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    Default killer whales

    just saw a pod of 6-8 killer whales feeding at the south head wick.

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    Sounds like you had a "whale" of a time...

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    Quote Originally Posted by south view 7 View Post
    just saw a pod of 6-8 killer whales feeding at the south head wick.
    darn it, would have loved to see that
    I'm as mad as hell and I'm not going to take this anymore

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    What would they be feeding on ??.

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    i would loved to have seen them,,,lucky you
    The miracle is not to fly in the air,
    or to walk on the water,but to walk on the earth.

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    Thumbs up Great News

    Thats good because this year has been dismal for Caithness Killer whale sightings as you can see on
    http://www.caithness-sea-watching.co.uk/7.html

    You have to scroll right down and they are in red. Normally there would have been 3-4 times as many sighting at least, from the JOG Ferry Crew.
    Away with the birds

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    Quote Originally Posted by tonkatojo View Post
    What would they be feeding on ??.
    Killer Whales will eat almost anything, fish, birds, seals, dolphins, small whales and carrion, there is also one that kills Great whites.
    When they are very close to the coast they are pobably hunting seals.
    It is belived that only 10% of killer whales eat mammals the majority feed on herring and mackerel.

    Colin.

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    Hey I re-posted these photos from the Orkney forum (im a wicker in orkney so I am allowed on both ).

    Can anyone confirm as baby orca? It was found washed up on a beach at Birsay.
    Thanks
    Last edited by -Sarah-; 06-Nov-09 at 16:28.

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    Sorry Sarah, what you have there is a male white-beaked Dolphin.
    I did look at that dolphin when i was over there for the Royal Oak memorial.
    The species was also confirmed by Chris and Roger who keep cetacean records in Orkney, they checked it's teeth with known teeth held on file.
    At the time i looked, there was very little to go on but it's lengh at 9.5feet and the face grooves where the beak that was missing fitted pointed at it being a white-beaked dolphin.

    Colin
    Caithness Sea watching.

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