After a few days without Orca, the
Transients reappeared. Pacific White Sided Dolphins seem to be pretty
spread out now, some Dall's Porpoise sightings and a few late
sightings reports. 'KC' the Humpback has not been seen again the past
few days, but keep your eyes open!
Susan MacKay, Whales
and Dolphins BC
Transient
Orca – Killer Whales
Transient Orca
May 28, 2012
Nick Templeman, Eagle
Eye Adventures
May 31:
7:30 am 6 to 7 Orca headed North
through Seymour Narrows. Report repeated by someone on the
radio and relayed at 9:30 am to Whales and Dolphins BC.
Scotty, Painters Lodge
May 31:
10 am Found at least 4 Orca by
Chatham Point – 1 big male with a couple of notches. Slowly
headed north then turned into Nodales Channel at 10:15 am
Scotty, Painters Lodge
May 31:
10:50 am The Orca were identified as
T02C's and T10's by the DFO team passing by on the Roller Bay
and Graeme Ellis – radio transmission relayed to Whales and
Dolphins BC by
Nick Templeman, eagle Eye Adventures
May 31:
11:25 am Another group of Orca were
reported by Phillips Arm. Another distant transmission.
Radio
Transient Orca –
Killer Whales
May 31, 2012
Garry Henkel,
Aboriginal Journeys
May 31:
2:30 pm The two groups of Transient
Orca joined up by Greene Point Rapids and slowly worked
there way towards Loughborough Inlet, by Lyle Island at around
3:30 pm. Stayed with them till 4:10 pm all Westing.
Garry Henkel, Aboriginal Journeys
May 29:
10 am Previous day's Orca, T036's
and T099's reportedly up by Hanson Island. (top end of
Johnstone Strait)
Nick Templeman, Eagle Eye Adventures
May 24:
Afternoon; Group of around 9 Orca
were spotted along the West Texada shoreline breaching, spy
hopping and tail lobbing by some people visiting and new to the
area. Nice welcome! We had wondered where they got to - SM
Tim (I apologize, I forgot your last
name - SM)
May 23:
Evening – late run back over to
Savary Island a pod of active Orca were between Lund
and Mace Point, Savary Island. Jim & Shelley Morgan –
relayed to Whales and Dolphins BC
Geri Batchelor, Savary Island
Transient Orca –
Killer Whales
May 31, 2012
Garry Henkel,
Aboriginal Journeys
Pacific
White Sided Dolphins
May 31:
10:31 am 3 – 4 PWS Dolphins
were Southbound heading directly towards the Orca by Howe Island,
Nodales Channel.
Scotty, Painters Lodge
May 31:
9:50 am around 20 Pacific White
Sided Dolphins foraging by Granite Point, Kanish Bay, just
north of Campbell River.
Scotty, Painters Lodge
May 30:
8:20 am Small group of Dolphins
right out by April Point.
8:30 am Large group of PWS Dolphins
spread out by Bute Inlet.
10 am 30 to 40 Pacific White Sided
Dolphins Southbound by Brown's Bay, close to Campbell
River.
Scotty, Painters Lodge
May 29:
10:07 am About 100 PWS Dolphins at
the mouth of Bute and spread out into Calm Channel. Doing lots
of leaps! Stayed with them till around 11 am
Scotty, Painters Lodge
Dall's
Porpoise
May 31:
12:30 pm Small pod of Dall's
Porpoise by Penn Island.
Radio
May 31:
10 am While there were Orca heading
into Nodales Channel, a few Dall's Porpoise were headed South on
the opposite side of the Channel.
Scotty, Painters Lodge
May 29:
10 am Couple of Dall's Porpoise in
rips by Hole in the Wall.
Radio
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