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bill erhardt
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Orcas in Loreto
I've heard there are killer whales in the area and finally got a first hand look this afternoon when I was provided an escort by a pod of about 50 as
I rounded Punta Lobos.
    
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bill erhardt
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Loreto orcas
      
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¿How cool is that?
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These must be escapees from the cold water who said they are not going back to Alaska.
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Those range to the BdeLA area as well. Entirely different group than those off Calif and north.
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Great pics, Bill! We saw a pod of them last August off of Punta Banda. So cool to see them in the wild!
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shari
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Fantastic photos and would be neat to find out what pod they are...we have a tropical type in these parts but sometimes they do stray down here from
Socal too. Can you email me ones that we can use to ID them...the saddle patch area is what we need...thanks...sharibondy@gmail.com
Can you also note what type of behaviour they were engaged in....traveling(what direction & speed), feeding(on what), resting, play or anything
noteworthy about them...also how many in the pod please!
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Super awesome, it was your lucky day!
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Wow! Very cool!
In that pre-Google Earth and social media epoch, The Code was adhered to. It was based on a simple verity: if a locale had been transformational for
you, and you had put the hard yards in to get there and to learn it, to know it, why in god�s name would you broadcast the news, thus ruining the
future experience not only for yourself, but for future adventurers?
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David K
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Great photos Bill!
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Awesome!! Thanks for sharing.
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Russ
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That's really exciting! Memories of the Hood Canal, Juan de Fuca and Puget Sound ... Thanks
Bahia Concepcion where life starts...given a chance!
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Great shots Bill.
In my 20some years of fishing out of Loreto, I have only seen Orcas twice, and only in small pods of 5 or 6 animals.
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bill erhardt
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Quote: Originally posted by shari  | Fantastic photos and would be neat to find out what pod they are...we have a tropical type in these parts but sometimes they do stray down here from
Socal too. Can you email me ones that we can use to ID them...the saddle patch area is what we need...thanks...sharibondy@gmail.com
Can you also note what type of behaviour they were engaged in....traveling(what direction & speed), feeding(on what), resting, play or anything
noteworthy about them...also how many in the pod please! |
Shari.....I sent pics of the orcas to your email address. I came across them yesterday afternoon around 3:00 p.m. (April 20) as I rounded Punta Lobos
on the north end of Isla Carmen at:
N 26* 04.51'
W 111* 03.58'
They were traveling north at a pretty good clip, around 10 knots or so. I initially said that there were 50 in the pod, but it may have been as few
as 30. They were in three or four smaller groups and I was trying to stay close enough to some of them to get some pics. They were not trying to
avoid me, but neither were they slowing down to help me with good photo ops.
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Out Standing Shots...Thanks.
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shari
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thanks so much for the info....I have duly sent it on to Killer Whale researchers in California.
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Wow, red letter day. Thanks for posting. You been out to Thetis Bank recently? Miss those phis photos.
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Loreto Orcas
Nice pics. They have been seen, and videoed, feeding on the Mobulas which are super abundant here in Loreto this year.
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bill erhardt
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I brought my boat back across the hill in late January. The pelagics should be back on the banks outside Mag Bay around August and I plan to be over
there to meet them.
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Cool pictures. I've seen a few orcas from a distance but never close. Life goal for my mex trips.
Does anybody know if the rocks/cliffs in the picture background are solid enough to rock climb? Im always on the lookout for new climbing areas.
I've found a few here and there, and with how "dangerous" baja is and such little info around most climbers never step foot in baja so the climbing
data is a little scarce. The problem is a lot of the rocks and cliffs are that crappy sand rock that breaks off in your hand. Thanks.
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