On Monday, May 8, whale watchers along the Oregon coast spotted a rare sight: a pod of orcas hunting a gray whale calf and mother in an organized group. Local photographers Jaklyn Larsen and Hannah Dimich captured rare, dramatic images of the orca pod in the waters between Cape Foulweather and Gull Rock on the central Oregon coast. According to Craig Hayslip, a faculty research assistant with the Marine Mammal Institute at OSU who witnessed the event, the mother defended the calf throughout the time it was being attacked and long after it was dead. As night fell, the mother finally swam away heading north and the orcas stayed behind. Read more and see photos at the link in our bio. #whale #dolphin #orcas #killerwhales #oregoncoast