Happywhale - Killer whale in North Pacific Ocean

Happywhale and contributors

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Sightings and images were submitted to Happywhale by contributors. A portion of the Happywhale data were transferred to OBIS-SEAMAP upon the agreement between Happywhale and OBIS-SEAMAP.

There may be duplicate records among Happywhale datasets and other OBIS-SEAMAP datasets. The precision of date/time vary per record. Some records have date accuracy up to year only.

This dataset includes sightings and photos from the following 700 contributors in alphabetic order:

Aaron Foster; Aaron Kreisberg; aatika; Adam Ernster; adam maire; Aeon for Ocean; Aimee; Aisha Jimenez; Alain Bidart; Alan Gay; Alayna Hawkins; Alexander Allison; Alexia Skrbic; Alex Lamoreaux; Alex Rubenstein; Alicia Buzzard; Allee Goodfellow; Allen Lyu; Allie Smith; Alvaro Gabaldon; Alvaro Jaramillo; Alyse Kinoshita; Alyssa Engiles; Amanda Austin; Amanda Urena; Ambrose Carrejo; Ami Clayton; Amy McNeely; Amy Venema; Andoni Arrambide; Andrea; Andrea Carpio; Andrea Laughlin; Andrea Reinicke; Andrew D. MacDonald; Andrew Micks; andy hart; Angela E Waterbury; Angelika Ludwiczak; Angelo Fernandez; Angie Wrightson; Anieke Brombacher; Anika Miskar; Anna Astafurova; Anna Blake; Annalese Bletsch; Annamarie Dunn; Anna Stalcup; Annette Lucas; Annette Weeks; Anthony Perella; Arlette Zahn; Arthur Lewison; Ashish Kushwaha; Ashley Ruis; Ashly Fraser; Aubrey Jurgerson; Autumn Harms; Avery Fretwell; Avery Williamson; Avi Anand; Baja Wild Encounters; Becci Jewell; Becker Juergen; Becky Hilsen; Ben Hagler; Benjamin Lewis Hargrave; Benjamin Shulman; Berit Solstad; Bernhard; Beth Fetty; beth holiman; Beth Kleymeyer; Bill; bill sturgeon; Billy Hall; Blain & Monique Anderson; Blake Kremer; Bobby DeMarinis; Bobby Ellithorpe; Bobby Harman; Bob Lippert; Bob Schafer; Bonnie Furman; Bradley Vanston; Brandon Korody; BrandonWithrow; Brandt Ziegler; Brandy Fields; Breck Morrison; Brendan Keane; Brian Bieza; Brian Iske; Brian Rosner; Brian Sweeney; Bridget Forstmann; Brooke Chodzinski; Brooke Schafer; Bruce Haldors; Bryan McDonald; CA Edson; Caitlyn Ware; California Killer Whale Project; Camila Londono; Camilo Rada; Camryn Stang; Carey Bergman; Carl Fredrickson; Carlos Navarro; Carlos Pedrós-Alió; Caroline Kelley; Caroline Kempton; Caroline Patterson; Carol Irwin; Carol May; Carol Wilson; Carolyn Anderson; carter cox; Casey McKerchie; Catherine Ryan; Cathryn Thomas; Cecilia Ruiz; Celia Garland; Chad Carlson; Charlie Pingree; Charlie Wright; Charlize Uptegrove; Chase Enloe; Chawki; chelsea bradley; Chelsie Corcoran; Cheng-Hui Wong; "Chia" Cory Chiappone; Chris Biertuempfel; Chris Hill; Chris Mills; Christian Adlhart; Christian Harvey; Christopher Pankhurst; Christopher Willis; Christoph Mandl; Christy Ware; Chris Witwer; Cindy Braspenning; Clint Walden; Clint William; Colby Bechtold; Colette English; Colleen gervais; Colleen Talty; Constantin Schraut; Corina Sorensen; Cory Snook; Cottele Benny; Courtnay Crowell; Courtney Glenn; Curt Finfrock; Cynthia; Cynthia Feuillet; Dakota Osborne; Dale Frink; Dane McDermott; Daniel Bell; Daniel Cayton; Danielle Colosimo; Daniel Townend; Darcy Damrau Steck; Darrel DeLong; Dave Kutz; Dave Paton; David Beebe; David Brown; David Collins; David Donohue; David Egelston; david livingston; David Maki; David mcdonald; David Neel; David Rea; David W Myers II; Dawn; Deanna Deery-Schmitt; Deanna Kelsey; Deanna Taylor; Debbie Maas; Deborah Komatsu; Deborah Mayson; Debra Kettler; Declan Troy; Deep Blue, Drake Bay; Dennis Fukushima Jr; Denny Zwiefelhofer; Diana Pugh; Diane Kayser; Don Bermant; Donna Ikenberry; Donnie Gagldari; Doug Cheeseman - †; Douglas Croft; Douglas F Smith, Jr; Drew Lindow; Dustin Harris; Eamon Rodgers; Edith Simonson; Edward Rooks; Elizabeth Datz; Elizabeth Robinson; Elizabyth Hiscox; Ellena Griffiths; Eloise Russell; Emil Enchev; Emily Tate; Emma Luck; Emma Nelson; Erica Sackrison; Eric Austin Yee; Eric G Horvath; Erich Starzinger; Erik Bengtson; Erin Theis; Erin Thorvaldson; Erin Underwood; Ethan Anderson; Evan Brodsky; Floyd Hayes; Flynn Reiter; Frank Blache; Frank Canova; Frank McGoldrick; Frank Rotter; Frank Wurtzel; Gabrille Lopez; Gail Koza; Garden; Gary Downie; Gary Ridley; Gem Hows; Geoff Kerr; Gerald Schmidt; Gerard Menut; Gina Ruttle; Ginger Frizzell; Gisela Solà Boloix; Glacier Wind Charters; GNX Guy; Gordon Gates; Grace Corrigan; Gus van Vliet; Hadley Gross; Hannah Boron; Hannah Chesebro; Hannah King; happywhalessab; Hazel Pittwood; Heather Johnson; Heather Knight; hendrik gilmer; Henry Goode; Himanshu Arora; Holly Cannon; Holly Edwards; Holly Lohuis; Hongming Zheng; Honu; Hugo Cline; Hunter Cecil; Ian Bullock; Imelda; Iván Miranda Franco; Jacquelynn Lockhart; Jada Hector; james begeman; James Coyer; James F C Hyde IV; James Fiedler; James Moskito; James New; James Ramsdell; Jamie Lee Peterson; Jamie Print; Jana Johnson; Jane Marino; jane whitten; Jared Cox; Jason Peterson; Jason Stefanides; Jayleen Bydlon; Jaymini Dave; Jeanne Brown Gardner; Jeannine Thurn; Jean Pierre Orduña R.; Jeff Muncy; Jennifer Fought; Jennifer Singleton; Jennifer Stoudt; Jenny Varley; Jeremy Hathaway; Jessica Adams; Jessica de Vries; Jessica Rocker; Jessica Taucci; Jessie Johnson; Jill Healey; Jill K Quaintance; Jill Reiter; Jim Johns; Jim Lewis; Jim Nahmens; Joachim Bertrands; Joel Barrett; Joel Cruz Castilla; Joe Meuleman; Joe Noonan; John Carey; John Gardiner; John House; John J King II; John Moran; Johnny Huang; John Stricklin; John Wills; Jonathan Espin-Hempsall; Joshua Koester; Joshua Meza-Fidalgo; Joshua Weil; Josie Lowry; Joyce Xu; Judy Millicheap; Julia Acuna; Julian Clark; Juliane Schlei; Julie Franklyn; Julie Huckvale; Junior Evans; Justin Cox; Kaitlyn Kirkland; Kaitlyn Tunick; Kaleena Smith; Karen Brand; Karen Nenow; Karen Scott; Karina; Karre Wilson; Kate Allhusen; Kate Scott; Kate Spencer; Katherine McDermott; Kathleen Brown; Kathleen Roggero; Kathryn Clouston; Kathryn Picardo; Kathy Newstead; Kátia Silva; Katie Cartee; Katie Dunbar; Katie Read; Katlyn Taylor; Kayla Doucette; Kayvon; Keith Brooks; Keith Gourlay; Keith Gress; Kellie Sorensen; Kelly Boatwright; Kelly Collins; Kelly Fitzgerald; Kelly Livingston; Kelly M Coursey Gray; Kelly Morgan; Kelly ouellette; Kelvin Richardson; Ken Bagley; Kendra Krasin; Kennedy Payne; Kenneth O'Brien; Kenneth Strahm; Ken Rapp; Kent Kornegay; Ken Wright; Keri Bergman; Kerri Orr; Kerstin Ko; Kevin E. Davis; Kevin Elsby; Kevin Kennison; Kevin Schulte; Kevin Wilgus; Kimberly Kempfer; Kimberly Nesbitt; Kimberly Nielsen; Kimberly Roberts; Kim Powell; Kim Weiss; Kirsten; Kirstie Basford; Kristen Cirillo; Kristian Gillies; Kristin Campbell; Kristi Smith; Kylie West; Kyra Paterson; Laci gist; Landry Bowen; Lara Rodrigues Leite; Latitude Encounters; Laura; Laura Billeck; Laura Gurak; Laura Santillan; Laure Patricot; Lawrie rogerson; Leslie Rapp; Leticia Ro; Lewis Regan; Linda Brown; Linda McWilliams; Linn Jackson; Lisa Boyle; Lisa Roudabush; Lisa Walker; Lisa Woodward; Liz Ramsey; Logan Quayle; Lomvi; Lori & Rich Rothstein; Lorry; Luisa Ferreira; Lynette Dawson-Summerfeldt; Madelaine Altman; Madison Kosma; maia jewell; Mairead Norton; Mandy Hansen; Marcos Muñoz Medina; Marc Pelissier; Marcus Bergström; Margaret Burks; Maria Andrea Martin Guerrero; Marian Herz; Maria Sunshine; Marie Hill; Marie O'Shaughnessy; Marilia Olio; Marjorie Hawkins; Mark Doing; Mark Edwin Ayre; Mark Ellwein; Mark Fiebert; Mark Girardeau; Mark Huff; Mark OBrien; Martina Bartolini; Martin Tassche; Mary Etta Cochran; Maryjanna Zosia; Mary & Ken Campbell; Mason Donny; Matt DiFrancesco; Matt Franklin; Matthew Chadwick; Matthew Stumpf; matt ziegler; Maureen Lien; Max Block; Max Maharajh; Maya Taffs; McKenna Miller; Megan Broerman; Megan Chapin; Megan Hall; Megan Hillyer; Megan Montes; Megan Wells; Meghan doran; Michaela Heitmann; Michaela Mansholt; Michael Fishbach; Michael Jackson; Michael Pierson; Michael Wojciechowski; Michele Falivene; Michele Parker; Michèle Vogel; Michelle Austin; Michelle Booth; Michelle Cherry; Michelle Kirkpatrick; Michelle McCune, DVM; Mike Doherty; Mike Donald; Mike Greenfelder; Mike Justa; Mike Maki; Milena Zaharieva Whales; Mindy Groves; Mindy Huston; Miranda Williams; Mollie Segall; Molly Batts; Monica Hofmann; Monica Smith; MS Fridtjof Nansen; MS Roald Amundsen; Nancy Kuhn; Natalie DiBerardinis; Natalie Kervin; Nathan Kelley; Nathan Orlandi; Nathan Small; National Geographic Sea Bird; National Geographic Venture; Neil Carter; Neil Goodman; Neil McDermott; Neil Nesheim; Niccole Vaughn; Nicholas Gray; Nicholas King; Nichole St Germain; Nick Hamill; Nico Heyning; Nicole; Nicole Abrams; Nicole Ciaccia; Nicole Dwyer; Nicole Engle; Nicole LaRoche; Nicole Rusch; Nicole Schriber; Nicole Sucre; Nicole Webster; nicolle martinez; Niki Weiss; Nikki Garmon; Nina Kee; Nina Moysi; NOAA National Marine Mammal Laboratory (NMML); Norman Daniel Mendez Pick; Oana Claudia Dinescu; Oliver Vossen; Out to Sea Expedition Company; Owen Watt; Pamela Le Noury; Parker Astley; Patricia Morine; Patrick Sysiong; Patrick Thompson; Patrick Wieler; Patty J Flowers; Paul D; paul garriott; Paul Pudwell; Paul Rath; Payton Thomas; Pearl Thompson; Pedro Jesus Dominguez Mendez; Peggy Mundy; Peter B McAllister; Peter Gossage; Peter Herreid; Peter Lawless; Peter Wang; Petra Glardon; Petra Stolz; Philip Stone; Pichayamon Hongsuchon; Rachel Bowers; Rachel Gearhart; Rachel Payne; Rae Fellenberg; Raghavan Nair; Ralph Lee Hopkins; Randy Straka; Raymond K Loraine; Rayne Billings; Rebecca Berger; Rebecca Malkewicz; Rebecca Vest; Reg James; Rhonda Glisson; Rhys Watkin; Richard Sidey; Richard Weber; Rick Olson; Rilee Currie; Riley Hansen; Roberta Darrow; Robert Bowen; Robert Gowan; Robert Lynn Rosenthal; Robert Perry; Robin Alexis; Robin Froman; Robyn Case; Robyn Hartzell; Roger Davis; Rogier Gruys; Ronald Johnson; Ron Niebrugge; rosann anderson; Ryan Beck; Ryan Lawler; Sabine Threin; Samantha Chafe; Samantha Morgan-Vizard; Sandy Kirkner; Sandy Levy; Sanne Bakkers; Sara Bayne; Sara Franson; Sarah McNamara; Sarah Ryan; Sara Rodriguez; sara ryan; Sara Wilhelm; Sara Wise; Sault Photography; Scottie Schmidt; Scott Pirtle; Scott Spickler; Scott Veirs; Sean McRae; Selena Santos Rivera; Seth Singer; shannon; Shari Bookstaff; Shawn McAnnally; Shelby Gold; Shelby Nielson; Shelly Erceg; Sherry Williams; Sierra Goodman; Sigi Wiesner; SointulArt; Sonja Eberl; Sophie Clements; Sophie Nessel; Srini Chakravarthi; Staci Edwards; Stephanie Jurries; Stephanie Wittman; stephen palmer; Steph Morris; steve; Steve Gompertz; Steven A Robenalt; Steve Snow; Steve Waller; SWFSC - Southwest Acoustic Ecology Lab; Sydney Minges; Sydney Polinchock; TabathaPearlAnn; Tara Styles; Tasha DiMarzio; Tatyana (Taz) Danahy-Moore; Taylor Snooks; Ted Cheeseman; Teresa cue; Tess Chapman; Thais Dib Frias; Thomas I Watkins; Tiffany waldner; Tim Grams; Tim Martin; Timothy Carbone; Timothy Farrell; Tobin Sparling; Todd Atkins; Todd Weisbrot; Tomoko Shimotomai; Tom Stoeri; Tori Bowe; Tracy Desiderio; Trestin Lauricella; Trinitie Seeber; Trisha Ross; Ursula Kuny; Valerie Otto; Vanuza borges; Varsha Nair; Veronica Franklin; Vicki Beaver; Viktoria Muehlbauer; Vincent Mendoza; Vincent von Kaenel; Virginia Boughner; Virginia Caballero Slim; Wally’s Whales Tales; Warren_G_Asher; Warren Zimmer; Wayne Staples; Weixiao Fu; Wendy Chambers; Whale Watch Cabo; winfield; Yas Nakayama; Yolanda Deatherage; Yves Roumazeilles; Zoe Read

Overview

This section explains attributes included in the original dataset. OBIS-SEAMAP restricts the attributes available to the public to date/time, lat/lon and species names/counts only. Should you need other attributes described here, you are encouraged to contact the data provider.

Attributes described below represent those in the original dataset provided by the provider.
All attributes are included in the downloadable file (CSV or ESRI File Geodatabase) for "Complete Set of Dataset".

Attributes in dataset

Attribute (table column)	Description
oid	Internal ID
type	Always 'Event'
modified	Last modified
language	Language. Always 'en'
institution_code	Institution code. Always 'Happywhale'
basis_of_record	Basis of record. Always 'HumanObservation'
occurrence_id	Occurrence ID assigned by Happywhale
catalog_number	Catalog number. A link to Happywhale
recorded_by	Person or organization who recorded the data
individual_count	Number of animal. Always 1
sex	Gender of the animal if known
preparations	Method of data collection. Always 'photograph'
occurrence_remarks	Occurrence remarks
organism_id	Organism/animal ID assigned by Happywhale
organism_name	Organism/animal name by provider
organism_remarks	Organism remarks
event_id	Event ID assigned by Happywhale
event_date	Date the picture was taken
event_time	Time the picture was taken in local time zone
higher_geography	Ocean the animal was seen
water_body	Details of ocean
locality	Location of ocean
verbatim_locality	Location of ocean described by the provider
decimal_latitude	Latitude in decimal degrees
decimal_longitude	Longitude in decimal degrees
geodetic_datum	Geodetic datum. Always 'EPSG:4326 WGS84'
coordinate_precision	Coordinate precision
scientific_name	Scientific name
taxon_rank	Taxon rank
vernacular_name	Common name
license	License for picture
rights_holder	Rights holder
external_resource	Link to the picture (mid size)
external_resource_thumb	Link to the picture (small size)