Bare Facts: Female ~ Born 1987 ~ Mother Skagit ~ Father Unknown ~ Children A76, Nalau ~ ID Notch at tip of fin; ragged nick midway; straight, thin fin

Kiltik, Skagit(A35)'s first born, was born in 1987, a year after Kelsey and Yakat began to go separate ways. She was Skagit's first calf, but her mother handled it like an old pro.
Kiltik gained a playmate in 1992, when she was 5, when Skagit had another calf, Racey (A59). Then when Kiltik was 12, she gained another sister, Sunny (A70). Around the time of Sunny's birth, Skagit and her daughters began to stray from the rest of the family, forming their own sub-matriline.
In 2002, at the age of 15, Kiltik became a mother herself, to a calf dubbed A76. Unfortunately, A76 died the same year.
The next year, Skagit gave birth to another calf, Roller (A77).
The same year, Kiltik and her close sister Racey became stars of the Orca-Live Highlights. One day, the two sisters showed up at the rock-face directly below the camera! They began a long and intense hunt for salmon, trying to drive them out of the crevasses of the rock. It was fascinating to watch-they took turns trying to flush the salmon out-and it earned them a large amount of time on the Orca-Live Highlights 2003 dvd.
The next year, Kiltik became a mother again. And this time, so did Racey! Kiltik's new calf is Nalau, and the little one has survived its first two years and is healthy and exuberant. I saw the calf myself, and Nalau certainly looks great!
In 2006, Kiltik's sister Racey disappeared and was presumed dead. The same year, Canoona, Racey's calf, was hit by a boat! To the delight of all researchers, Kiltik seems to have taken in the baby...this means she has her hands full with two calves!
Kiltik is fairly easy to identify. Her fin has a curved notch out of it at the top and a rather ragged looking notch near the bottom. Her saddle patch is closed and solid, but there are a few noticeable scars on it and near it.