A large pod of Orca entertained sight-seers as they hunted on stingrays in Pilot Bay today.
People flocked to Pilot Bay and watched in awe as about 30 Orca in several pods herded hundreds of stingray close to the beach and base of Mauao.
The juvenile and mature Orca were
seen feeding and frolicking in the harbour channel, about 100 metres between Matakana Island and the Mauao base track.
A Bay of Plenty Times reporter said hundreds of stingray were in ankle-deep water and all along Pilot Bay beach.
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