I love this quote from a spokeswoman from the Marine Sanctuary outside of San Francisco Bay where L pod was observed foraging last week:
“It’s nice they’re showing up, but it’s too bad there’s not enough food for them up north,” Schramm said.
That’s pretty funny since L pod is almost surely pursuing salmon of the Sacramento and San Joaquin River Basin — populations which have been plagued by dismal returns in recent years, despite seeing the best returns last fall since 2006. So, what struggling northern river systems and salmon populations is she pondering? (The Columbia I hope!)
It goes to show you that we Washingtonians have a lot of communicating about orcas and their prey to do with the keepers of other river systems that feed the southern residents, particularly during the winter.
> Tell Representatives to save CA fish
