" TSITIKA AND HER SON "
Robert Bateman

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Tsitika and her Sons - Orcinus orca

"We heard the orcas before we saw them.  On the boat’s hydrophone their squeals, squeaks,
whistles and sighs sounded as if they were echoing in a cavernous space.  Finally the mist
lifted a little and we saw a phalanx of black dorsal fins not too far off - a family pod.  Then
the mist swallowed them up again.  Perhaps one of the pods we glimpsed on that magical
day of whale watching belonged to a whale that researchers have named Tsitika, an orca
matriarch whose life history has given me a glimpse into the orca world.  Tsitika and her
family belong to the northern resident population of British Columbia killer whales.  They
have a remarkable social system that we are just beginning to understand."
  - Robert Bateman

Tsitika and her Sons - Robert Bateman

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