RARE SIGHTING ALERT! BIGG'S KILLER WHALES HUNT HUMPBACK WHALES NEAR FARALLON ISLANDS NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, CALIFORNIA. 🚨 Farallon Islands National Wildlife Refuge Manager Gerry McChesney and Wildlife Refuge Specialist Mackenzie Cahill, along with our partners from Point Blue Conservation Science, were treated with the amazing sighting of about 15 killer whales, also known as orcas, interacting with several humpback whales just off the Farallon Islands National Wildlife Refuge on August 22.

Home to thousands of sea birds and marine mammals, these islands are closed to the public. Get a rare glimpse of the Farallones. http://on.natgeo.com/1WwJEOU | National Geographic

In case you missed it, on August 22, Farallon Islands National Wildlife Refuge staff and our partners at Point Blue Conservation Science were treated with the amazing sighting of about 15 killer whales, also known as orcas, interacting with several humpback whales just off the Farallon Islands National Wildlife Refuge, California. During an exciting event watched for nearly 9 hours, the killer whales appeared to be hunting the humpbacks for a meal, much like wolves hunt elk on land. Photos and v

Have you heard of the Farallon Islands?!🏝️ Maybe you've seen them off in the distance if you have spent time in the City by the Bay. 27 miles west of San Francisco, the Farallon Islands National Wildlife Refuge may not be open to the public, but they are visited often... by migratory seabirds, seals and sea lions, and other rare species found nowhere else! With nearly 400,000 nesting seabirds of 13 species and thousands of seals and sea lions of five species, the refuge requires strict protecti