Flying Orca Memorial Prayer Flags
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I’m gratified to say that new sets of Memorial Prayer Flags are now ready for honoring nine Southern Resident Orcas . . .
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Whales, Art & Warming Oceans - An Archived Blog
This “whales” blog ran from 2014 through October 2019. Please enjoy its posts for their focus on globe warming and our whales and oceans.
From 2019 to present, my blogging continued as
Personal Climate Choices:
How We Choose Climate Actions
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Escaped Salmon a Threat to Endangered Orcas’ Food?
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The Upper Skagit Indian Tribe has found some of the farmed Atlantic salmon in the Skagit River three months after . . .
Read MoreChoosing Your Seafood Dinner
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I like salmon. We pan fry it up about once a week and its sizzling . . .
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Who's Eating Who?
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It’s been a dramatic summer for both fish-eating Orcas and salmon in Northwest waters. Our resident . . .
Read MoreDo No Harm
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First, do no harm.
One guiding principle of health care providers is not to make things worse. A lovely warning for anyone with intentions to make things better.
After months . . .
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Salmon & Orcas
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We’ve been on notice that this summer might be a precarious one for salmon and the northwest resident Orcas that feed . . .
Read MoreThe Beauty of What Is - Young Whales
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Thanks to wildlife photographers, we can follow eight new southern resident Orcas . . .
Read MoreOrcas, Imagined and Real
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Imagining Orcas
In my last post, I waxed poetic about the possibilities of musicians and whales communicating. I was heading . . .
Read MoreWatching the Orca Kids this Summer
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It’s been great news that the resident Orcas of the Northwest have had 9 new births since late 2015. The major . . .
Read MoreA Prize for Naming Ocean Life
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This freshly made artwork doesn’t have a title yet and I’m asking, you, my readers to help name it. It portrays a blue whale but . . .
Read MoreAnother Mother and Child
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Seasons Greetings with a new Orca, a lovely present of hope to us all. J pod, of the Southern . . .
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Greetings!
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As land-dwelling creatures it’s all too easy to forget about our oceans and how they’re doing. Luckily . . .
Read MoreThe Importance of Whale Poo
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Tucker: A Poo-sniffing Dog.
Good old Tucker is a whale researcher. He is trained to lead humans to where they can collect poo from the Northwest’s resident Orcas for analysis.
Read MoreDrones We Can Welcome
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Unlike the controversial drones of the U. S. military, drones for studying whales are receiving a warm welcome. Especially from scientists. They provided lovely videos . . .
Read MoreOrca Mommas
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It's a Girl!
The birth of a baby Orca in northwest waters has been a widely reported good-news story in Seattle lately. The news is especially . . .
