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photo gallery > Orca dorsal fins (7)
Call them photographic studies on orca as they move through their watery environment.
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J27
Click image for full size view. J27 ("Blackberry") lunges while foraging for salmon off of Eagle pt., San Juan Island. Early summer, midday lighting.
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"Ruffles"
Click image for full size view. A shot that illustrates how "Ruffles", J1, got his handle.
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Male dorsal
Click image to view full size. This male's dorsal appears like a sort of conning tower and colourless, diffuse lighting allows for it's remarkable reflection to add to the effect.
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Male fin cuts surface
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Collision course
Click image to view full size. Male orca from J pod, southern resident pod. Researchers in British Columbia and Wasinghton State have elaborated a complex naming system to identify the whales seen. Residents and transients each have a naming system adapted to their social structure but they are identified with the same criteria which is the dorsal fin and saddle patch. -
Matrinlineal group
Click image to view full size. Matrilineality is a system in which one belongs to one's mother's lineage. Orcas often swim in matrilineal groups, animals all related via their mothers, especially when travelling.
