Whales and Dolphins are on the move,
and being spotted, in the inside waters of Georgia Strait closer to
the mainland. The noise that an earthquake creates is enormous and
must be deafeningly loud to them. They would want to have something
like a few islands between themselves and the origin of the noise to
block some of the sound. By now everyone is aware of the magnitude
7.7 earthquake Occtober 27, 2012 in the Queen Charlotte Islands, now called Haida
Gwaii. It was felt as far down the BC coast as Vancouver.
Few Transient Orca reports, but
Humpback Whales and Pacific White Sided Dolphins are being spotted
more frequently in different locations. A few Dall's Porpoise reports
and a link to a YouTube video of a Humpback Whale disentanglement.
Susan MacKay, Whales
and Dolphins BC
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Humpback
Whales
Humpback BCY027 “Maude”
Tail Flukes
October 28, 2012
Susan MacKay, SG Images
October 28:
At 9.45 am today we sighted a humpback
in the Malaspina Strait between Pebble Beach, Powell River and Van
Anda, Texada. It was very slowly heading south, taking long dives and
showing it's tail fluke. Still in the same area an hour later.
Such a thrill!
Holly Roy and Bob Brooks, Powell
River
October 28:
12 pm till around 3 pm Thanks to
Holly's (above report) telephone guidance my neighbour Judy and I
found the Humpback whale just off Myrtle Rocks in a bit of choppy
seas. She stayed in the area resting a fair bit on the surface and
working towards shore then back out slowly. Not tremendously active,
we were pleased to see those beautiful tail flukes a few times. We
left her (yes, a female!) close to Beach Gardens Marina as she turned
to head out of the shallows and back towards Myrtle Rocks, just South
of Powell River. After checking the photos, I managed to make a
positive ID as BCY027 also known as “Maude”. This is a whale I
hadn't seen since either 1999 or 2000 so I was excited to see that
she's still around, and so close to Powell River! The healed gouges
on her left flank resemble marks from a large shark bite – see
photo.
Susan MacKay, Whales and Dolphins BC
October 27: (report received on 28th)
Around 11 a.m Saturday, while the
Powell River sailing club was out racing, a Humpback was spotted near
the light on Cyril Rocks south of Blubber Bay close in to Texada
Island. The Humpback was heading South, just showing its full back..
strong south east winds but easily spotted in the rain.
Laura Johnson, Powell River
October 25:
8 am Humpback Whale Northbound by
Deepwater Bay, off Campbell River.
2 pm Found Two good sized Humpbacks and
left them foraging still in Deepwater Bay. They were being very shy,
doing long dives.
Garry Henkel, Aboriginal Journeys
Humpback BCY027 “Maude”
Left Flank Shark Bite?
October 28, 2012
Susan MacKay, SG Images
Transient
Bigg's Killer Whales – Orca
October 27:
4 pm Just got a report (6:20 pm) from a
guy at the fuel dock that 8 to 10 Orca were heading northbound past
Discovery Harbour Marina, Campbell River.
Garry Henkel, Aboriginal Journeys
October 24: (received 25th)
5 pm 4 Transient Orca were Northbound
by No Name Creek.
Elvis on Fishing Boat
Pacific
White Sided Dolphins
October 28:
10:15 am Dolphins close to commercial
fishboats somewhere off Comox. No numbers or direction or response to
my radio call.
October 28:
6 pm Just arrived in Horseshoe Bay from
Nanaimo on the 3pm ferry.. half way between , the ferry captain came
on and told us about large pod of Pacific White Sided Dolphins just
ahead.. hundreds! Barely parted for ferry to pass, riding stern
waves.. quite a show.. but definitely hundreds of individuals, and
they stayed in the same area until we were too far away to see their
splash .. very active, circling, breeching, wonderful for those of us
on board... what a gift!
Anne Hamilton
Anne Hamilton
October 28:
2:26 pm 10 or so PWS Dolphins in the
Raggeds (Copeland Islands, off Lund). Porpoise too.
Gordie Coles, Savary Island / Lund
October 25:
8 am 50 – 60 PWS Dolphins Northbound
by Okisollo Channel.
2:45 pm A dozen PWS Dolphins foraging
by Howe Island.
4:30 pm A dozen PWS Dolphins milling at
the mouth of Okisollo Channel.
Garry Henkel, Aboriginal Journeys
October 25:
11:52 am Dolphin pod off Boyer island,
at least a hundred. Just now. I live on Strachan point road and we
see them a lot. They were headed West – for the moment.
Marci Cooper
Pacific White Sided
Dolphins
October 2012
Garry Henkel,
Aboriginal Journeys
Dall's
Porpoise
October 28:
12:30 pm 10 Dall's Porpoise foraging in
Nodales Channel.
3:30 pm 4 Dall's Porpoise in Quathiaski
Cove foraging.
Garry Henkel, Aboriginal Journeys
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Have you seen this story of a Humpback
disentanglement?