Wishing everyone a great New Year!
Locally it started with some strong winds and
rain over the past few days. With all the white caps on the ocean, local sightings around
the Sunshine Coast and Powell River areas have been non-existent. If
any cetaceans have been out there, they've been able to stay
relatively hidden. In other areas though, some Northern Resident Orca
made an appearance in the Blackfish Sound area just above Johnstone
Strait today, January 5, 2012. There were also Transient Orca
rumoured in the upper Johnstone Strait area. Meanwhile, Southern
Resident Orca were seen around the Whidbey Island area of Washington
State as were a few Transient Orca. My apologies for not having more
details at this time.
For those of you following my winter Hummingbird count: The winds were hard on these tiny birds, but they managed to sneak a bit from the swinging feeder a few times. Watching them time their access was interesting. Today, things settled down and lo and behold, I now have another male Anna's Hummingbird for a total of two males and two females.
For those of you following my winter Hummingbird count: The winds were hard on these tiny birds, but they managed to sneak a bit from the swinging feeder a few times. Watching them time their access was interesting. Today, things settled down and lo and behold, I now have another male Anna's Hummingbird for a total of two males and two females.
Susan MacKay, Whales
and Dolphins BC
