Probable
Transient Bigg's Killer Whales chasing Pacific White Sided Dolphins
around Texada Island and just before posting time, today's sighting
of more probable Transients. Rounding out the Cetacean sightings, it's nice to get a report about Harbour
Porpoise too. They always seem to be forgotten, yet are such a
valuable indicator of our environment.
On
another note; the automatic emails to subscribers is in final test
stage and if all goes well, should be working by the next report.
Susan
MacKay, Whales
and Dolphins BC
Every
sighting report is valuable
Have
you seen a whale, dolphin or porpoise?
TRANSIENT
BIGG'S KILLER WHALES
UNCONFIRMED
BUT MOST LIKELY
Orca
by Vancouver Island
February
12, 2014
Garry
Henkel, Aboriginal Journeys Whales and Grizzly Bear Tours
February
12:
5:00
pm: There are 4 or 5 Orca southbound along the Vancouver Island side,
by the Anchor Inn in Campbell River. There is at least one big fin. I
took some pictures from Quadra Island, about two miles away, but I am
pretty sure the big fellow is T19b.
Actually
it looks like two big fins!
Garry
Henkel, Aboriginal Journeys Whales and Grizzly Bear Tours.
February
9:
7:44
am: There are 3 Killer whales off Van Anda, Texada Island, heading
south.
Geord,
Texada Water Taxi / Discovery Marine Safaris
Orca
by Vancouver Island
February
12, 2014
Garry
Henkel, Aboriginal Journeys Whales and Grizzly Bear Tours
February
9:
11:45
am: Orca Network have reported a large gang of supposedly 30 Killer
Whales off the south end of Hornby Island about 2 hours ago. The
report said that the sea lions were all out of the water and the
whales were split into two groups with long dives occurring. I bet
these are Transients (Bigg's) – maybe some of the Nanaimo ones?
Nick
Templeman, Campbell River Whale and Bear Excursions.
PACIFIC
WHITE SIDED DOLPHINS
Note:
The Orca report of February 9 off VanAnda that may have caused these
Dolphins to run. SM
February
9:
8:20
am There is a massive pod of Pacific White Sided Dolphins by
Albion Point, (aka Black Point)
They
are moving fast. I've never seen a group that large! The water is
frothing from them moving Southbound in a hurry. Most of them are
closer to Texada with a couple close to the mainland side of the
Strait. What a sound! I can't see them now (I was on the phone
with Bill – SM) but I can still hear them. They must be by
Scotch Fir Point by now – really moving!
Bill
Taylor, Powell River
Pacific
White Sided Dolphins from Ferry
February
9, 2014
Steve
Grover, Powell River
February
9:
8:35
am: Large group of Pacific White Sided Dolphins off the North-east
point of Texada Island, heading south. Hope you saw them in your
area!
Laura
Johnson, Powell River
February
9:
9:50
am: Pacific White Sided Dolphins have rounded the corner and are just
passing the Saltery Bay Ferry Terminal (Sunshine Coast) and are
heading up the inlet towards Jervis. There are hundreds and hundreds!
Largest group I've ever seen. We've been watching for 10 – 15
minutes straight and they're still coming up in a steady stream.
There are probably around 1000 of them.
Athena
Tansky, Powell River
February
9:
Crossing
on the 10 am run: As I mentioned here are a couple shots from the
Queen of Chilliwack of Pacific White-sided dolphins heading towards
Jervis Inlet. The larger group of about 100 animals was pretty far
away and then about 20 minutes a few stragglers came by closer to the
ship. It was a glorious day to be out on the water even if it was a
B.C. Ferry.
Steve
Grover, Powell River
Pacific
White Sided Dolphins from Ferry
February
9, 2014
Steve
Grover, Powell River
HARBOUR
PORPOISE
February
8:
10:00
am: Two small Porpoise off Point Atkinson, in Burrard Inlet. We were
bringing a boat up to Powell River.
Robert
Johnson
LINKS
IN THE NEWS
February
11: Sad news. A group of nine orca stranded fatally yesterday on a
Southland beach in New Zealand. As there are fewer than 200 Orca
living off New Zealand's coast this represents a significantly large
part of the population. The Department of Conservation has removed
one of the dead whales as part of their investigation into the
beaching. Link to the complete story below:
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