Orcas
orca, portrait, norway
swim with orcas
spyhop, orca, killerwhale, norway
spyhop, orca, expedition, norway
orca front, killerwhale, norway
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orca, mountain, winter, snow, norway
speed, orca, seglvilk, norway
spyhop, male, orca, killerwhale, norway
spyhop, orca, calm sea, norway
sea, glaze, orca pod, norway
speed, swim, orca, killerwhale, norway
double orcas, brothers, norway
orca pod, pink sky, norway
double spyhop, orca, killerwhale, norway
spyhop, orca, killerwhale, ship, norway
orca juvenile, mountain, norway
close up, killerwhale, breach, norway
norway, orca, spyhop
peak, orca, killerwhale, norway
night, fishing boat, orca, killerwhale
norway, orca
orcas, killerwhales, swim, expedition, mountain, norway
front, orca, norway
close up orca, norway
orca breach, storm, norway
double orca, norway, expedition
norway, orca calf
calm sea, orca, norway
sunset, orca pod, dorsal fin,norway
orca surf, norway
spyhop orca, killerwhale, norway
orca calf, mother, norway
orca, killerwhale, blow, sun
orca, sun, swim, norway
orca, eagle, norway
orca pod, family, sun, blows
orca pod, landscape, mountain
orca, killerwhale, storm, norway
orca, sunset, profile
spyhop orca valhalla
orca pod dorsal fin sunset
close up orca
orca rough sea
orca fin light
orca mist
orca juvenile jump
winter orca
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orca pod swim
orca front
sunset orca
orca double
Orca family
About This Project
The spring-spawning herrings coming to this area for a few months every winter is the reason that the whales converge here since fish is a good food source.
Pod members take turns diving beneath the school and looping around it—an orca carousel—while blowing bubbles, calling, and flashing their white bellies to frighten the herrings. In response, herrings swim even more tightly together. When a carousel is going full tilt, herrings leap about on top of the water, desperately trying to escape.
Once the pod has the herrings under control, one orca slams the edge of the school with its tail and eats them one by one.