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Orca prowling the beach pic
Posted on 3/20/17 at 5:20 pm
Posted on 3/20/17 at 5:20 pm
The natives call them Seawolves and for good reason. They command several square miles of area and even the waterfowl retreat to safer water. Love to watch these guys hunt.
Auke Bay.
Auke Bay.
Posted on 3/20/17 at 5:25 pm to RogerTheShrubber
As usual, cool pic!
Do you know how step the drop off is? How deep do you thing that water is?
Do you know how step the drop off is? How deep do you thing that water is?
Posted on 3/20/17 at 5:34 pm to White Roach
Drops off pretty quickly at the low tide mark. The Bay itself is a couple hundred feet. The fjord beyond is over a thousand feet deep. It's probably 15' where he's at considering the tides at the time.
Tidal range can be 25'
Tidal range can be 25'
Posted on 3/20/17 at 5:37 pm to RogerTheShrubber
Solid. I have got to make Alaska one day for scenes like that.
Posted on 3/20/17 at 5:40 pm to Honest Tune
Yeah, this is actually a hundred yards from the road. Close to where I work
Posted on 3/20/17 at 6:06 pm to RogerTheShrubber
If you had to guess what would that Orca be hunting?
Posted on 3/20/17 at 6:09 pm to RogerTheShrubber
Awesome. Those are some cool arse animals. Alaska is awesome
Posted on 3/20/17 at 6:11 pm to Honest Tune
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If you had to guess what would that Orca be hunting?
Seals that's on the beach waiting for them to go fishing
Posted on 3/20/17 at 6:29 pm to Honest Tune
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If you had to guess what would that Orca be hunting?
Herring in the bay attract seals, sea lions and humpbacks. Orcas are after the seals and sea lions. Lots of seals and otters laying up on the boat slips.
Posted on 3/20/17 at 6:29 pm to Tiger Sauce Drippin
Figured something along those lines. Gotta love the action.
Posted on 3/20/17 at 6:33 pm to RogerTheShrubber
There's a little road from Skagway to a NPS campground near the trailhead to the Chilkoot Trail (Dyea, maybe? It's been ~15 years...) At several points, it parallels the northern end of the inlet Skagway is on. I saw Orcas cruising around in there. The inlet wasn't that wide, maybe a 1/2 mile across, but I guess there was something to eat in there.
I took a day cruise out Resurrection Bay to see the Kenai Fjords glaciers. During her introduction lecture, the NPS guide said that for the previous 3 or 4 years, on Aug. 3rd (or 5th, or 1st, whatever day it was) that a Super Pod of Orcas had been see in that area. I made a joke that I'm sure orcas were checking their Palm Pilots to see what was on their schedule that day. I was there primarily to see the glaciers and I knew they would be there. Orcas would be a bonus.
All day, no orcas. A variety of other really cool stuff - birds of all descriptions, sea lion, and of course, glaciers - but no orcas. We're heading in at about 4:00pm and the boat turns around. The guide announces that the orcas have been spotted. We run for 15 or 20 minutes and it's the most amazing thing I've ever seen. There were orcas everywhere. Seriously, at least twenty-five. Probably thirty, maybe forty. They were everywhere, but in a big group made up of smaller groups. We stopped to give them some space, but eventually they moved closer and a couple even swam under the bow of our boat. It was incredible! We watched for a while and then left to go in.
I asked the guide if the orcas were there every day and if she just told every group there was a superpod on their particular day. She said, "No, it's a real thing. We're not sure why it's happened on the same day for the past few years." Bizarre!
I took a day cruise out Resurrection Bay to see the Kenai Fjords glaciers. During her introduction lecture, the NPS guide said that for the previous 3 or 4 years, on Aug. 3rd (or 5th, or 1st, whatever day it was) that a Super Pod of Orcas had been see in that area. I made a joke that I'm sure orcas were checking their Palm Pilots to see what was on their schedule that day. I was there primarily to see the glaciers and I knew they would be there. Orcas would be a bonus.
All day, no orcas. A variety of other really cool stuff - birds of all descriptions, sea lion, and of course, glaciers - but no orcas. We're heading in at about 4:00pm and the boat turns around. The guide announces that the orcas have been spotted. We run for 15 or 20 minutes and it's the most amazing thing I've ever seen. There were orcas everywhere. Seriously, at least twenty-five. Probably thirty, maybe forty. They were everywhere, but in a big group made up of smaller groups. We stopped to give them some space, but eventually they moved closer and a couple even swam under the bow of our boat. It was incredible! We watched for a while and then left to go in.
I asked the guide if the orcas were there every day and if she just told every group there was a superpod on their particular day. She said, "No, it's a real thing. We're not sure why it's happened on the same day for the past few years." Bizarre!
Posted on 3/20/17 at 6:53 pm to Honest Tune
Yeah ive got some good pics of sea lions catching fish on my home computer. Its been wild the past month. Lots of otters too
This post was edited on 3/20/17 at 7:08 pm
Posted on 3/20/17 at 7:01 pm to White Roach
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There's a little road from Skagway to a NPS campground near the trailhead to the Chilkoot Trail (Dyea, maybe? It's been ~15 years...) At several points, it parallels the northern end of the inlet Skagway is on. I saw Orcas cruising around in there. The inlet wasn't that wide, maybe a 1/2 mile across, but I guess there was something to eat in there.
Yeah the road to Dyea that parallels Tayia inlet. Usually see bears in the sedges at Dyea. I had one swim out toward my kayak once.
Posted on 3/20/17 at 7:31 pm to RogerTheShrubber
Coming to Alaska this July, what's the best tour or whatever to see mendenhal glacier? Really want to see the ice tunnels
Posted on 3/20/17 at 7:43 pm to RogerTheShrubber
We went whale watching for our honeymoon 6 years ago around Monterey Bay. It was pretty uninspiring until we were making the return trip to the dock. Thats when we encountered 3 orcas hunting a seal. I'm not sure what happened to the seal, but one of the orcas breached about 50 yards from the boat. That may be one of the coolest things I've seen in my life.
Posted on 3/20/17 at 7:47 pm to ForeverLSU02
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Thats when we encountered 3 orcas hunting a seal. I'm not sure what happened to the seal, but one of the orcas breached about 50 yards from the boat. That may be one of the coolest things I've seen in my life.
They're really amazing to watch. We have some resident pods and they stay year around. Amazing critters
Posted on 3/20/17 at 7:58 pm to RogerTheShrubber
Thanks. We will be coming last week of July, so hopefully lots of those Orcas will be around. We have a day in Haines, so planning on a trip up to Skagway for whale watching and the Davidson glacier. For our time, 3 days in Anchorage, before cruise we are debating the big cost of flying for a day to Brooks Falls for the Bears, any chance you've been there ?
Posted on 3/20/17 at 8:21 pm to lctiger
Oh yeah. Late July is prime time for the Brooks bears. July is when the fireweed is in bloom, the salmon are coming back and bears are everywhere. Take the flight, youll regret it latee if you dont. You'll see up to a dozen bears and occasional wolves at the falls. You'll never get closer to something like that in the wild.
If you go to Haines, go to the state park at Lutak inlet. Brown bears?Are abundant there too.
Good chance you'll see black bears at mendenhall in Juneau. Sockeye run here starts around the third week in July.
If you go to Haines, go to the state park at Lutak inlet. Brown bears?Are abundant there too.
Good chance you'll see black bears at mendenhall in Juneau. Sockeye run here starts around the third week in July.
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