Bremer Canyon Orca expertise was required today with a calm sea and slinky Orca but shortly after our arrival in The Patch Cookie and her family were sighted much to everyones excitement onboard. Our family has spent nearly 7000 hours observing the Orca of Bremer Bay and it is this time spent which enables our team to have a unique insight into the world of these apex predators. The travels of a wild Orca can take them many miles and within an average day they can travel anywhere at anytime but there are patterns to their movements. Ancient trails that have been taught over many generations and we have the opportunity of learning about these pathways the Orca use by spending time with them and observing their movements. It was big boy El Notcho we sighted first today as his impressive dorsal fin appeared above the calm southern ocean in the early morning sunlight.
The whole family was there as they approached for a warm welcome and it was wonderful to see them all after a couple of weeks away from The Patch for this family pod. Travelling nearby was members of Queen and her family as they too came over to greet us before we travelled together through the beautiful weather today. It was great to catchup with these two families as both have been working hard and traveling bigger distances outside of the main hunting grounds so we have been seeing less of them in The Patch over the last few weeks. Today they were back though and it was a great feeling to spend some time with them all and catchup after their time away. Food has been a little hard to come by for the Orca as their travels have taken them further and with more ground covered they open more opportunities of locating a decent meal. Our family and team continue to learn from the Orca each and everyday as the Orca matriarchs continue to improve our Bremer Canyon Orca expertise.
