A few Orca and
breaching Humpback Whale (photos
below), and lots and lots (1000) of Pacific White Sided
Dolphins...they're back! (photo below) And what a
wonderful sight to see.
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'Whale
Encounters'
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
7 pm I will be speaking as part of the Lecture Series, open to the
public, at the Powell River campus of the Vancouver Island
University.
This multimedia presentation of
photos, video and audio, will delve into cetacean identification,
species interactions and behaviours with other marine species, their
food, and humans. Listen to their “talk” as they socialize,
echo-locate and forage for food.
Susan MacKay,
Whales
and Dolphins BC
Transient
Orca
October 25:
2:30 pm 4
Orcas by Campbell River ferry terminal. Heading North. I never
saw them but a friend did and the ferry announced.
Garry
Henkel, Aboriginal
Journeys
Humpback
Whales
Big
Humpback Breach!
By
Chatham Point October 24, 2011
Photo:
Garry Henkel,
Aboriginal
Journeys
October 24:
2:30 pm 2
Humpback Whales were slowly headed North-West by Chatham
Point. There were some great tail lobs and huge breach (photo
below). Also had a couple of Dall's Porpoise, but they didn't
stay around.
Garry
Henkel, Aboriginal
Journeys
Humpback
Tail Lob
By
Chatham Point October 24, 2011
Photo:
Garry Henkel,
Aboriginal
Journeys
Pacific
White Sided Dolphins
October 28:
Throughout the
day there were spread out groups of Pacific White Sided Dolphins
in front of Powell River. I spotted them at various times, and
in between lumpy seas by: Harwood Island, Rebecca Rocks, Blubber Bay,
Texada, and close to the Powell River shore. Even from here I could
see some of the huge leaps as they chased fish.
Susan MacKay,
Whales
and Dolphins BC
October 27:
9:30 am Having
spotted a couple of hundred Pacific White Sided Dolphins out
in front of Powell River, I knew I had to get out on the
water. I was out with them from around 10:45 am till 3:30 pm. Even
the sun couldn't help but smile through the clouds as the Lags took
great leaps and played between the bursts of speed as they chased
food. I saw a couple of salmon leap, and they were in pursuit. When I
first saw them, there were around 200, some peeled off
somewhere and then some joined up by the top of Texada for one
huge speed foraging manoeuvre. It's tough to keep track of where they
all got to, but I do believe that the whole group of around 1000
or so Dolphins were spread out in smaller groups from the
Van. Isl. Side of Rebecca Rocks around Harwood (a few came in with a
boat from Savary Island direction) to Grief Point / VanAnda way. By
the time I left them, there were around 100 of them and from home, I
could still see them till it got too dark. What a great day! A
few of the photos will be shown at my presentation Nov. 1st.
Susan MacKay,
Whales
and Dolphins BC
Pacific
White Sided Dolphin
This
guy Breached around 13 times in a row
Powell
River October 27, 2011
Photo
Greg and Janice McLaughlin from their boat
October 26:
5:45 pm Around 30
Lags (PWS Dolphins)
with 4 Sea Lions porpoising along
with them headed South by Grief Point, Powell
River.
Susan MacKay,
Whales
and Dolphins BC
October 24:
2 pm The call
came in: Well over 100 Pacific White Sided Dolphins were all
around and in between a tug and log boom. They stayed with the slow
moving tow all the way from outside Grant's Reef and along the
Harwood Shore heading towards the Mainland. We've been watching
them for a couple of hours from Savary Island.
John and Joan
Treen, Savary Island
4 pm As the tug
and tow rounded Harwood Island, by Atrevida Reef, my neighbour, Steve
Grover called to let me know he'd spotted them. Approximately
5-600 Dolphins were back and forth, with a few leaps along the
way, around the tug and tow and spread out from Sliammon to
Harwood. They headed towards Vivian Island then turned back
towards Westview then off to Sliammon and back again. At one
point, the very large group of around 1000 Dolphins were together
directly in front of Powell River for a bit of foraging. By the
time it dusk rolled around, some had split off to somewhere while
others stayed out in center strait between Harwood and Atrevida Reef.
October 23:
Hi Susan:) Hope
all is well in Powell River for you. Spent last week going up to
Bella Coola on the tug & barge. Thought I would see lots of
whales around buy really only a couple of HB's (Humpbacks)
past Lizard Point and about 40 Lags (Pacific
White Sided Dolphins) in Blackfish. Coming in
yesterday through Seymour Narrows, that huge group of Lags was
spread between Maud Island & Race Point. Estimate 1000+. They
were visible from a couple of miles away with the squalling behavior
& all the gulls overhead! They have been here now for a couple of
weeks, cycling between Seymour & Nodales Ch. My guess is herring
or pilchard they're munching on. Take care!
Nick Templeman, Eagle Eye Adventures
Nick Templeman, Eagle Eye Adventures