Short
report today. The few Sightings reports include Orca, possible
Humpback or Minke Whale and some Porpoise. There are a few links
showing some Pacific White Sided Dolphins and Transient Bigg's Killer
Whales in close proximity as well as Bryde's Whales and Basking Sharks. Lynne Cracknell is back in town, on stream and ready
to type all your reports.
Susan
MacKay, Whales
and Dolphins BC
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Humpback
Whale
2013
Susan
MacKay, SG Images
TRANSIENT
BIGG'S KILLER WHALES
(assumed
Transient Bigg's)
November
20:
6:20
pm With the radio on still as I finalize the Sightings Report, I
suddenly hear that there are some Orca somewhere off of Denman /
Hornby Island. The people talking were hoping that they'd take a sea
lion or two. It's assumed that these are commercial fishermen.
Susan
MacKay, Whales and Dolphins BC
November
18:
3:15
pm 3 Orcas with small fins sighted moving southbound by Davis Bay in
Sechelt. Someone else said they had seen a big dorsal. There were
lots of seals around at the time. The Orca we saw were a couple
hundred yards off shore.
Danny
Bakan, Roberts Creek, Sunshine Coast.
November
12:
5:00
pm There are several Orca northbound in front of the Campbell River
Ferry Terminal. I saw four of them; there was one male and then three
smaller fins. I just saw them surface once but it was getting dark.
Don't know if there were any more.
Laura,
Aboriginal Journeys Whales and Grizzly Bear Tours.
September
12 (rec'd Nov):
I
saw these whales (see photo) while sitting on the Rebecca Spit on
Quadra Island on Sept 12th. Can you tell me anything about them?
Thanks. (These
Orca tie in with the Transient Bigg's that were reported at that time
- SM)
Linnea
Hansen
Orca
off Quadra Island
Sept
12, 2013
Linnea
Hansen
POSSIBLE
HUMPBACK OR MINKE WHALE
November
13:
8:09
am Possible Humpback or might be a Minke whale northbound from Myrtle
Rocks.
8:09
am, so too early to call you. Just been watching a lone orca slowly
going up past Myrtle Rocks towards Beach Gardens. I wasn’t sure it
was an orca as it has such a small curved fin, but it is much bigger
than a dolphin. It’s definitely not the same Humpback from the
other day; for sure. Hope you can see it shortly.
Holly
Roy, Powell River
8:45
am Humpback or Minke Whale just passed by Powell River. Looked like
it could be a Humpback, but can't rule out Minke Whale. It surfaced a
couple of times and was definitely quickly on the move Northbound.
Kept looking, but didn't see it again.
Susan
MacKay, Whales and Dolphins BC
November
13:
8:45
am Large, lone whale just south of the Powell River ferry terminal.
It may be Crescent BCX1258? (without confirmation, it is very
difficult to tell which whale it might be - SM)
Shirley
Randall, Powell River
November
10:
11:30
am Possible Humpback whale southbound in Grenville Channel. That's
located in the Inside Passage just south of Prince Rupert. When the
captain of the ferry announced there was a whale off the starboard
side, everyone went to look. It had a huge blow and a small dorsal.
Cameron
Brant, Morristown, BC
DALL'S
or HARBOUR PORPOISE
November
12:
I
travel by boat from Fishermans Cove in West Vancouver to Gambier
Island daily and quite often see dolphins right off Whytecliff Park.
I saw 3 small black or dark grey ones today. I quite often see the
larger pods of Pacific White Sided dolphins in Howe Sound between
Bowen Island and Gambier Island, but these ones seem quite a bit
smaller and have a smaller dorsal fin. They don’t come very high
out of the water either and therefor are very difficult to get a good
look at. I love seeing the dolphins and so am always scanning my eyes
across the water in hope to see them. I am very curious as what the
type of dolphins are that I am seeing by Whytecliff. I’ve seen them
3 out of the last 6 working days while passing through. Your help
would be much appreciated. Thanks. (Based on the description, they
could have been Dall's or Harbour Porpoise. There is information
available to help identify them on the Whales
and Dolphins BC main website -
SM)
Earl
Paxton, West Vancouver
Dall's
Porpoise
2013
Susan
MacKay, SG Images
LINKS
Rare
new Sighting of Basking Shark off Brooks Peninsula on the west coast
of Vancouver Island:
80-year-old
SRKW Orca 'Speiden' missing, presumed dead:
Bodies
of gray whales wash ashore on Russian coast:
Genetics
Used To Sort Out Poorly Known Bryde's Whale:
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