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Meet the 2023 Interns: Kaylee McKenna

By Michelle Collins | 06/06/2023
I'm excited to introduce Kaylee McKenna as WDC's summer Marine Mammal Conservation Intern. Kaylee has...
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Lasting Legacies: Orca Action Month 2023

By Colleen Weiler | 06/01/2023
Each June we celebrate Orca Month and the unique community of Southern Resident orcas, and this...
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Whale AID 2023: A Night of Music and Hope for North Atlantic Right Whales

By Regina Asmutis-silvia | 05/22/2023
The inaugural Whale AID concert to support Whale and Dolphin Conservation's (WDC's) work to protect...
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Meet the 2023 Interns: Thomas Zoutis

By Monica Pepe | 03/24/2023
I'm happy to introduce WDC's first Marine Mammal Conservation Intern of the year, Thomas Zoutis!...
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Double Your Impact for Marine Animal Rescue & Response

By Melissa Walker | 02/28/2023
On a chilly day this past December, the WDC North America team celebrated the first...
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WDC’s Education Wishlist = Cleared!

By Jen Kelly | 02/07/2023
To the WDC Community, I want to thank you so much for your support of...
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Looking forward for Southern Resident orcas in 2023

By Colleen Weiler | 01/26/2023
Hysazu Photography 2022 was a big year for Southern Resident orcas - 2022 brought the...
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The Unlikely Adventure of Shoebert, a Young Grey Seal Who Visited an Industrial Park Pond

By Sarah McCormack | 01/11/2023
Credit: Seacoast Science Center In mid-September, our stranding partners in northern Massachusetts were inundated with...
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Hello at long last Rainbow !

By Charlie Phillips | 06/10/2014

Hi Everyone,

At long last I have managed to photograph Rainbow and her calf this year – they appeared for the first time yesterday in a big group near Chanonry Point. My friends on the Aberdeen University research boat confirmed that she was there, as was Spirit and her calf Shimmer. It was June the 8th last year when an opportunistic trip out with Sarah on the Ecoventures boat from Cromarty gave me my first sighting of her in 2013 but this year she has kindly turned up two days earlier – thank you Rainbow !

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While standing on the beach thrilled at seeing Rainbow and her calf looking fit and healthy – who should come rocketing in with some of his buddies and a whole lot of attitude but Rainbows big son “Prism” and started a breaching contest with big “Scoopy”. You can see one frame from one of the breaching sequences below…

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Best Wishes,

Charlie.

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