The youngest southern resident orca has made it all the way to California
The southern residents' newest member Lucky (or L124) seems to be doing well. So well, in fact, that she's down in California.
The Center for Whale Research announced in a post on Facebook that director Ken Balcomb had positively identified the calf from a photo sent to him by Monterey Bay Whale Watch's Nancy Black.
Though about 40 percent of newborn calves do not survive their first few years, researchers are hoping that Lucky lives up to the name.
And, given how far the whales have traveled, the calf seems to be doing well: In the first major sighting of the whale since January, Black said by all accounts L124 looked like a healthy calf. Balcomb told Q13 that some of these whales were spotted all the way up in Johnstone Strait in British Columbia about a month ago.
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