Drone captures stunning images of new endangered baby orca swimming with its mother off B.C.’s coast

Source: news.nationalpost.com - Friday, September 11, 2015
SEATTLE — Scientists using a drone have captured photographs of a baby Puget Sound orca swimming alongside its mother in the waters of British Columbia. “We’re pleased to spread the news of a new calf in the endangered Southern Resident killer whale population!” the NOAA Fisheries Southwest Fisheries Science Center wrote in a Facebook post. The new calf is the fifth baby since December to be born to the endangered population of killer whales that spend time in Washington state waters. NOAA Fisheries Southwest Fisheries Science Center and Vancouver Aquarium via AP L91 and her new calf, L122 swimming in the waters of British Columbia. Scientists with the NOAA Fisheries Southwest Fisheries Science Center and the Vancouver Aquarium in British Columbia captured photographs of the pair using a remote-controlled hexacopter hovering more than 100 feet above the whales. The calf, designated as L122, was spotted in the waters near Sooke, British Columbia. Researchers say they hope this year’s boom of babies represents a turnaround for the population. Listed as endangered in 2005, the whales are struggling because of pollution, lack of food and other reasons. NOAA Fisheries Southwest Fisheries Science Center and Vancouver Aquarium via AP Scientists using a drone have captured the photographs of the baby Puget Sound orca. NOAA Fisheries Southwest Fisheries Science Center and Vancouver Aquarium The new calf is the fifth baby since December to

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