl9HB3Tv4OnA/s1600-h/N9iv.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf8wYsdXj-lI-uq1OLce-WkW2V30sOADwjp7WRAeSphbtcxlBWG_IsmCEO0vYRZZcIaSFGEUONTmwF5Kgk3ouHmEYNEUd4O086Qaogb-j9PSp4EqdBcpGLMVXo1Jxl9HB3Tv4OnA/s320/N9iv.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5129786020205939506" /></a><br />The call repertoire of the A36 matriline was characterized by a high proportion of N5 calls and the exclusive use of subtype N9iv. Compared to the A1-typical N9, N9iv is significantly shorter and, after the initial buzz, shows a steeper rise towards the end, which gives it a “squeaky” quality.<br /><br /><br /><br />The repertoire of the A1 pod consists of the following 14 discrete calls:<br />N1i, N2, N3, N4, N5i, N7i, N7ii, N8i, N9i, N10, N11i, N12, N27 and N47<br /><br />The calls N1i, N9i, N27 and N47 are exclusive for A1 pod. The other 10 calls are shared with at least the A4s and A5s.<br /><br />The calls N2, N4, N7i and N10 are also made by the A4s and A5s.<br />The calls N3 and N12 are made by all the A clan groups.<br />The call N5i are also made by the A4s, A5s, Bs, Hs and I1s<br />The call N7ii are also made by the A4s, A5s and I1s<br />The cal N8i are also made by the A4s, A5s and Hs<br />The call N11i are also made by the A4s, A5s and Bs<br /><br /><br />----------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><strong>A1 Stubbs</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/janvantwillert/15044188/" title="A01 Stubbs by Jenny & Jan, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/9/15044188_5d8ebbbb2c_m.jpg" width="175" height="213" alt="A01 Stubbs" /></a><br />The first known matriarch of this matriline was the female A1, known as “Stubbs” because of her lopped-off dorsal fin. Identified in 1971 she was the first whale named in the study. (Source: Killer Whales Second Edtion)<br /><br />A1 was born in 1927 and died in 1974. <br />----------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><strong>A36 Sophia</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/janvantwillert/15078316/" title="A36 Sophia by Jenny & Jan, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/12/15078316_21ba6c8308_m.jpg" width="240" height="231" alt="A36 Sophia" /></a><br /><br />A36 was possible born to A1 in 1947. She died on the age of 50 in 1997.<br />----------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><strong>A20 Hardy</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/janvantwillert/15078317/" title="A20 by Jenny & Jan, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/13/15078317_b71c4813d3_m.jpg" width="157" height="240" alt="A20" /></a><br />A20 was probable born to A1 in 1953. A20 was also called Wavy because of the look of his dorsal fin. He died in 1992 at the age of 39.<br /><br />----------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><strong>A32 Cracroft</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/janvantwillert/15044189/" title="A32 cracroft by Jenny & Jan, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/9/15044189_c1431ef53b_m.jpg" width="162" height="240" alt="A32 cracroft" /></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/janvantwillert/16243698/" title="A32 Cracroft right by Jenny & Jan, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/12/16243698_9b4ff239e7_m.jpg" width="180" height="240" alt="A32 Cracroft right" /></a><br />A32 was born to A36 in 1964.<br />A32 is the father of I42, Skuna. Skuna was born 1983 to I11, of the I11 matriline.<br />----------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><strong>A37 Plumper</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/janvantwillert/15044190/" title="A37 plumper by Jenny & Jan, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/9/15044190_fed39f1c98_m.jpg" width="161" height="240" alt="A37 plumper" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/janvantwillert/23036223/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://photos19.flickr.com/23036223_7a4245338d_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="A37" /></a><br /><br />A37 was born to A36 in 1977<br />----------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><strong>A46 Kaikash</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/janvantwillert/15044191/" title="A46 Kaikash by Jenny & Jan, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/10/15044191_866dd76db5_m.jpg" width="162" height="240" alt="A46 Kaikash" /></a><br />A46 was born to A36 in 1982<br /><br />Remarks. <div align="left"><strong>A46 with scar on his dorsal</strong><br />Journal Cetacealab</div><div align="left">Sunday 12 June 2005</div><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2564/1106/1600/A46%20with%20scar.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2564/1106/320/A46%20with%20scar.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Early in the morning we received a report of Orcas at the south end of Campania Island heading nortwest along the shoreline.It turned out to be the brothers but this time we noticed something different. As we idled parallel to them we noticed something on the right side of A46 dorsal fin but could not be sure because of the sun was shining straight on his fin from the side. But later we saw it again and this time it turned out to be for real. Looks like a big scar halfway down his dorsal with 3-4 streaks going up almost to the tip. Almost looks like he hit the rocks while chasing a salmon along the rocks. It must have happened some time between this morning and June 7th, because we did not notice it the last time. <br /><br /><br />----------------------------------------------------------------------------------Janhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00106629761591242577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13019734.post-721740817873138702017-11-01T16:23:00.000+01:002007-12-27T15:21:14.464+01:00A1 Pod - A12 MatrilineThe matriarch A12 is called "Scimitar" because her dorsal fin has the distinctive curved shape of the sword. Born in 1941, she had two youngsters with her when she was first seen in the early 1970s... her sons A31 (Pulteney) and A33 (Nimpkish). In 1975 her daughter Simoom (A34) was born. For many years the profile of the family was that of a mum with two growing sons and a daughter swimming beside her. When the sons became adults and Simoom started having her own babies, the picture of the A12s was that of a perfect orca family. Nimpkish became "Uncle 33" because he spent much of his time with young Echo, while his brother Pulteney continued being his mum's closest companion. Pulteney died in 1997 at age 39. Today, the family's focus has shifted to the new generation of Simoom and her 5 babies, though granny Scimitar and Nimpkish are always nearby, too. Simoom is a special mum to us partly because of the timing of the birth dates of her babies... all five were born in late October or early November! In 2005 A62, Misty had her first born A83. From now on this matriline counts 4 generations.<br />In 2006 the fourth youngster of Simoom, A74 Stormy was missing. He is considered dead by now at the age of 6.<br />Source: Orcalab<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIZ3Pn1Jo_b9Bqt97XepzmeO-FMqOAAAT3f9rB9wje24QUoZYdpAPdNpF_YJpl9wO9ONaRb-gp-YRkAO2nlxnJd15ggevdnimSMRU0N7W0-C8kci_njKH_Nx4W55XDWaTGp-Oz6A/s1600-h/A12s+matriline.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIZ3Pn1Jo_b9Bqt97XepzmeO-FMqOAAAT3f9rB9wje24QUoZYdpAPdNpF_YJpl9wO9ONaRb-gp-YRkAO2nlxnJd15ggevdnimSMRU0N7W0-C8kci_njKH_Nx4W55XDWaTGp-Oz6A/s400/A12s+matriline.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5133687274927085618" /></a><br /><br /><br />----------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br />Video of the A12 matriline in the Robson Bight. Recorded September 2000 from the Lukwa.<br /><object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/zFuUwYQGCq4&rel=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/zFuUwYQGCq4&rel=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object><br /><br />----------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><strong>Distinctive calls</strong><br /><br />All three matrilines, but in particular the A12 matriline, produced a rendition of call type N5, first described by Ford 1987. This N5iii, also known as “A12special” among local researchers, is a relatively long call with a sharp initial rise of<br />the fundamental of the repetition rate to 1118±63 Hz and a<br />gradual rise to 1709±185 Hz.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAITqALDE7Gbc-71bzkC-_hoRcNdj0X9KQc1BGdvw32_upLmIExu0wIwpKsJRDml-2CgeyME24wPmOUZv2COcThP162T6hHUY1mPqxWQ5dB6IgjRQ8_LVsTe4iOuKziSEY8OJ9xA/s1600-h/A12+special.bmp"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAITqALDE7Gbc-71bzkC-_hoRcNdj0X9KQc1BGdvw32_upLmIExu0wIwpKsJRDml-2CgeyME24wPmOUZv2COcThP162T6hHUY1mPqxWQ5dB6IgjRQ8_LVsTe4iOuKziSEY8OJ9xA/s400/A12+special.bmp" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5131924536109904162" /></a><br /><br />The repertoire of the A1 pod consists of the following 14 discrete calls:<br />N1i, N2, N3, N4, N5i, N7i, N7ii, N8i, N9i, N10, N11i, N12, N27 and N47<br /><br />The calls N1i, N9i, N27 and N47 are exclusive for A1 pod. The other 10 calls are shared with at least the A4s and A5s.<br /><br />The calls N2, N4, N7i and N10 are also made by the A4s and A5s.<br />The calls N3 and N12 are made by all the A clan groups.<br />The call N5i are also made by the A4s, A5s, Bs, Hs and I1s<br />The call N7ii are also made by the A4s, A5s and I1s<br />The cal N8i are also made by the A4s, A5s and Hs<br />The call N11i are also made by the A4s, A5s and Bs<br /><br /><object width="425" height="350"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/b7fQbE0-uho"> </param> <embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/b7fQbE0-uho" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="350"> </embed> </object><br /><br />More calls of the A12s<br /><object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/zS_BZK34JYE&rel=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/zS_BZK34JYE&rel=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object><br /><br /><br /><br />----------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br /><strong>A12 Scimitar F:1941</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/janvantwillert/15044192/" title="A12 scimitar by Jenny & Jan, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/9/15044192_9c57fed633_m.jpg" width="197" height="190" alt="A12 scimitar" /></a><br />A12 Scimitar was born in 1941<br />Scimitar (A12), is the matriarch of the A12 Matriline. The code shown above her name (F:1941) indicates that she is female and scientists estimate she was born in 1941. The two whales shown below are her two surviving offspring Nimpkish (A33) and Simoom (A34). As with many killer whales in the resident population, Nimpkish (A33) and Simoom's (A34) father is unknown.<br />----------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br /><strong>A31 Pulteney M:1958-1997</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/janvantwillert/75085421/" title="A31 by Jenny & Jan, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/37/75085421_3dc2d1cc11_m.jpg" width="166" height="240" alt="A31" /></a><br />----------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br /><strong>A33 Nimkish M:1971</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/janvantwillert/15044193/" title="A33 nimpkish by Jenny & Jan, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/9/15044193_ee6dd4aeab_m.jpg" width="164" height="240" alt="A33 nimpkish" /></a><br />Nimpkish (A33) is an adult male killer whale thought to have been born in 1971. He will travel with his mother Scimitar (A12) and sister Simoom (A34) and her offspring throughout his life.<br /><br />----------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br /><strong>A34 Simoom F:1975</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/janvantwillert/15503214/" title="A34 Simoom by Jenny & Jan, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/10/15503214_28c12c4a47_m.jpg" width="240" height="234" alt="A34 Simoom" /></a><br />Simoom (A34) is an adult female killer whale born in 1975. The five whales shown below Simoom (A34) are her offspring<br />----------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br /><strong>A55 Echo M:1990</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/janvantwillert/1978629367/" title="A55 Echo by Jenny & Jan, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2245/1978629367_3ee1d5988e_m.jpg" width="167" height="240" alt="A55 Echo" /></a><br />Echo (A55) sprouting<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/janvantwillert/15503215/" title="A55 Echo by Jenny & Jan, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/10/15503215_e29d787d7c_m.jpg" width="240" height="238" alt="A55 Echo" /></a><br />Echo (A55) is a young male killer whale born in 1990. Normally researchers would have had to wait until Echo reached sexual maturity, at around age 14, to determine his gender but new techniques in DNA sampling have allowed them to determine the gender of Echo (A55), his sisters Misty (A62) and Eclipse (A67).<br /><br />----------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br /><strong>A62 Misty F:1993</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/janvantwillert/1979523068/" title="A62 Misty by Jenny & Jan, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2001/1979523068_1fee0761f1_m.jpg" width="240" height="240" alt="A62 Misty" /></a><br />Misty (A62) is a young female killer whale born in 1993. DNA sampling has shown that Misty's father is a whale known as W2 who is part of R-Clan.<br />In 2005 Misty (A62) get her first calf Dusky (A83)<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/janvantwillert/15503216/" title="A62 Misty by Jenny & Jan, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/14/15503216_c5ebb0c383_m.jpg" width="240" height="237" alt="A62 Misty" /></a><br />This photo shows Misty (A62) when she was a calf<br />----------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br /><strong>A67 Eclipse F:1996 </strong><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/janvantwillert/1980329444/" title="A67 Eclips by Jenny & Jan, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2414/1980329444_93351e2807_m.jpg" width="240" height="239" alt="A67 Eclips" /></a><br />Eclipse (A67) is a young female killer whale born in 1996. Like her grandmother Scimitar (A12),her mother Simoom (A34)and her sister Misty (A62), she will likely become a mother and may eventually become a matriarch of her own Matriline.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/janvantwillert/15503217/" title="A67 Eclipse by Jenny & Jan, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/9/15503217_27e8fb350a_m.jpg" width="240" height="237" alt="A67 Eclipse" /></a><br />Eclipse (A67) when she was a calf<br /><br />----------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br /><strong>A74 Stormy ?:2000-2006</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/janvantwillert/96659270/" title="A74 Stormy by Jenny & Jan, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/23/96659270_2cc3692d27_m.jpg" width="240" height="210" alt="A74 Stormy" /></a><br />Orcalab reports: <br /><br />In addition to the loss of C21 (from the C6s) and A59 (from the A35s), it looks like A74, Stormy (from the A34/A12s) is also gone. This is the first A34 calf, that we know of, to have died. The report comes from Graeme Ellis. Graeme remarked that he was surprised as A74 had seemed to be very robust & energetic last Fall and was showing that he was a very good hunter. We personally have felt a strong connection to A34, as most of her calves have been born in the Fall and in this area. And this has meant that we have seen her calves very soon after their birth. Stormy was most likely born shortly after a large superpod swept through Johnstone Strait on August 20, 2000. At that time, some of the groups (including the A12s), travelled all the way east to Campbell River. When the A12s returned "up the Strait", a short while later, Stormy was there! We will never know what happened to Stormy but the news about Quadra (C21) and Canoona (A82) is a reminder to us all that the orcas are vulnerable. Their home has become a busy, hectic, noisy place.<br /><br />----------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br /><strong>A80 Hope ?:2004</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/janvantwillert/1979568409/" title="A80 Hope by Jenny & Jan, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2404/1979568409_11675272f4_m.jpg" width="240" height="187" alt="A80 Hope" /></a><br />---------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br /><strong>A83 Dusky ?:2005</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/janvantwillert/1979592397/" title="A83 Dusky by Jenny & Jan, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2287/1979592397_5b1d3efde0_m.jpg" width="240" height="186" alt="A83 Dusky" /></a><br />---------------------------------------------------------------------------------Janhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00106629761591242577noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13019734.post-75477033416471693022008-03-15T09:51:00.023+01:002008-03-19T15:50:30.979+01:00C1 pod - C6 matrilineThe C6 and C10 matriline are mostly encountered separately - in only about 20% of encounters in the 1990s were the two groups together.<br /><br />The matriarch of this matriline is C6, Ivory. Ivory was born in 1955. Her mother was problably C4, born in 1937. C1, was probably Ivory's brother.<br />Ivory had 5 offspring. The first born was C9, Weynton in 1971. Weynton was reported missing in 2000. Four years later C8, Lama was born in 1975. The father of Lama is R6, Caamano who died in 1999 or 2000. Lama is a productive female who has also 5 offspring of her own.<br />In 1985 Ivory had a son, C14, Hunter and in 1991 she had another son C18, Squally<br /><br />As mentioned C8 had also 5 offspring. In 1989 she had her firstborn, a son, C16, Kisameet. The second calf was a daughter born in 1991, C19, Virago. <br />In 1994 C21 Quadra was born. Quadra had a calf in 2006, designated C27. In July 2006 Quadra died after a collision with a vessel. C21's body was recovered and<br />necropsied near Prince Rupert in 2006 and showed signs of blunt force trauma indicative of a major collision. Her calf C27 was seen travelling with C8 after the<br />accident.<br />In 1997 Lama had C22, Diver and in 2004 she had her last calf C25, Ta-aack. Maybe because of her last calf, C8 was able to nurse her grandchild C27...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIDmI1lrLLUONv_A-sK4F4_5mX1WrNCCP-OKWlD4WaCY2WDx89m-VMPWVgsUEwsofnBtMnip30WJIuHk3EW34LzDTjzEf4ipw87MTRVe9UOz4eEBnjmgGicH5E1CFuil-ON4UGTA/s1600-h/C6s.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIDmI1lrLLUONv_A-sK4F4_5mX1WrNCCP-OKWlD4WaCY2WDx89m-VMPWVgsUEwsofnBtMnip30WJIuHk3EW34LzDTjzEf4ipw87MTRVe9UOz4eEBnjmgGicH5E1CFuil-ON4UGTA/s400/C6s.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5178265969287500210" /></a><br /><br /><br />-------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br />Discrete calls<br /><br />The C10 and C6 matrilines share a dialect that is very similar to that of D1 pod. <br /><br />-------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br />C4 F: 1937-1982<br /><br />-------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />C3 Booker M: <1952-1997<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/janvantwillert/75547110/" title="C3 Booker by Jenny & Jan, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/37/75547110_002c69375f_m.jpg" width="171" height="240" alt="C3 Booker" /></a><br />-------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />C7 M: <1951-1984<br /><br />-------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />C1 M: <1951-1980<br /><br />-------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />C6 Ivory F: 1955<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/janvantwillert/28517709/" title="C6 Ivory by Jenny & Jan, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/23/28517709_7360e09ab2_m.jpg" width="240" height="237" alt="C6 Ivory" /></a><br /><br />-------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />C9 Weynton M: 1971-2000<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/janvantwillert/28517711/" title="C9 Weynton by Jenny & Jan, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/21/28517711_3cc0713421_m.jpg" width="168" height="240" alt="C9 Weynton" /></a><br /><br />-------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />C8 Lama F: 1975<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/janvantwillert/28517710/" title="C8 Lama by Jenny & Jan, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/22/28517710_1f2844e935_m.jpg" width="240" height="234" alt="C8 Lama" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/janvantwillert/2337204384/" title="C8 Lama 2007 by Jenny & Jan, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2348/2337204384_713b5af676_m.jpg" width="240" height="239" alt="C8 Lama 2007" /></a><br /><br />-------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />C12 ?: 1979-1986<br /><br />-------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />C14 Hunter M: 1985<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/janvantwillert/28526852/" title="C14 Hunter by Jenny & Jan, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/23/28526852_ab997d360a_m.jpg" width="167" height="240" alt="C14 Hunter" /></a><br /><br /><br />-------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />C18 Squally M: 1991<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/janvantwillert/28526854/" title="C18 Squally by Jenny & Jan, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/21/28526854_8627c116da_m.jpg" width="240" height="235" alt="C18 Squally" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/janvantwillert/2336369355/" title="C18 Squally 2007 by Jenny & Jan, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2419/2336369355_7404efa3b1_m.jpg" width="167" height="240" alt="C18 Squally 2007" /></a><br /><br />-------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />C16 Kisameet M: 1989<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/janvantwillert/28526853/" title="C16 Kisameet by Jenny & Jan, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/21/28526853_cb412c2231_m.jpg" width="240" height="236" alt="C16 Kisameet" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/janvantwillert/2337204446/" title="C16 Kisameet 2007 by Jenny & Jan, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3267/2337204446_933cf6c573_m.jpg" width="167" height="240" alt="C16 Kisameet 2007" /></a><br /><br />-------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />C19 Virago F: 1991<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/janvantwillert/28526855/" title="C19 Firago by Jenny & Jan, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/21/28526855_06e497c4d3_m.jpg" width="240" height="238" alt="C19 Firago" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/janvantwillert/2336369393/" title="C19 Firago.jpg 2007 by Jenny & Jan, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2250/2336369393_459916350a_m.jpg" width="240" height="239" alt="C19 Firago.jpg 2007" /></a><br /><br />-------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />C21 Quadra F: 1994-2006<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/janvantwillert/28534149/" title="C21 Quadra by Jenny & Jan, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/21/28534149_b880f8a63a_m.jpg" width="240" height="237" alt="C21 Quadra" /></a><br /><br />-------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />C22 Diver ?: 1997<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/janvantwillert/28534150/" title="C22 Diver by Jenny & Jan, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/21/28534150_990530f5fc_m.jpg" width="240" height="168" alt="C22 Diver" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/janvantwillert/2336369451/" title="C22 Diver 2007 by Jenny & Jan, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3138/2336369451_0be3eb4455_m.jpg" width="240" height="239" alt="C22 Diver 2007" /></a><br />-------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />C25 Ta-aack ?: 2004<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/janvantwillert/2337204736/" title="C25 by Jenny & Jan, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2181/2337204736_7134066a96_m.jpg" width="240" height="186" alt="C25" /></a><br /><br />-------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />C27 ?: 2006<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/janvantwillert/2336369509/" title="C27 by Jenny & Jan, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2085/2336369509_be704e38a1_m.jpg" width="240" height="239" alt="C27" /></a><br /><br />-------------------------------------------------------------------------------Janhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00106629761591242577noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13019734.post-45282670499358289192007-12-29T08:42:00.002+01:002008-03-15T09:50:34.314+01:00B1 pod - B7 MatrilineB1 pod was long known for its unusually high number of males. Although two old males, B1 and B2 died in 1998, the pod is still comprised mostly of males. The pod travels alone more than any other northern resident group, perhaps due to its preonderance of males.<br /><br />The matriarch is Scarlet B7. She had between 1964 and 1995 7 calves, which 6 are males.<br />In 1964 B8, Izumi was born. Izumi died in 2002. After almost 13 years Scarlet had her second calf, B10, Slingsby in 1979. Then after 5 years she had B12, Nakwakto in 1984 who died in 2006. Three years later she had her fourth son, B13, Yaculta, born in 1987.<br />Then in 1991 she had her only daughter B14, Klaskish, who had her first calf, B16, Arrow, in 2004.<br />In 1995 Scarlet had her last son B15, Raven.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi49cuJTl6AU1wRE1HH89rVwMf9nkLc-7Ae20gclneF6kBbVUSlZO510_B_kt3oScIuhgj5EdsZnUJOcmLygt2vFvEXKKTtlUo5md0NdT-hja3KtjtdwaSIFOyLjsaMRMnJz-jYNg/s1600-h/B7+matriline.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi49cuJTl6AU1wRE1HH89rVwMf9nkLc-7Ae20gclneF6kBbVUSlZO510_B_kt3oScIuhgj5EdsZnUJOcmLygt2vFvEXKKTtlUo5md0NdT-hja3KtjtdwaSIFOyLjsaMRMnJz-jYNg/s400/B7+matriline.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5149645663062825346" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/janvantwillert/2254507370/" title="B7 matriline by Jenny & Jan, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2370/2254507370_d940344ff0.jpg" width="500" height="334" alt="B7 matriline" /></a><br />------------------------------------------------------------------------------- <br /><br />Discrete calls<br /><br />-------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br /><strong>B11 F: 1927-1973</strong><br /><br />-------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />B2 Baronet M: <1952-1998<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/janvantwillert/71739269/" title="B2 by Jenny & Jan, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/34/71739269_ddee4a7333_m.jpg" width="168" height="240" alt="B2" /></a><br /><br /><br />-------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />B7 Scarlet F: 1947<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/janvantwillert/23035461/" title="B7 Scarlet by Jenny & Jan, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/16/23035461_5db1877fd5_m.jpg" width="240" height="233" alt="B7 Scarlet" /></a><br /><br />-------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />B1 M: Hooker <1951-1998<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/janvantwillert/71739268/" title="B1 Hooker by Jenny & Jan, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/34/71739268_6895c4ec08_m.jpg" width="165" height="240" alt="B1 Hooker" /></a><br />One of the first whales they identified was Hooker, which came from his distinctive fin, which hooked forward.<br /><br />-------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />B3 M: 1958-1982<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/janvantwillert/248197183/" title="B3 by Jenny & Jan, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/90/248197183_69b76e475a_m.jpg" width="155" height="240" alt="B3" /></a><br /><br />-------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />B5 M: 1963-1985<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/janvantwillert/248197186/" title="B5 by Jenny & Jan, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/98/248197186_ae509b8ab8_m.jpg" width="170" height="240" alt="B5" /></a><br /><br />-------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />B6 M Bauza: 1973-1992<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/janvantwillert/71739271/" title="B6 by Jenny & Jan, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/34/71739271_6eccb5fa00_m.jpg" width="167" height="240" alt="B6" /></a><br />When first identified, the Bs had a very, very small calf, young enough that he was still orange. Researchers called him Rusty because of his orange colouring. Rusty was very active as well, and while most calves were, he was hyper! <br />It's probable that Rusty was B6, who was born to B11 the year the study started. If so, he would grow up to be actually named Bauza. <br /><br />-------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />B8 Izumi M: 1964-2002<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/janvantwillert/23035462/" title="B8 Izumi by Jenny & Jan, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/17/23035462_ba1ac021a0_m.jpg" width="167" height="240" alt="B8 Izumi" /></a><br /><br />-------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />B10 Slingsby M: 1979<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/janvantwillert/23035463/" title="B10 Slingsby by Jenny & Jan, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/18/23035463_1235ae7b89_m.jpg" width="169" height="240" alt="B10 Slingsby" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/janvantwillert/230619494/" title="B10 by Jenny & Jan, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/64/230619494_40774703a1_m.jpg" width="139" height="240" alt="B10" /></a><br /><br />The dorsal fin of B10 is very waky, tilting over to 30 degrees<br /><br />2006: B10’s fin is straightening out.<br />-------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />B12 Nakwakto M: 1984-2006<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/janvantwillert/23035464/" title="B12 Nakwakto by Jenny & Jan, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/16/23035464_3c1f3eeeff_m.jpg" width="170" height="240" alt="B12 Nakwakto" /></a><br /><br />-------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br />B13 Yaculta M: 1987<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/janvantwillert/23035465/" title="B13 Yalculta by Jenny & Jan, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/16/23035465_8161c2c46e_m.jpg" width="169" height="240" alt="B13 Yalculta" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/janvantwillert/2253709225/" title="B13 half collapsed dorsal by Jenny & Jan, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2333/2253709225_e2a0689387_m.jpg" width="167" height="240" alt="B13 half collapsed dorsal" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/janvantwillert/219753023/" title="B13 by Jenny & Jan, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/69/219753023_1a67ae8340_m.jpg" width="240" height="232" alt="B13" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/janvantwillert/235704616/" title="B13 collapsed dorsal by Jenny & Jan, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/84/235704616_e528c95c41_m.jpg" width="160" height="240" alt="B13 collapsed dorsal" /></a><br /><br />B13's fin is total collapsed during the summer of 2006<br />-------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br />B14 Klaskish F: 1991<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/janvantwillert/23036222/" title="B14 Klaskish by Jenny & Jan, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/18/23036222_c6a33958a9_m.jpg" width="240" height="232" alt="B14 Klaskish" /></a><br /><br />B14 may have had (and lost) a calf in 2000, but no photo-ID was taken<br /><br />-------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br />B15 Raven M: 1995<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/janvantwillert/28517708/" title="B15 Raven by Jenny & Jan, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/23/28517708_b25b43f660_m.jpg" width="240" height="240" alt="B15 Raven" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/janvantwillert/235704619/" title="B15 by Jenny & Jan, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/89/235704619_b1d3680ef5_m.jpg" width="160" height="240" alt="B15" /></a><br /><br />B15 has a new nick and started sprouting in 2005<br />-------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br />B16 Arrow ?: 2004<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/janvantwillert/2254596350/" title="B16 Arrow by Jenny & Jan, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2248/2254596350_6225d56189_m.jpg" width="240" height="186" alt="B16 Arrow" /></a>Janhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00106629761591242577noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13019734.post-85014195030861683192007-12-27T18:10:00.000+01:002007-12-29T08:40:19.228+01:00A5 pod - A25 matrilineAs a whole, A5 pod was captured in April 1968 and December 1969, in order to take young orcas into aquariums around the world. Almost an entire generation of orcas were taken from different families of the A5 pod.<br /><br /><br />Erich Hoyt wrote in his book The whale called killer: <br /><em>One subadult female, Corky II, one subadult male (no name) and a female calf, Patches, were shipped to Marineland of the Pacific, south of LA. Patches died the following year of salmonellosis and "no name" a year alter of pneumonia. The remaining female, Corky II, has survived to date.<br />A mature female, 16 foot long and weighing more than two tons, was flown 6.000 miles to England's Cleethorpes Zoo. Calypso, as she came to be known, was transferred soon after to France's Marineland Cote d'Azur, where she died within the year. A male and a female subadult, Nepo and Yaka, were flown to Marine World Africa USA near San Fransisco.</em><br /><br />According to the family tree of the A25 matriline, Patches could be A18 and A17 could be the subadult male with no name.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTlFkYPn_ock5vGb7RoMZ2atw21I2TnNo4mlpgbDhSB6xP1cc3A8nmusXZchuVRfNb0mp4CN1FwYjp-XqoUvBCTh12Qffe70dpj7RpNpmAAbmS0lPZP4yCBm5GaqNHHphJy3gUng/s1600-h/A25+matriline.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTlFkYPn_ock5vGb7RoMZ2atw21I2TnNo4mlpgbDhSB6xP1cc3A8nmusXZchuVRfNb0mp4CN1FwYjp-XqoUvBCTh12Qffe70dpj7RpNpmAAbmS0lPZP4yCBm5GaqNHHphJy3gUng/s400/A25+matriline.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5148952150398572914" /></a><br /><br />-----------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />Discrete calls<br /><br />A5 pod produces 13 discrete calls <br />The A5 pod can be distinguished by the N9iii and N17 call which are exclusive for the A5 pod.<br />The other calls made by the A5 pod, N2, N3, N4, N5i, N7i, N7ii, N8i, N10, N11i, N12 and N13 are all shared with at least A4 pod and except for N13, which is also made by A1 pod.<br />N5i and N11i are also made by the Bs and N3 and N12 are shared with all the A clan groups.<br /><br />----------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br /><strong>A14 Saddle F: 1947-1991</strong><br /><br />----------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br /><strong>A17 M?: 1964-C1969;</strong> <br />Captured 1969. Probably died 1971<br /><br />----------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br /><strong>A18 Patches F: 1969-C1969;</strong> <br />Captured 1969. Probably died 1970<br /><br />----------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br /><strong>A25 Sharky F: 1971-1997</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/janvantwillert/75528401/" title="A25 Sharky by Jenny & Jan, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/40/75528401_3dbdc0ed20_m.jpg" width="240" height="230" alt="A25 Sharky" /></a><br /><br />A25 called Sharky because of the distinctive shape of her dorsal fin.<br />----------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br /><strong>A15 M: 1979-1991</strong><br /><br />----------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br /><strong>A51 Nodales F: 1986</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/janvantwillert/18650820/" title="A51 Nodales by Jenny & Jan, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/12/18650820_5c2d45aa35_m.jpg" width="240" height="234" alt="A51 Nodales" /></a><br /><br />A51 has a solid saddle on her right side.<br />----------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br /><strong>A61 Surge M: 1994</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/janvantwillert/18651033/" title="A61 Surge by Jenny & Jan, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/12/18651033_aee04826ed_m.jpg" width="240" height="234" alt="A61 Surge" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/janvantwillert/2143664930/" title="A61 2007 by Jenny & Jan, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2043/2143664930_0298431849_m.jpg" width="167" height="240" alt="A61 2007" /></a><br /><br />The father of A61 is R12 Kitlope<br />----------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br /><strong>A85 ?: 2005</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/janvantwillert/2143665082/" title="A85 2007 by Jenny & Jan, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2387/2143665082_60b568979c_m.jpg" width="240" height="186" alt="A85 2007" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />----------------------------------------------------------------------------Janhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00106629761591242577noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13019734.post-64864029119308078472007-12-27T15:35:00.000+01:002007-12-28T10:33:37.886+01:00A5 pod - A23 matrilineAfter the death of A23 in 2000, this matriline could now also called the A43 matriline and consists of Fife, A60, brother of Ripple, A43.<br />Ripple had two calfs, A63 which died in the same year 1994 when it was born and Midsummer, A69, born in 1969. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh58jQxxB8kxuh5NM5gEhMO6sKaZmV-2NEQ4KGgcNHStpqnokEuc6TyG0hEKKlHmb0-L9ls2KUFdQFBPRBfuEAgJ07ZiNHAKs6VgmcXMZIQ7CyjVjm0j5pKGLcKddb2ZuGtEnq9uw/s1600-h/A23+matriline.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh58jQxxB8kxuh5NM5gEhMO6sKaZmV-2NEQ4KGgcNHStpqnokEuc6TyG0hEKKlHmb0-L9ls2KUFdQFBPRBfuEAgJ07ZiNHAKs6VgmcXMZIQ7CyjVjm0j5pKGLcKddb2ZuGtEnq9uw/s400/A23+matriline.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5148686472311576930" /></a><br /><br />------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br /><strong>Discrete calls</strong><br /><br />A5 pod produces 13 discrete calls <br />The A5 pod can be distinguished by the N9iii and N17 call which are exclusive for the A5 pod.<br />The other calls made by the A5 pod, N2, N3, N4, N5i, N7i, N7ii, N8i, N10, N11i, N12 and N13 are all shared with at least A4 pod and except for N13, which is also made by A1 pod.<br />N5i and N11i are also made by the Bs and N3 and N12 are shared with all the A clan groups.<br /><br />------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br /><strong>A7 F: 1927-1977</strong><br /><br />------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br /><br /><strong>A23 Stripe F: 1947-2000</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/janvantwillert/18650817/" title="A23 Stripe by Jenny & Jan, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/12/18650817_d9c3c29d73_m.jpg" width="240" height="234" alt="A23 Stripe" /></a><br /><br />A23 Stripe was captured in December 1969 with her probable calfs A16 and A21. She and A21 where released. <br /><br />------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />A16 Corky F: 1964; Captured 1969<br /><br />A16 was captured, along with several other Orcas, on December 11, 1969 in Pender Harbor, British Columbia, Canada.<br />Corky, along with a young unnamed male and a young female later named Patches, were sold to Marineland of the Pacific, in Palos Verdes, California<br />Corky was placed in a small pool with an adult male, Orky (II) also caught in Pender Harbor the year before her own capture. The two Orcas remained together at the park for the next seventeen years.<br /><br />During her time at Marineland, Corky became the first orca to become pregnant and give birth in captivity. With her first calf, nobody even knew she was pregnant. On February 28, 1977, the first calf to be born alive in captivity was born at Marineland to Corky and Orky. The calf was a male and died after sixteen days.<br /><br />Corky went on to give birth six more times while at Marineland. Kiva, the longest surviving calf, lived only a total of 47 days. There are several reasons as to why Corky's calves didn't survive. The first might be that she was captured too young to have learned how to properly take care of a calf. Though, even after she went through training to teach her how to nurse, the calves continued to die. Another reason the calves died so young could be attributed to the shape of Marineland's pools - small circles. Corky had to continually push her calves away from the walls and could not properly present her mammaries to the calves so that they could nurse.<br /><br />Her time at Marineland ended in January of 1987, after the park was sold to SeaWorld. Corky, then pregnant for the seventh time, was moved with Orky a few hours south, to the park in San Diego. There, at SeaWorld, Corky suffered a miscarriage.<br /><br />------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br /><strong>A21 ?: 1967-1973</strong><br />On 26 December 1973 A21 was struck by a ferry, the M/V Comox Queen, a ship that is part of the BC Ferries fleet.<br />The ship was en route from Comox to Powell River when it encountered killer whales.<br />The pod consisted of a bull, cow and two calves. It was one of the calves that had been struck by the ship's propellers.<br />The cow and the bull cradled the injured calf between them to prevent it from turning upside-down. Occasionally the bull would lose its position and the calf would roll over on its side. When this occurred the slashes caused by the propeller were quite visible. The bull, when this happened, would make a tight circle, submerge, and rise slowly beside the calf; righting it, and then proceed with the diving and surfacing. While this was going on the other calf stayed right behind the injured one. <br />It appears that the young whale did live for at least fifteen days. We later received a report from a resident of Powell River, who, on 10 January. 1974, observed "two whales supporting a third one, preventing it from turning over." We do not know whether the whale survived after this, as we received no further sightings or photographs from which we could identify the individual. We suspect, however, that it might have been a young A5-pod whale identified as A21, which was last seen in 1973.<br />(Source:Killer Whales, UBC Press, Ford, Ellis, & Balcomb, © 1994)<br /><br />------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br /><strong>A27 Okisollo M: 1971-2001</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/janvantwillert/18650818/" title="A27 Okisollo by Jenny & Jan, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/12/18650818_822487486d_m.jpg" width="166" height="240" alt="A27 Okisollo" /></a><br /><br />------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br /><strong>A29 ?: 1977-1980</strong><br /><br />------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br /><strong>A43 Ripple F: 1981</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/janvantwillert/18650819/" title="A43 Ripple by Jenny & Jan, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/12/18650819_00d220b5ee_m.jpg" width="240" height="236" alt="A43 Ripple" /></a><br /><br />------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><strong>A60 Fife M: 1992</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/janvantwillert/18651032/" title="A60 Fife by Jenny & Jan, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/12/18651032_b65bc04d07_m.jpg" width="240" height="239" alt="A60 Fife" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/janvantwillert/2142738621/" title="A60 fife 2007 by Jenny & Jan, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2236/2142738621_0aff8f68cc_m.jpg" width="167" height="240" alt="A60 fife 2007" /></a><br /><br />The father of A60 is R3 Nigei<br /><br /><br />A60 injured<br /><br />A little before 7am on July 27th 2003 a large group of orcas passed OrcaLab close to the Hanson Island shore, heading towards Johnstone Strait. The orcas were moving quickly in a tightly packed group, their dorsal fins rising and disappearing almost in unison. Peering through spotting ‘scopes, we were startled to see a large reddish patch that appeared to be a fresh wound in the area of the saddle patch on an individual in the middle of the group. The patch looked raw though it was not obviously bleeding. We were unsure as to the whale’s identity. A few days later, one of the whale watching vessels reported a huge wound on the right side of an orca. Then, on August 2nd, DFO researcher Graeme Ellis positively identified the injured orca as A60. The wound is huge and was almost certainly caused by the propeller of a fairly large vessel moving at considerable speed. Photographs show a series of deep cuts in A60’s right side beginning in front of the saddle patch and extending well behind it. Some of the cuts appear to have gone through the blubber layer. The images presented here, taken by photographer Rolf Hicker (http://www.hickerphoto.com/), show that A60’s wound is serious.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/janvantwillert/20017405/" title="A60 Fife by Jenny & Jan, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/17/20017405_766a0f4af8_m.jpg" width="240" height="171" alt="A60 Fife" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/janvantwillert/2143530530/" title="A60 injuries by Jenny & Jan, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2295/2143530530_279d8428e7_m.jpg" width="240" height="159" alt="A60 injuries" /></a><br /><br />A60 (Fife) is 11 years old. He is a member of the A23 matriline of the A5 pod. This group suffered from two captures, in 1968 and 1969, during which it lost the majority of its members. Over the years, several A5 pod members have suffered major injuries caused by vessel propellers. The pod’s matriarch, A9, had scars on her back almost to her backbone. Another member (A21) died after being struck by a ferry propeller in 1973. A60’s mother A23 (Stripe) had several major injuries though not all were caused by propeller strikes. Today, the A5 pod has just 8 members in the wild, a number that is down considerably from the 13 of four years ago. One additional member remains captive. She is Corky, A60’s oldest sister, one of just two survivors from the era of “live captures” that took place in the 1960s & ‘70s and devasted the orca populations of the Pacific Northwest.<br />We cannot know if A60 will survive his injury. At this time he still looks strong and is having no apparent difficulty keeping up with the other orcas. But infection could easily set in. In the days ahead, we will be watching him closely, and hoping for his recovery from this tragic (and unnecessary) accident.<br />(Source: OrcaLab News - August 12th, 2003)<br /><br />------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br /><strong>A63 ?: 1994-1994</strong><br /><br />------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br /><strong>A69 Midsummer F: 1996</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/janvantwillert/18651031/" title="A69 Midsummer by Jenny & Jan, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/12/18651031_907abf3480_m.jpg" width="240" height="235" alt="A69 Midsummer" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/janvantwillert/2142738705/" title="A69 2007 by Jenny & Jan, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2239/2142738705_f20da28d53_m.jpg" width="240" height="239" alt="A69 2007" /></a>Janhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00106629761591242577noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13019734.post-20771556655551750032007-12-03T07:13:00.000+01:002007-12-28T07:59:41.758+01:00A5 pod - A8 matrilineA5 pod itself was named for a male, A5, also known as Top Notch. He was part of the A9 matriline, of which his mother, A9 (also known as Scar or Eve) was the matriarch. The A5 pod is currently made up of three matrilines. The line of A9 has died out with her sons, A5 (Top Notch) and A26 (Foster). She had no surviving daughters to carry on her line, although the matriarch of another family, A8 (Licka) was suspected to be her daughter. <br /><br />The A8 Matriline, which consists of sisters A28 (Havannah), born in 1974, and A42 (Sonora), born in 1980, and A42's children A66 (Surf), 1996, and A79 (Current), 2004.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYOkUMSEz0eg1RgAvOxfb2xiVe4k2D8AwBDCcACBonlRAnjCTIgMACDBpBehj0m9_pSzVVB5Fxms0VPP4MI05erQXv_6VoAOOycFwKdG4Paxa4S3kdUm1ARm4jByHRHiJFxrYxSA/s1600-r/A8+matriline.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjnSsVeiPvwtL7K_ROj4Hh5OSlFppH_64Q0dfUrkOzX85SAtEMoX94cEtkNW6_CLuhY3AAfX-r7xgOW-Wr-r6yI6y7XVCoMA8eBCa6aA6vItkaTeaSwf6HoN6WV3ApWpLRjodz_A/s400/A8+matriline.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5139684242534211746" /></a><br /><br />---------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />A9 Eve F:1937-1990<br /><br />A9 washed up on a beach at Donegal Head on Malcolm Island in Johnstone Strait in November 1990, her stomach containing 5 litres of fish bones representing 59 individual fish from 13 different species. In addition to 19 individual salmon het found 15 lingcod, 7 species of sole and flounder, and species of sablefish, staghorn and great sculpin. The sculpin may have found their way into the whale in the gut of lingcod.<br /><br />---------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />A8 Licka F:1953-2001<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/janvantwillert/17352501/" title="A8 Licka by Jenny & Jan, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/14/17352501_0cbd38b848_m.jpg" width="240" height="232" alt="A8 Licka" /></a><br /><br />Licka (A8) was captured in December 1969 at Pender Harbour, together with her 2 year old calf Yake (no ID).<br />Licka was released but Yaka was kept and flown to Marine World Africa USA near San Fransisco.<br />---------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />A5 Top Notch M:1957-2000<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/janvantwillert/17352500/" title="A05 Top Notch by Jenny & Jan, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/14/17352500_a8ea7e61e9_m.jpg" width="165" height="240" alt="A05 Top Notch" /></a><br /><br />---------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />A26 Foster M: 1971-2001<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/janvantwillert/17352502/" title="A26 Foster by Jenny & Jan, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/9/17352502_2f2212bd20_m.jpg" width="166" height="240" alt="A26 Foster" /></a><br /><br />The father of A26 is R3<br />---------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />A28 Havannah F: 1974<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/janvantwillert/17352884/" title="A28 Havannah by Jenny & Jan, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/9/17352884_8393b69ad2_m.jpg" width="240" height="233" alt="A28 Havannah" /></a><br /><br />A28 is one of the few females in the resident population that has been sexually mature for many years but has never been seen with a calf.<br />---------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />A42 Sonora F:1980<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/janvantwillert/17352503/" title="A42 Sonora by Jenny & Jan, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/10/17352503_d293e6fd2d_m.jpg" width="240" height="233" alt="A42 Sonora" /></a><br /><br />A42 has a new nick near tip of her dorsal fin.<br />---------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />A57 Kelkpa F: 1991-1996<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/janvantwillert/92082112/" title="A57 Kelkpa by Jenny & Jan, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/31/92082112_f14be0b3f1_m.jpg" width="240" height="166" alt="A57 Kelkpa" /></a><br /><br />A57 was found alone and very ill on the morning of 16 December 1996 ia a bay south of Powel River, BC. She died later that day. Necropsy results indicated that she died of erysipelas, a bacterial infection.<br />---------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />A66 Surf M: 1996<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/janvantwillert/17352885/" title="A66 Surf by Jenny & Jan, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/12/17352885_3f73d3fe7b_m.jpg" width="240" height="233" alt="A66 Surf" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/janvantwillert/2137214777/" title="A66 by Jenny & Jan, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2411/2137214777_c864d5935c_m.jpg" width="240" height="237" alt="A66" /></a><br /><br />---------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />A79 Current ?:2004<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/janvantwillert/364272095/" title="A79 by Jenny & Jan, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/167/364272095_86d4627c5f_m.jpg" width="240" height="240" alt="A79" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/janvantwillert/2137214873/" title="A79 Current by Jenny & Jan, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2185/2137214873_9403ffe19e_m.jpg" width="240" height="185" alt="A79 Current" /></a><br />---------------------------------------------------------------------Janhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00106629761591242577noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13019734.post-17541318944904779412007-12-01T16:46:00.001+01:002007-12-02T11:02:40.996+01:00A4 pod - A24 MatrilineThe matriarch A24 Kelsy born in 1967 lost her mother A10 in 1983 when A10 and her youngest calf, A47, where shot by a boater.<br />Researcher Dave "Eagle Eye" Briggs, the California-based researcher who perches every summer on a cliff across from Robson Bight, heard the gunshots. Dave flagged down a whale-watching boat, and they went to check the whales. As the boat approached, the whales turned and came directly toward them. The passengers watched in awed horror.<br />"A10 pushed her wounded calf to my side of the boat," Dave later told me. "We could se the wound oozing blood. It really seemed that she was showing us: Look what you humans have done."<br />A10 and her baby both died that winter. <br />The two sisters, Yakat (A11) and Kelsy (A24), assumed the roles of clan matriarchs while still in their thirties, a young age for orca family heads. <br />(Source: Listening to Whales by Alexandra Morton)<br /><br />Kelsy had her first calf in 1981, A41 who died in its first year. In 1983 A45 Sutley was born. The third calf was born in 1985, A49 and died in 1986. In 1988 A24 had another calf, A53, who lived for four years and died in 1992.<br />In that same year Kelsy had her fifth calf, A58 who died one year later in 1993.<br />After that Kelsy had 3 more calfs who are all still alive. A64, Schooner, born in 1995, A71, Magin, born in 1999 and A78, Toba born in 2003.<br /><br />Sutley (A45) had two calfs before she died in 2001.<br />The first was A68, born in 1997 who died in its first year and the second was A73, the famous orca Springer. Springer was born in 2000 and lost her mother a year later.<br /><br />Read more about <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springer_%28orca%29">Springers story</a>..<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpdLVCiRW3TpWS9h6WnScfN6KafA79T3UuCDNqGevO9siytzOzEMYyNl4rgHcRRWwYsRTh6rlAvuhAnWfv83SZB_7AVWvGfg8PGxpFoSG_J0W2wUL6Fp2PIQ3oqp36TK_emQBFUQ/s1600-r/A12+matriline.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgHbP2FS8lWMRIi6V1VDgxQRuVcF3ljzg0nQC5eX5L9T7jUq2HsWrUs0YZLScGpO0eanpsiUVV2IfblAIcrt-kQ9DaaxJPOFrcZ_jo8sNyTbsUExCVgxpbzl5HdPO6L7XscMKRmw/s400/A12+matriline.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5139031626548551778" /></a><br /><br />-------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />Distinctive calls<br /><br />The dialects of A11 and A24 matrilines cannot easily be distinguished from each other. They are acoustically more closely related to A5 than to A1 pod<br /><br />-------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br /><strong>A4 M:1952-1984</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/janvantwillert/227964310/" title="A4 by Jenny & Jan, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/81/227964310_3024d2cbc8_o.jpg" width="157" height="232" alt="A4" /></a><br /><br />-------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br /><strong>A24 Kelsey F:1967</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/janvantwillert/16197769/" title="A24 Kelsey by Jenny & Jan, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/10/16197769_8694cd5660_m.jpg" width="240" height="232" alt="A24 Kelsey" /></a><br /><br />-------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br /><strong>A45 Sutley F:1983-2001</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/janvantwillert/16197770/" title="A45 Sutley by Jenny & Jan, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/13/16197770_b5d35399c6_m.jpg" width="240" height="235" alt="A45 Sutley" /></a><br /><br />The father of Sutley was A6 Strider of the A30 matriline.<br /><br />-------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br /><strong>A53 F:1988-1992</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/janvantwillert/75196375/" title="A53 by Jenny & Jan, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/40/75196375_2f103fb9c4_m.jpg" width="240" height="231" alt="A53" /></a><br /><br />-------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br /><strong>A58 ?:1992-1993</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/janvantwillert/75196376/" title="A58 by Jenny & Jan, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/37/75196376_eb434641f5_m.jpg" width="240" height="170" alt="A58" /></a><br /><br />-------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br /><strong>A64 Schooner ?:1995</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/janvantwillert/16197771/" title="A64 Schooner by Jenny & Jan, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/14/16197771_3a9b369311_m.jpg" width="240" height="235" alt="A64 Schooner" /></a><br /><br />-------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br /><strong>A71 Magin ?:1999</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/janvantwillert/2080452896/" title="A71 by Jenny & Jan, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2151/2080452896_d6af80516b_m.jpg" width="240" height="240" alt="A71" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/janvantwillert/16197772/" title="A71 Magin by Jenny & Jan, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/13/16197772_aab80a9a09_m.jpg" width="240" height="168" alt="A71 Magin" /></a><br /><br />-------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br /><strong>A73 Springer F:2000</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/janvantwillert/223011995/" title="A73 Springer by Jenny & Jan, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/58/223011995_701a4a9505_m.jpg" width="240" height="234" alt="A73 Springer" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/janvantwillert/20199559/" title="A73 Springer id by Jenny & Jan, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/17/20199559_75b74dceef_o.jpg" width="237" height="182" alt="A73 Springer id" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/janvantwillert/18635276/" title="A73 Springer by Jenny & Jan, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/12/18635276_db0d71c0e9_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="A73 Springer" /></a><br /><br />--------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br /><strong>A78 Toba ?:2003</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/janvantwillert/2079667225/" title="A78 by Jenny & Jan, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2346/2079667225_19d7babdb9_m.jpg" width="240" height="240" alt="A78" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/janvantwillert/14920552/" title="A78 Toba by Jenny & Jan, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/13/14920552_6ea26ffbca_m.jpg" width="240" height="186" alt="A78 Toba" /></a><br /><br />---------------------------------------------------------------Janhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00106629761591242577noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13019734.post-10695744777855329142007-11-19T21:59:00.000+01:002007-12-01T07:42:15.573+01:00A4 Pod - A11 MatrilineDe Matriarch of the A11 matriline is Yakat, the presumed daughter of A10. A4 pod once travelled at one group with a single matriarch A10, who died in 1983, along with her young calf A47, after being shot at the rubbing beaches in the Robson Bight.<br />(source Killer Whales second edition)<br /><br />Yakat's (A11) ofspring consists of Skagit (A35), a female born in 1974, Skeena (A13), a male born in 1978, A48 a female born in 1983 and died in 1996, Nahwitti (A56) a female born in 1990 who's father is R3 and in 2007 Yakat had another calf A87.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr_zUweR-hgA6M5oCbu4Bk3mi1dmJZr-JP27gM_Mm10kLoNKpA0sJ1Ulq3IxnXa-ie6iM7idUsXuLo2XqWN27pS_uXXNBm-s0kW3k2zXzLUrFeg7f1MGxmdOwyvr3uNyAYDsXieg/s1600-h/A11s.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr_zUweR-hgA6M5oCbu4Bk3mi1dmJZr-JP27gM_Mm10kLoNKpA0sJ1Ulq3IxnXa-ie6iM7idUsXuLo2XqWN27pS_uXXNBm-s0kW3k2zXzLUrFeg7f1MGxmdOwyvr3uNyAYDsXieg/s400/A11s.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5134659655522900066" /></a><br /><br />----------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><strong>A11 Yakat F:1958</strong><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/janvantwillert/14634226/" title="A11 yakat by Jenny & Jan, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/13/14634226_db5bf7d567_m.jpg" width="192" height="192" alt="A11 yakat" /></a><br /><br /><br />-----------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><strong>A35 Skagit F:1974</strong><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/janvantwillert/14638898/" title="A35 skagit by Jenny & Jan, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/9/14638898_090a658c26_m.jpg" width="194" height="189" alt="A35 skagit" /></a><br /><br />-----------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><strong>A13 Skeena M:1978</strong><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/janvantwillert/14906883/" title="A13 Skeena by Jenny & Jan, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/13/14906883_568b26db57_m.jpg" width="174" height="240" alt="A13 Skeena" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/janvantwillert/223011994/" title="A13 Skeena by Jenny & Jan, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/75/223011994_2c4811a4c8_m.jpg" width="191" height="240" alt="A13 Skeena" /></a><br />A13 has suffered some damage to the top of his fin. The recent wound is showing up white.<br />-----------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><strong>A48 F:1983-1996</strong><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/janvantwillert/75166430/" title="A48 by Jenny & Jan, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/37/75166430_9053e2d431_m.jpg" width="240" height="233" alt="A48" /></a><br /><br />-----------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><strong>A56 Nahwitti ?:1990</strong><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/janvantwillert/14906885/" title="A56 Nahwitti by Jenny & Jan, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/10/14906885_b2a063f3ff_m.jpg" width="240" height="233" alt="A56 Nahwitti" /></a><br />The father of A56 is R3<br /><br />-----------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><strong>A52 Kiltik F:1987 <br /></strong><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/janvantwillert/14906884/" title="A52 Kiltik by Jenny & Jan, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/10/14906884_5cdb9a4395_m.jpg" width="240" height="235" alt="A52 Kiltik" /></a><br /><br />-----------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br /><strong>A59 Racey F:1992-2006</strong><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/janvantwillert/14906886/" title="A59 Racey by Jenny & Jan, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/13/14906886_4f16f02bed_m.jpg" width="240" height="233" alt="A59 Racey" /></a><br /><br />-----------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br /><strong>A70 Sunny F:1999</strong><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/janvantwillert/2076825195/" title="A70 by Jenny & Jan, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2014/2076825195_2b08be99dc_m.jpg" width="240" height="240" alt="A70" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/janvantwillert/14906887/" title="A70 Sunny by Jenny & Jan, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/9/14906887_aec818e7a1_m.jpg" width="240" height="171" alt="A70 Sunny" /></a><br /><br /><br />-----------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br /><strong>A77 Roller ?:2003</strong><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/janvantwillert/2077613170/" title="A77 by Jenny & Jan, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2079/2077613170_264106c287_m.jpg" width="239" height="240" alt="A77" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/janvantwillert/14920551/" title="A77 Roller by Jenny & Jan, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/12/14920551_b65292b817_m.jpg" width="240" height="190" alt="A77 Roller" /></a><br /><br />-----------------------------------------------------------------------<br />A65 ?:1996-1996<br />-----------------------------------------------------------------------<br />A76 ?:2002-2002<br />-----------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br /><strong>A81 Nalau ?:2004</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/janvantwillert/2077622188/" title="A81 by Jenny & Jan, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2333/2077622188_6880b3f118_m.jpg" width="240" height="187" alt="A81" /></a><br /><br />-----------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br /><strong>A82 Canoona ?:2004</strong><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/janvantwillert/2076834431/" title="A82 l by Jenny & Jan, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2283/2076834431_4608c12c7a_m.jpg" width="240" height="187" alt="A82 l" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/janvantwillert/2077622322/" title="A82 by Jenny & Jan, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2078/2077622322_e632bb90c1_m.jpg" width="240" height="233" alt="A82" /></a><br /><br />On July 14 2006, a northern resident calf was struck in Johnstone Strait. Graeme Ellis has identified A82 as the whale likely involved in the recent incident.<br />August 2006: A82 is being cared for by A52<br /><br />-----------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br />A87 ?:2007<br /><br />-----------------------------------------------------------------------Janhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00106629761591242577noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13019734.post-86872734590138656452007-11-17T07:22:00.001+01:002007-12-27T15:22:46.619+01:00A1 Pod - A30 MatrilineThe first free orca we came to know as an individual was an adult female with a distinct notch at the top of her dorsal fin. We called her "Nicola". Later she was given the identity "A2" but everyone used her name. Nicola's constant companion in those early days was a huge male called "Wavy" after his fin. Wavy was probably Nicola's son. When Nicola died in 1987 her daughter Tsitika, A30, was 40 years old and had three adult sons and a young daughter with her. The "A2s" became the "A30s". The family is always easy to recognize, partly because the huge males' dorsal fins wave from side to side when they surface. Tsitika's oldest son, Strider, was a favorite of whale watchers because of a distinctive notch in his dorsal fin. Sadly, he died in 1999. For many years the family has remained in the "core area" almost all summer. Tsitika's daughter Clio, A50, is now beginning to raise her own family. Her first baby, Bend (A72) is named after an unusual tilt to the dorsal fin as well as a nearby island. In 2005 she had her second calf A84, Klaoitsis. A54 Blinkhorn also started her own family. She had a calf in 2001, A75 Cedar and another one in 2006 designated A86. Source: Orcalab <A href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUunZmn8LUdUzvBc70B0Oxv3jBY072OaAJxllrYjBBmyPwA-3j37lXNZ6-2vgYe104yjS69kFLrCCrcy3eeMabF3aB9zqTZ17KH7uI0UGtElsR9pcPRJ07FV90Vz_YznsNfRJK9g/s1600-h/A30s.jpg"><IMG id=BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5133690899879483458 style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUunZmn8LUdUzvBc70B0Oxv3jBY072OaAJxllrYjBBmyPwA-3j37lXNZ6-2vgYe104yjS69kFLrCCrcy3eeMabF3aB9zqTZ17KH7uI0UGtElsR9pcPRJ07FV90Vz_YznsNfRJK9g/s400/A30s.jpg" border=0></A> <br />----------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><strong>Discrete calls</strong><br /><br />Call type N47 is specific to the A1 pod and therein almost exclusively produced by the A30 matriline. <br /><br /><object width="425" height="350"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/_-uwDRleiHw"> </param> <embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/_-uwDRleiHw" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="350"> </embed> </object> <br /><br /><br />The repertoire of the A1 pod consists of the following 14 discrete calls:<br />N1i, N2, N3, N4, N5i, N7i, N7ii, N8i, N9i, N10, N11i, N12, N27 and N47<br /><br />The calls N1i, N9i, N27 and N47 are exclusive for A1 pod. The other 10 calls are shared with at least the A4s and A5s.<br /><br />The calls N2, N4, N7i and N10 are also made by the A4s and A5s.<br />The calls N3 and N12 are made by all the A clan groups.<br />The call N5i are also made by the A4s, A5s, Bs, Hs and I1s<br />The call N7ii are also made by the A4s, A5s and I1s<br />The cal N8i are also made by the A4s, A5s and Hs<br />The call N11i are also made by the A4s, A5s and Bs<br /><br />------------------------------------------------------------------------------- <br /><br />A30s in the Johnstone Strait 2005<br /><OBJECT height=355 width=425><PARAM NAME="movie" VALUE="http://www.youtube.com/v/0bAbxSYrIGs&rel=1"><PARAM NAME="wmode" VALUE="transparent"><br /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/0bAbxSYrIGs&rel=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></OBJECT><br />Blackney (A38)<br /><br /><OBJECT height=355 width=425><PARAM NAME="movie" VALUE="http://www.youtube.com/v/dHmZ_KRwbs8&rel=1"><PARAM NAME="wmode" VALUE="transparent"><br /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/dHmZ_KRwbs8&rel=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></OBJECT><br /><br />------------------------------------------------------------------------------- <br /><br /><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">A2 Nicola F:1927-1987</SPAN> <br /><A title="A2 Nicola by Jenny & Jan, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/janvantwillert/227964308/"><IMG height=240 alt="A2 Nicola" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/93/227964308_920e92413f_m.jpg" width=195></A> <br /><br />---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- <br /><br /><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">A30 Tsitika F:1947</SPAN> <br /><A title="A30 Tsitika by Jenny & Jan, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/janvantwillert/15973824/"><IMG height=234 alt="A30 Tsitika" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/11/15973824_22e2026e8d_m.jpg" width=240></A> <br /><br />---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- <br /><br /><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">A3 Wavy M:<1952-1979</SPAN> <br /><br />---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- <br /><br /><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">A6 Strider M:1964-1999</SPAN> <br /><A title="A6 Strider by Jenny & Jan, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/janvantwillert/15973823/"><IMG height=240 alt="A6 Strider" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/13/15973823_380d26a462_m.jpg" width=162></A> <br />Strider (A6) was the father of A45. <br /><br />---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- <br /><br /><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">A38 Blackney M:1970</SPAN> <br /><A title="A38 Blackney by Jenny & Jan, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/janvantwillert/15973825/"><IMG height=240 alt="A38 Blackney" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/14/15973825_d6f1490bab_m.jpg" width=161></A> <br /><br />---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- <br /><br /><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">A39 Pointer M:1975</SPAN> <br /><A title="A39 pointer by Jenny & Jan, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/janvantwillert/2042092777/"><IMG height=240 alt="A39 pointer" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2167/2042092777_224a0912b7_m.jpg" width=166></A> <br /><A title="A39 Pointer by Jenny & Jan, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/janvantwillert/15973826/"><IMG height=240 alt="A39 Pointer" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/9/15973826_be08c3930e_m.jpg" width=163></A> <br /><br />---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- <br /><br /><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">A50 Clio F:1984</SPAN> <br /><A title="A50 Clio by Jenny & Jan, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/janvantwillert/15974181/"><IMG height=231 alt="A50 Clio" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/11/15974181_1290f877f8_m.jpg" width=240></A> <br /><br />---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- <br /><br /><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">A54 Blinkhorn F:1989</SPAN> <br /><A title="A54 Blinkhorn by Jenny & Jan, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/janvantwillert/2042092885/"><IMG height=239 alt="A54 Blinkhorn" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2085/2042092885_8506ac2f85_m.jpg" width=240></A> <br /><A title="A54 Blinkhorn by Jenny & Jan, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/janvantwillert/15974182/"><IMG height=233 alt="A54 Blinkhorn" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/9/15974182_fd9e6fe0f6_m.jpg" width=240></A> <br /><br />---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- <br /><br /><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">A72 Bend F:1999</SPAN> <br /><A title="A72 Bend by Jenny & Jan, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/janvantwillert/2042893428/"><IMG height=240 alt="A72 Bend" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2415/2042893428_c06a82c816_m.jpg" width=240></A> <br /><A title="A72 Bend by Jenny & Jan, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/janvantwillert/15974183/"><IMG height=169 alt="A72 Bend" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/9/15974183_6aa4a83b80_m.jpg" width=240></A> <br /><br />---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- <br /><br /><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">A75 Cedar ?:2001</SPAN> <br /><A title="A75 Cedar by Jenny & Jan, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/janvantwillert/2042893528/"><IMG height=240 alt="A75 Cedar" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2202/2042893528_965bdddec4_m.jpg" width=240></A> <br /><A title="A75 Cedar by Jenny & Jan, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/janvantwillert/96659269/"><IMG height=192 alt="A75 Cedar" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/12/96659269_c14d081b6b_m.jpg" width=240></A> <br />Cedar was born on September 6th 2001. (Source Orcalab) <br /><br />---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- <br /><br /><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">A84 Klaoitsis ?:2005</SPAN> <br /><A title="A84 Klaoitsis by Jenny & Jan, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/janvantwillert/2042893626/"><IMG height=187 alt="A84 Klaoitsis" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2319/2042893626_39470d6553_m.jpg" width=240></A> <br /><A title="A84 by Jenny & Jan, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/janvantwillert/307839767/"><IMG height=217 alt=A84 src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/109/307839767_3ed2a6f79a_m.jpg" width=240></A> <br /><A title="A84 and A50 by Jenny & Jan, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/janvantwillert/48278384/"><IMG height=162 alt="A84 and A50" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/27/48278384_03c78f00cb_m.jpg" width=240></A> <br /><br />---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- <br /><br /><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">A86 ?:2006</SPAN> <br /><A title="A86a by Jenny & Jan, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/janvantwillert/2042893746/"><IMG height=186 alt=A86a src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2216/2042893746_116d094163_m.jpg" width=240></A> <br /><br />----------------------------------------------------------------------------------Janhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00106629761591242577noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13019734.post-1134889759089126622005-12-18T07:58:00.000+01:002006-12-10T18:24:46.883+01:00C6 IvoryName: C6<br />Nickname:Ivory<br />Gender:Female<br />Born: 1955<br />Mother: Prob. C4<br />Father: Unknown<br />Pod: C1<br />Matriline: C6<br />Offspring: C9 Weynton (1971-2000), C8 Lama (born 1975), C12 (1979-1986), C14 Hunter (born 1985), C18 Squally (born 1991)<br /><br />Listen to the distinctive calls of <a href="http://www.orcinusorca.nl/Pods/C1.htm">C1</a> pod<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/janvantwillert/28517709/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/23/28517709_7360e09ab2_m.jpg" width="240" height="237" alt="C6 Ivory" /></a>Janhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00106629761591242577noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13019734.post-1134125595676946532005-12-09T11:51:00.000+01:002005-12-09T11:55:27.620+01:00B16Name: B16<br />Nickname: <br />Gender: <br />Born: 2004<br />Mother: <a href="http://northenresidentorcas.blogspot.com/2005/12/b14-klaskish.html">B14</a><br />Father:<br />Pod: B1<br />Matriline: B7<br />Offspring:<br /><br />Listen to the distinctive calls of <a href="http://www.orcinusorca.nl/Pods/B1.htm">B1</a> podJanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00106629761591242577noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13019734.post-1134125190201690432005-12-09T11:44:00.000+01:002005-12-09T11:46:30.200+01:00B6Name: B6<br />Nickname: <br />Gender: Male<br />Born: 1973<br />Died: 1992<br />Mother: Possible B11<br />Father:<br />Pod: B1<br />Matriline: B7<br />Offspring: <br /><br />Listen to the distinctive calls of <a href="http://www.orcinusorca.nl/Pods/B1.htm">B1</a> pod<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/janvantwillert/71739271/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/34/71739271_6eccb5fa00_m.jpg" width="167" height="240" alt="B6" /></a>Janhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00106629761591242577noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13019734.post-1134125027597474042005-12-09T11:41:00.000+01:002005-12-09T11:43:47.600+01:00B2Name: B2<br />Nickname: <br />Gender: Male<br />Born: <1957<br />Died: 1998<br />Mother: Unknown<br />Father:<br />Pod: B1<br />Matriline: B7<br />Offspring: <br /><br />Listen to the distinctive calls of <a href="http://www.orcinusorca.nl/Pods/B1.htm">B1</a> pod<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/janvantwillert/71739269/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/34/71739269_ddee4a7333_m.jpg" width="168" height="240" alt="B2" /></a>Janhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00106629761591242577noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13019734.post-1134124820172612622005-12-09T11:37:00.000+01:002005-12-09T11:44:46.550+01:00B1 HookerName: B1<br />Nickname: Hooker<br />Gender: Male<br />Born: <1957<br />Died: 1998<br />Mother: Possible B11<br />Father:<br />Pod: B1<br />Matriline: B7<br />Offspring: <br /><br />Listen to the distinctive calls of <a href="http://www.orcinusorca.nl/Pods/B1.htm">B1</a> pod<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/janvantwillert/71739268/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/34/71739268_6895c4ec08_m.jpg" width="165" height="240" alt="B1 Hooker" /></a><br />The bull B1 has long been called "Hooker"because of the distinctive forward bend of his dorsal finJanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00106629761591242577noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13019734.post-1134116195539915162005-12-09T09:15:00.000+01:002005-12-09T09:16:35.540+01:00B15 RavenName: B15<br />Nickname: Raven<br />Gender: Unknown<br />Born: 1995<br />Mother: <a href="http://northenresidentorcas.blogspot.com/2005/07/b7-scarlet.html">B7</a> Scarlet<br />Father:<br />Pod: B1<br />Matriline: B7<br />Offspring:<br /><br />Listen to the distinctive calls of <a href="http://www.orcinusorca.nl/Pods/B1.htm">B1</a> pod<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/janvantwillert/28517708/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/23/28517708_b25b43f660_m.jpg" width="240" height="240" alt="B15 Raven" /></a>Janhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00106629761591242577noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13019734.post-1134116103551155202005-12-09T09:12:00.000+01:002005-12-09T09:15:03.553+01:00B14 KlaskishName: B14<br />Nickname: Klaskish<br />Gender: Female<br />Born: 1991<br />Mother: <a href="http://northenresidentorcas.blogspot.com/2005/07/b7-scarlet.html">B7</a> Scarlet<br />Father:<br />Pod: B1<br />Matriline: B7<br />Offspring:B16, born 2004<br /><br />Listen to the distinctive calls of <a href="http://www.orcinusorca.nl/Pods/B1.htm">B1</a> pod<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/janvantwillert/23036222/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/18/23036222_c6a33958a9_m.jpg" width="240" height="232" alt="B14 Klaskish" /></a>Janhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00106629761591242577noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13019734.post-1134115943363121962005-12-09T09:10:00.000+01:002005-12-09T11:51:40.056+01:00B13 YacultaName: B13<br />Nickname: Yaculta<br />Gender: Male<br />Born: 1987<br />Mother: <a href="http://northenresidentorcas.blogspot.com/2005/07/b7-scarlet.html">B7</a> Scarlet<br />Father:<br />Pod: B1<br />Matriline: B7<br />Offspring:<br /><br />Listen to the distinctive calls of <a href="http://www.orcinusorca.nl/Pods/B1.htm">B1</a> pod<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/janvantwillert/23035465/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/16/23035465_8161c2c46e_m.jpg" width="169" height="240" alt="B13 Yalculta" /></a><br />B13 is much bigger (2004) and wrinkly.Janhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00106629761591242577noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13019734.post-1134115800110054772005-12-09T09:07:00.000+01:002005-12-09T09:17:35.523+01:00B12 NakwaktoName: B12<br />Nickname: Nakwakto<br />Gender: Male<br />Born: 1984<br />Mother: <a href="http://northenresidentorcas.blogspot.com/2005/07/b7-scarlet.html">B7</a> Scarlet<br />Father:<br />Pod: B1<br />Matriline: B7<br />Offspring:<br /><br />Listen to the distinctive calls of <a href="http://www.orcinusorca.nl/Pods/B1.htm">B1</a> pod<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/janvantwillert/23035464/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/16/23035464_3c1f3eeeff_m.jpg" width="170" height="240" alt="B12 Nakwakto" /></a>Janhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00106629761591242577noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13019734.post-1117344846745099722005-10-18T11:20:00.000+02:002005-10-18T20:36:17.840+02:00A55 EchoName: A55<br />Nickname: Echo<br />Gender: Male<br />Born: 1990<br />Mother: <a href="http://northenresidentorcas.blogspot.com/2005/05/a34-simoom.html">A34 Simoom</a><br />Father: Unknown<br />Pod: A1<br />Matriline:A12<br /><div align="center"><br />Listen to the distinctive calls of <a href="http://home.wanadoo.nl/janvantwillert/Sound%20catalogue/Pods/A1.htm">A1 pod</a></div>Remarks: Echo is sprouting<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/janvantwillert/15503215/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://photos10.flickr.com/15503215_e29d787d7c_m.jpg" width="240" height="238" alt="A55 Echo" /></a><br /><br />Today is A55's birthday! Sixteen years ago we saw the four adult A12s in Blackney Pass in the morning. They disappeared for a while to the west and when they came back in the afternoon A34 had her little calf beside her. A12 was positioned not too far away while A33 and his brother A31 waited off to the side. <br />Helena<br />18 Oct 2005 11:20:48 PDTJanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00106629761591242577noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13019734.post-1122185928906635602005-07-24T08:13:00.000+02:002005-08-09T20:19:52.096+02:00A83 baby of A62 MistyName: A83<br />Nickname:<br />Gender:<br />Born: 2005<br />Mother: <a href="http://northenresidentorcas.blogspot.com/2005/05/a62-misty.html">A62 Misty </a><br />Father:<br />Pod: A1<br />Matriline:A12<br /><br /><br />Listen to the distinctive calls of <a href="http://home.wanadoo.nl/janvantwillert/Sound%20catalogue/Pods/A1.htm">A1 pod</a><br /><br /><a title="Photo Sharing" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/janvantwillert/27899935/"><img height="158" alt="A62Baby" src="http://photos23.flickr.com/27899935_f7df09b770_m.jpg" width="240" /></a>Janhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00106629761591242577noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13019734.post-1120326293453052952005-07-02T19:40:00.000+02:002005-12-09T09:17:59.226+01:00B10 SlingsbyName: B10<br />Nickname: Slingsby<br />Gender: Male<br />Born: 1979<br />Mother: <a href="http://northenresidentorcas.blogspot.com/2005/07/b7-scarlet.html">B7</a> Scarlet<br />Father:<br />Pod: B1<br />Matriline: B7<br />Offspring:<br /><br />Listen to the distinctive calls of <a href="http://www.orcinusorca.nl/Pods/B1.htm">B1</a> pod<br /><br />Remarks:<br />Dorsfal fin is very waky, tilting over to 30 degrees<br /><a title="Photo Sharing" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/janvantwillert/23035463/"><img height="240" alt="B10 Slingsby" src="http://photos18.flickr.com/23035463_1235ae7b89_m.jpg" width="169" /></a>Janhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00106629761591242577noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13019734.post-1120326018547042822005-07-02T19:37:00.000+02:002005-12-09T09:18:18.826+01:00B8 IzumiName: B8<br />Nickname: Izumi<br />Gender: Male<br />Born: 1964<br />Died: 2002<br />Mother: Probable <a href="http://northenresidentorcas.blogspot.com/2005/07/b7-scarlet.html">B7</a> Scarlet<br />Father:<br />Pod: B1<br />Matriline: B7<br />Offspring:<br /><br />Listen to the distinctive calls of <a href="http://www.orcinusorca.nl/Pods/B1.htm">B1</a> pod<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/janvantwillert/23035462/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://photos17.flickr.com/23035462_ba1ac021a0_m.jpg" width="167" height="240" alt="B8 Izumi" /></a>Janhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00106629761591242577noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13019734.post-1120325567550690402005-07-02T19:26:00.000+02:002005-12-09T09:18:40.530+01:00B7 ScarletName: B7<br />Nickname: Scarlet<br />Gender: Female<br />Born: 1947<br />Mother: Possible B11<br />Father:<br />Pod: B1<br />Matriline: B7<br />Offspring: Probable B8 Izumi (1964-2002), B10 Slingsby born 1979, B12 Nakwakto born 1984, B13 Yaculta born 1987, B14 Klaskish born 1991, B15 Raven born 1995<br /><br />Listen to the distinctive calls of <a href="http://www.orcinusorca.nl/Pods/B1.htm">B1</a> pod<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/janvantwillert/23035461/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://photos16.flickr.com/23035461_5db1877fd5_m.jpg" width="240" height="233" alt="B7 Scarlet" /></a>Janhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00106629761591242577noreply@blogger.com0