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13 lip 2018 · K-Pod is known for their high-pitched, kitten-like discrete calls, S16 and S17, which are often made in tandem. S36 is another unique call that is periodically made by all three pods, but is most often heard from Ks.
18 mar 2019 · K-pod orcas are the smallest of three orca pods belonging to the endangered Southern Resident Killer Whale population. K-pod is often the last pod to show up in the Salish Sea during the spring and summer months.
15 cze 2023 · Part of a superpod of southern resident J, K and L pod orcas today in the Salish Sea. J and K pods travelled east through Active Pass and L pod travelled north up Trincomali Channel....
The Southern Resident killer whales are a genetically and culturally distinct population of orcas within the Pacific Northwest and consist of three separate pods: J, K, and L Pods. Like other ecotypes of orcas, the Southern Residents are matriarchal, which means females are the leaders.
The southern resident killer whales (SRKWs) are fish-eating orcas that frequent the Salish Sea and are heard live on the Orcasound hydrophones every few days during the summer months. They emit a wonderfully diverse repertoire of calls — almost 40 distinct signals within the hearing range of humans — but most of us would be hard-pressed to ...
When you see a resident orca pod, you might be seeing four generations of orcas. There are currently 75 individuals in the population: 34 in L pod, 25 in J pod and 16 in K pod. Southern resident orcas are fish-eaters, and prefer Chinook salmon most of all.
The southern resident orcas, also known as the southern resident killer whales (SRKW), are the smallest of four communities of the exclusively fish-eating ecotype of orca in the northeast Pacific Ocean.
