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It didn’t take us long to find the T002C’s in Desolation Sound on October 8th. What we weren’t expecting is for them to be logging for nearly 3 hours. (Sleeping.) We waited it out, hoping that they would go on a hunt and that’s exactly what they did, taking down a porpoise or two on the southside of Mink Island. Be sure to get out on the water next season with my… Read More

Category: Adventures and Expeditions, Conservation, Friends Tags: #chiefwhalespotter, British Columbia, Campbell River Whale and Bear Excursions, Canada, Desolation Sound, Hunting, Nick Templeman, Orca, Pacific Northwest, Photography, Porpoise, Vancouver Island, Wildlife, Wildlife Photography, Yukon

FLUKE

Humpback flukes can be up to 18 feet wide, with a serrated “trailing edge” (the end of the flukes at the farthest end of the whale), and pointed tips.

Category: Adventures and Expeditions, Conservation, Friends Tags: #chiefwhalespotter, British Columbia, Campbell River, Campbell River Whale and Bear Excursions, Canada, Humpback Whale, Nick Templeman, Ocean, Pacific Northwest, Pacific Ocean, Vancouver Island, Whale, Wildlife, Wildlife Photography, Yukon

T123A – Stanley

A Breaching Killer Whale!

Category: Adventures and Expeditions, Conservation, Equipment and Gear, Friends Tags: #biggsarethebalance, #chiefwhalespotter, British Columbia, Campbell River, Campbell River Whale and Bear Excursions, Eco tourism, Killer Whale, Nature photography, Nick Templeman, Nikon D810, Orca, Pacific Northwest, Pacific Ocean, Rain, Stanley, T123A, Vancouver, Vancouver Island, Wildlife, Wildlife Photography, Wind, Yukon

T090C

T090B – Breaching Killer Whale

Category: Adventures and Expeditions, Conservation, Equipment and Gear, Friends Tags: #biggsarethebalance, #chiefwhalespotter, British Columbia, Campbell River, Campbell River Whale and Bear Excursions, Eco tourism, Killer Whale, Nick Templeman, Orca, Transient Orca, Vancouver Island, Wildlife, Wildlife Photography, Wildlife Tours, Wildlife Viewing

ORCA DREAMS

Spy hopping and breaching Orca!

Category: Adventures and Expeditions, Conservation, Equipment and Gear, Friends Tags: #chiefwhalespotter, Blackfish, British Columbia, Campbell River, Campbell River Whale and Bear Excursions, Killer Whale, Marine Wildlife, Mountains, Nature, Nature Photographer, Nick Templeman, Ocean, Orca, Pacific Ocean, Vancouver Island, Wildlife, Wildlife Photography, Wildlife Tours, Wildlife Viewing, Yukon

T002c5

T002C5 – A New Calf

Category: Adventures and Expeditions, Conservation, Friends Tags: #chiefwhalespotter, Animals, British Columbia, Calf, Campbell River, Campbell River Whale and Bear Excursions, Killer Whale, Nature Photographer, Nick Templeman, Orca, Pacific Ocean, T002c's, Vancouver Island, Wildlife, Wildlife Photography, Wildlife Tours, Wildlife Viewing, Yukon

2021 Calendar

Check out these amazing and never seen before images of Pacific White Sided Dolphins, featured in my 2021 calendar!

Category: Adventures and Expeditions, Conservation, Equipment and Gear, Friends Tags: #chiefwhalespotter, British Columbia, Calendar, Campbell River, Campbell River Whale and Bear Excursions, Conservation, Dolphin, Eco tourism, Fundraising, Local, Nature, Nick Templeman, Pacfic Ocean, Pacific Northwest, Pacific White Sided Dolphin, Photography, Quadra Island, Salish Sea, Support, Vancouver Island, Wild Ocean Whale Society, Wildlife, Wildlife Photography, Wildlife Viewing, WOWs, Yukon

Lunch Time

A hungry Steller Sea Lion made quick work of this Pink Salmon near Stuart island, BC.

Category: Adventures and Expeditions, Conservation, Friends Tags: #chiefwhalespotter, British Columbia, Campbell River Whale and Bear Excursions, Discovery Islands, Nick Templeman, Pacific Northwest, Pacific Ocean, Salmon, Sea Lion, Stuart Island, Vancouver Island, Wildlife, Wildlife Photography, Wildlife Tours, Wildlife Viewing, Yukon

SUPERPOD!

A Superpod of Killer Whales

Category: Adventures and Expeditions Tags: #biggsarethebalance, British Columbia, Campbell River, Campbell River Whale and Bear Excursions, Canada, Chiefwhalespotter, Killer Whale, Nature photography, Nick Templeman, Okisollo Channel, Orca, Pacific, Pacific Northwest, Pacific Ocean, Superpod, Transient Orca, Vancouver Island, Wildlife, Wildlife Photography, Yukon

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Breaching Pacific White Sided Dolphin

Category: Adventures and Expeditions Tags: British Columbia, Camouflage, Campbell River Whale and Bear Excursions, Canada, Chiefwhalespotter, Dolphin, Lewis Channel, Nature, Nature photography, Nick Templeman, Pacific Northwest, Pacific Ocean, Pacific White Sided Dolphin, Vancouver Island, Wildlife, Wildlife Photography, Yukon

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