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Friday, April 14, 2017

Biggs, Greys, Dolphins and Porpoise, but No Humpbacks


Killer Whales are popping up appear in a variety of places including Howe Sound. They are mostly Transient Bigg's, the meat eaters following other prey, such as Pacific White Sided Dolphins and Porpoise. A few reports from the lower parts of Georgia Strait are possibly Southern Resident Orca, but without confirmation, we must categorize them as Unidentified Orca.

The Grey Whales have also started to show up, but the weather has not made spotting them, or other species for that matter, easy. What we do appear to have missing from this report are Humpback Whales. They are out there...somewhere. Keep your eyes open.
With the imroving weather, we look forward to receiving more of your sightings reports.

Susan MacKay, Wild Ocean Whale Society


Four Killer Whales milling about together off of Campbell River



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TRANSIENT BIGGS KILLER WHALES

Wed Apr 12 2017

07:30 • 10 Biggs Orca heading north at Kelsey Bay, Johnstone Strait. Possibly the same Orca that passed Campbell River last evening. Reported by a tug boat. ▫ Second Hand

Tue Apr 11 2017

18:15 • 6-8 Biggs Orca playing, heading north just in front of Robert V. Ostler Park in Campbell River, Discovery Passage.
18:12 • 6-8 Biggs Orca moving slowly, heading north-east leaving the Vancouver Island shoreline, heading back across towards Whiskey Point, Discovery Passage.
17:53 • 6-8 Biggs Orca foraging, mid-channel, in front of Yaculta, Discovery Passage.
Mireille Morissette, On A Dime Outdoor Adventures



SIGHTING MEDIA
Transient Biggs Killer Whales
Transient Bigg's Killer Whales mid-channel in front of Yaculta
Tue, 11 Apr 2017 - 3 items
Mireille Morissette, On A Dime Outdoor Adventures




SIGHTING MEDIA
Transient Biggs Killer Whales
Transient Bigg's Killer Whales mid-channel in front of Yaculta
Tue, 11 Apr 2017 - 3 items
Mireille Morissette, On A Dime Outdoor Adventures


17:25 • 6-8 Biggs Orca heading north across from the Rotary Beach Park in Campbell River, Discovery Passage.
16:25 • 6-8 Biggs Orca taking long dives, heading north between Cape Mudge Village and Cape Mudge Lighthouse, Discovery Passage. ▫ Observed from Shore
Jeanne Ralston, Campbell River, BC


Thu Apr 06 2017

17:41 • 12 Biggs Orca ◦T036s; T099s; T123s; T011s◦ milling, by the ferry terminal at Campbell River, Discovery Passage.
16:51 • 8-10 Biggs Orca foraging, heading north in front of Cape Mudge on Quadra Island, Georgia Strait. ▫ Observed from Shore
Jeanne Ralston, Campbell River, BC

11:39 • 10-12 Biggs Orca milling, south side of Discovery Harbour Marina, Campbell River, Discovery Passage. Possibly feeding as well.
Mireille Morissette, On A Dime Outdoor Adventures

11:11 • 10-12 Biggs Orca heading north in front of Discovery Harbour Marina, Campbell River. ▫ Second Hand


SIGHTING MEDIA
Transient Biggs Killer Whales
Twelve Killer Whales milling about by the ferry terminal in Campbell River
Thu, 6 Apr 2017 - 7 items








SIGHTING MEDIA
Transient Biggs Killer Whales
Twelve Killer Whales milling about by the ferry terminal in Campbell River
Thu, 6 Apr 2017 - 7 items


10:38 • 5-6 Biggs Orca by Campbell River Fishing Pier, Discovery Passage. Looks like a big bull, two small ones, total of 5 or 6. What a thrill.
Hazel Trego,


Mon Apr 03 2017

07:45 • 6 Biggs Orca foraging, heading north-west between Columbia Beach and Qualicum Beach, Georgia Strait. At least two were quite small, one large with a very large dorsal fin. The whales milled around in that area for 45 minutes or so and there was lots of surface agitation. A couple of seals could be seen right close in at the shore. About 7:45 am, there was another area of splashing and agitation closer to shore… But most of the whales had appeared to be moving to the northwest, but in the general area there was a seal or sea lion that was moving very slowly and awkwardly and looked injured. A neighbour later indicated that it was a seal that had a gash and appeared to be missing a flipper.
Jill McCaffery, Qualicum Beach, BC


Sat Apr 01 2017

19:30 • 5 Biggs Orca frolicking, off of Gower Point south of Gibsons, Georgia Strait.
Geordie Harrower, Sechelt, BC



SIGHTING MEDIA
Transient Biggs Killer Whales
Drone footage of five Transient Bigg's Killer Whales travelling off of Gower Point
Sat, 1 Apr 2017 - 1 items
Geordie Harrower, Sechelt, BC



SIGHTING MEDIA
Transient Biggs Killer Whales
Drone footage of five Transient Bigg's Killer Whales travelling off of Gower Point
Sat, 1 Apr 2017 - 1 items
Geordie Harrower, Sechelt, BC



Fri Mar 31 2017

12:12 • 3 Biggs Orca near Denman Island, Georgia Strait. One large and two smaller Orca in the group.
No Name Provided,


Thu Mar 30 2017

--:-- • 6 Biggs Orca ◦T124C; T087; T124As◦ off Powell River, Malaspina Strait. They were observed in the afternoon. The moms and newborns were T124A2 with T124A2B born Aug 2016 and T124A with T124A6 born sometime before Jan 2017. Thanks to Jared Towers for his I.D.'s.
Peter Hamilton, Lifeforce



SIGHTING MEDIA
Transient Biggs Killer Whales
Two Transient Bigg's Killer Whales, T124s and T087, off of Powell River
Thu, 30 Mar 2017 - 1 items
Peter Hamilton, Lifeforce


SIGHTING MEDIA
Transient Biggs Killer Whales
Two Transient Bigg's Killer Whales, T124s and T087, off of Powell River
Thu, 30 Mar 2017 - 1 items
Peter Hamilton, Lifeforce




UNIDENTIFIED KILLER WHALES

Thu Apr 13 2017

19:29 • 6 Orca tail slaps, between Harwood Island and Rebecca Rocks, Malaspina Strait. Looks like they were hunting.
Michelle Pennell, Powell River, BC

19:16 • Orca off Rebecca Rocks and Harwood Island, Malaspina Strait. ▫ Second Hand
Candi Little, Texada Island, BC


Sat Apr 08 2017

10:55 • Orca west of Vancouver Airport, Georgia Strait.

Fri Apr 07 2017

16:00 • est. 3 Orca moving quickly, heading north near Egmont east of Earls Cove, Jervis Inlet. There was also a sea lion that comes by here regularly cruising by at the same time. ▫ Observed from Shore
Beverly Saunders, Jervis Inlet, BC



SIGHTING MEDIA
Unidentified Killer Whales
Killer Whale heading north off of Egmont near Earls Cove
Fri, 7 Apr 2017 - 1 items
Beverly Saunders, Jervis Inlet, BC



SIGHTING MEDIA
Unidentified Killer Whales
Killer Whale heading north off of Egmont near Earls Cove
Fri, 7 Apr 2017 - 1 items
Beverly Saunders, Jervis Inlet, BC


12:31 • est. 5 Orca heading south off Grief Point south of Powell River, Malaspina Strait.
Michelle Pennell, Powell River, BC



SIGHTING MEDIA
Unidentified Killer Whales
Five Killer Whales heading south off of Grief Point near Powell River
Fri, 7 Apr 2017 - 10 items
Michelle Pennell, Powell River, BC











SIGHTING MEDIA
Unidentified Killer Whales
Five Killer Whales heading south off of Grief Point near Powell River
Fri, 7 Apr 2017 - 10 items
Michelle Pennell, Powell River, BC



Thu Apr 06 2017

09:49 • 5-7 Orca heading south in front of Westview south of Powell River, Malaspina Strait. Includes one big bull. ▫ Observed from Shore

Mon Apr 03 2017

20:00 • 3-5 Orca moving quickly, heading north off of Qualicum Beach, Georgia Strait. There looked to be a baby with them. ▫ Observed from Shore
Mary Salter,

11:36 • 4-5 Orca heading south off of Bowen Island midstrait in Georgia Strait. Travelling between 6 and 7 knots.
11:31 • 7-8 Orca heading south off of Gibsons, Georgia Strait. ▫ Second Hand
08:30 • 3-4 Orca travelling, heading north-west between Qualicum Beach and Lasqueti Island, Georgia Strait. 2-3 smaller whales in one group and one larger slightly apart from the others. One breached a few times in the area of a large flock of birds. ▫ Observed from Shore
Stephen Johnston, Qualicum Beach

07:45 • 10 Orca breaching, heading north-west off of Qualicum Beach, Georgia Strait. Observed three go ahead and stay surfaced north of seal lions. Sea lions moved south while looking back north. Observed 2nd pod dive several 100 metres south and shortly thereafter there was some activity among the sea lions. One group of 3 or 4 with two individuals with huge dorsal fins. The second group of 6 or 7 smaller whales. From mouth of Qualicum River observed whales breaching 2 or 3 dozen times. They never reached mouth of Qualicum River but went east toward Lasquiti Island, then moved north-west along the island. Looked like they were going to go up the middle of Georgia Strait, but then travelled west, then north-west up inside of Hornby. They appeared to stop just adjacent to Hornby and north of the Big Qualicum River mouth. ▫ Observed from Shore
John Kay, Qualicum Beach


Sun Apr 02 2017

10:43 • est. 3 Orca moving quickly, heading south past Myrtle Rocks towards Texada Island, Malaspina Strait.
Jim Southern, Powell River, BC


Sat Apr 01 2017

17:00 • est. 5 Orca heading south-west heading from Porteau Cove to Gibsons, Howe Sound. Possible an Orca spotted left behind with rope or netting around its tail. ▫ Second Hand
Marina Paternoster,

12:00 • 6 Orca foraging, heading east close to Sarah Point, Desolation Sound. Sport fisher sighted the Orca and two big fins were observed. ▫ Second Hand
09:19 • 3 Orca heading north by Sevilla Island off Lund, Malaspina Strait. One Orca was a big male.
Gina Wood, Long Water Taxi, BC


Fri Mar 31 2017

11:30 • Orca just off Denman Island, Georgia Strait. There were two little ones with them.
No Name Provided,


Sun Mar 26 2017

15:00 • 4 Orca inbound by Lions Bay towards Brunswick Beach, Howe Sound. Following some Pacific White Sided Dolphins. ▫ Observed from Shore
Susan Davis, Lions Bay, BC



GREY WHALES

Fri Mar 31 2017

11:15 • 6-8 Grey Whales ◦Possibly 'The Admiral'◦ foraging, near Forbes Island, Barkley Sound. Report from the West Coast of Vancouver Island. Grey whales were seen feeding and one or two 'sharking', an expression describing a Grey in very shallow water feeding on the bottom as they always do. The reason they call it 'sharking' is because it displays one pectoral fin and one half of it's tail, looking somewhat like a shark. ▫ On Scene
Don McBain, North Vancouver, BC



PACIFIC WHITE SIDED DOLPHINS

Tue Apr 11 2017

16:00 • est. 7 PWS Dolphins doing circles, heading south off Willingdon Beach north of Powell River, Malaspina Strait. We saw the dolphins while we were walking on Willingdon trail. As we continued to the campground, we saw them again. Not sure if it was the same bunch or more. ▫ Observed from Shore
Debbie Morley, Powell River, BC


Fri Apr 07 2017

10:23 • 6-7 PWS Dolphins heading south by Powell River Viewpoint, Malaspina Strait. Dolphins were close to shore.
09:04 • PWS Dolphins off Sliammon near Powell River, Malaspina Strait.
Michelle Pennell, Powell River, BC



SIGHTING MEDIA
Pacific White Sided Dolphins
Pacific White Sided Dolphins heading south by the Powell River viewpoint
Fri, 7 Apr 2017 - 10 items
Michelle Pennell, Powell River, BC











SIGHTING MEDIA
Pacific White Sided Dolphins
Pacific White Sided Dolphins heading south by the Powell River viewpoint
Fri, 7 Apr 2017 - 10 items
Michelle Pennell, Powell River, BC



Mon Apr 03 2017

20:08 • est. 20 PWS Dolphins heading south off of Powell River Viewpoint, Malaspina Strait. Swimming tight to shore.
Barry Rice, Powell River, BC

--:-- • 5-7 PWS Dolphins foraging, in Sargeant Bay north of Sechelt, Georgia Strait. Feeding in the bay, moving slowly back and forth. Sadly after someone on a paddle board arrived and started to continuously follow them at close range, they left the bay. ▫ Observed from Shore
Karen Holland, Gibsons, BC



SIGHTING MEDIA
Pacific White Sided Dolphins
About six Pacific White Sided Dolphins foraging near Sargeant Bay
Mon, 3 Apr 2017 - 2 items
Karen Holland, Gibsons, BC



SIGHTING MEDIA
Pacific White Sided Dolphins
About six Pacific White Sided Dolphins foraging near Sargeant Bay
Mon, 3 Apr 2017 - 2 items
Karen Holland, Gibsons, BC



Sat Apr 01 2017

15:10 • 20 PWS Dolphins milling, by Grief Point at Powell River, Malaspina Strait.
14:26 • PWS Dolphins between Powell River Mill (Pulp & Paper) and Powell River Westview Harbour, Malaspina Strait. ▫ Second Hand
Michelle Pennell, Powell River, BC



SIGHTING MEDIA
Pacific White Sided Dolphins
About twenty Pacific White Sided Dolphins by Grief Point
Sat, 1 Apr 2017 - 6 items
Michelle Pennell, Powell River, BC







SIGHTING MEDIA
Pacific White Sided Dolphins
About twenty Pacific White Sided Dolphins by Grief Point
Sat, 1 Apr 2017 - 6 items
Michelle Pennell, Powell River, BC



Sun Mar 26 2017

14:45 • 3-4 PWS Dolphins inbound by Lions Bay towards Brunswick Beach, Howe Sound. They were being followed by some Killer Whales. ▫ Observed from Shore
Susan Davis, Lions Bay, BC



SPECIES SUPPLEMENT
Pacific White Sided Dolphins
Pacific White Sided Dolphins in the mist in Okisollo Channel
Thu, 13 Apr 2017 - 1 items


SPECIES SUPPLEMENT
Pacific White Sided Dolphins
Pacific White Sided Dolphins in the mist in Okisollo Channel
Thu, 13 Apr 2017 - 1 items




DALLS PORPOISE

Sat Apr 01 2017

12:27 • 8 Dalls Porpoise foraging, in Baker Passage.

Mon Mar 20 2017

12:00 • 6 Dalls Porpoise foraging, heading south in Baker Bay, Hotham Sound. Seen from the boat. ▫ On Scene
Michelle Evelyn, Sunshine Coast Wildlife Project



HARBOUR PORPOISE

Mon Apr 03 2017

10:59 • 3 Harbour Porpoise by Grant Reefs north of Vivian Island, Georgia Strait.
Bill Coltart, Pacific Pro Dive



SPECIES UNSURE

Tue Apr 11 2017

08:33 • Species Unsure half way across the channel coming from Horseshoe Bay, West Vancouver, Queen Charlotte Channel. No direction. Second hand information. ▫ From Ferry

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REGIONAL & WEST COAST


CBC News, BC


Twenty marine scientists are calling on the federal government to reduce "acoustic smog" from shipping noise near Vancouver that they say is hurting a critically endangered population of killer whales.

The scientists sent a letter Wednesday morning to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, along with the ministers of fisheries, transport and environment, asking for regulation on noise in the Salish Sea, which includes the Strait of Georgia.

Southern resident killer whales are designated as endangered in the U.S. and Canada, and noise pollution is a key threat to their survival, said Lance Barrett-Lennard, the head of the Vancouver Aquarium's cetacean research program, who co-signed the letter.

"It's absolutely a critical time for the survival of that population," said Barrett-Lennard.

"These animals swim around in a kind of acoustic smog if you like. And every ship that goes by absolutely fills their world with noise."...


CBC News, BC



Elliot Funt was just looking to soak up a little sunshine when he took his boat out Tuesday, but instead the Vancouver man found himself in the middle of a Howe Sound orca storm.

"It was crazy," Funt said. "At first when we spotted the orcas everyone was keeping their distance, but then a sea lion came over and attached itself to the boat next to me. So of course all of the orcas followed over to the boats."

Funt captured over 30 minutes of spectacular video showing the six orcas as they bumped boats and breached just metres away, trying to get at their prey. He posted a longer version of the video online.

"The orcas almost pushed [the boat] over. The sea lion was moving from side to side of the boat, and then tried to climb up the side of the boat and was hanging on trying to avoid the orcas," said Funt.


King 5 News Seattle, WA


n expert on how boat noise affects whales is showing off his new computer animation in Seattle. It shows what he calls "acoustic hell" for orcas.

Dr. Chris Clark, a bioacoustic engineer at Cornell University, has developed a moving visualization of what he calls noise smog created by whale watching boats in Puget Sound.

In one video, he shows how boat traffic moving through water outside Boston silences whale echolocation. In another video, he shows how whale watching boats near San Juan Island hurt the ability of orcas to receive sound signals needed to find food....


Hakai Magazine, BC


First come the diving birds—common murres and rhinoceros auklets—piercing the waves and driving schools of small fish into tight balls. The fish flee upward, only to fall victim to the surface feeders: herring gulls and bald eagles. Predators are picking them off from above and below. But one more hungry mouth is showing up to crash the party.

A humpback whale, weighing roughly 45 tonnes, speeds toward the action, anxious to sate its voracious appetite. The birds are so preoccupied competing for the bounty that they are oblivious to the whale lunging upward with its jaw agape. In an instant, the humpback explodes at the surface and clamps its massive mouth. Trapped inside is far more than fish....


Hakai Magazine, BC


Busy waters surround the southern tip of British Columbia’s Vancouver Island in what is called the Salish Sea. To the west, the Juan de Fuca Strait acts as an off-ramp for container ships, tankers, and freighters moving into the ports of Seattle and Tacoma, Washington, or Vancouver, British Columbia.

But ships aren’t the only noisemakers—the Salish Sea is full of all kinds of noises. In this interactive map, we’ve assembled some hydrophone recordings from these waters.

Of course whales don’t hear these sounds the same way we do, as their ears detect different frequencies than ours, but this soundscape will give you an idea of the variety of noises that permeate these waters as well as others around the world. Some sounds, such as those made by paddling kayakers, may be benign to a whale; others, including cavitation and military sonar, are known to interfere with their vocalizations and can even damage their eardrums.


CANADA


The Star, ON


Residents of a Newfoundland island have managed to pluck five dolphins out of thick pack ice and carry them to open water, but a humpback whale has died after becoming trapped in ice in a nearby cove.

The dolphins had become trapped in a small bay near St. John’s that had frozen over.

Resident Lisa Gear said about 25 people were involved in the rescue effort that involved venturing out onto the ice off Bell Island, freeing the dolphins from the ice, placing them onto a tarp stretcher, loading them on a truck and then releasing them into an ice-free body of water nearby....


INTERNATIONAL


Ars Technica


Bottlenose dolphins living off the coast of southwest Australia have a dilemma. The local octopuses are tasty and packed with protein, but they are also intelligent, fierce fighters. It's not enough to bite the cephalopods' heads off, because octopus nervous systems are so decentralized that their legs can continue the battle even when detached. Nevertheless, the dolphins have persisted in their pursuit of tentacled meals. Now, after years of observation with video, scientists have seen dozens of examples of the dolphins' elaborate octopus hunting strategy....


Gizmodo


Whale vaginas are an enigma.

That’s because research on cetacean genitalia (dolphins and whales are both cetaceans) is pretty biased towards penis-havers. Comparatively less work has been done studying cetacean vagina-bits. So, a team of scientists decided to break down the cetatriarchy in order to really understand these poorly-explored parts.

As it turns out, cetacean vaginas have unusual folds with unknown functions that differ between species. In order to really get deep into what’s going on here, the researchers collected 59 cetacean reproductive tracts from twenty species of cetaceans that had washed ashore and died of natural causes. They sliced the parts up, and measured and counted the vaginal folds.

The researchers found


The Atlantic Magazine, NY


The giant mammals are extremely vulnerable to changes in the ecosystem, making their health a good barometer for the state of the environment....
The Lindblad Expeditions-National Geographic (LEX-NG) Fund aspires to protect the ocean’s last pristine areas through research, conservation, education, and community-development projects in the company’s far-flung destinations.
For Durban and Fearnbach, who are based in sunny La Jolla, California, the fund has buoyed their research in Antarctica. While they also study orca and humpback whale populations in the Pacific Northwest, the North Atlantic and Alaska, on these trips they’ve been able to observe killer whales in perhaps the most inaccessible place on the planet. Since 2011, the scientists have made several voyages a year to the frozen continent on the Explorer, using the ice-cutting, refurbished Norwegian ferry to follow the whales....


Hakai Magazine, BC


Each spring, eastern Australia’s humpback whales migrate south toward their summer feeding grounds in Antarctica. Like humpback whales around the world, this is a talkative bunch. The males sing out—haunting melodies that pierce through thousands of kilometers of seawater. Yet these songs are just one type of humpback communication. In addition, humpbacks will grunt and groan. They’ll bark and snort. They’ll use their bodies as mallets, slapping their tails or fins against the sea’s surface. Even the crash after a breach is thought to be a way of reaching out.

It’s an impressive communicative repertoire, but over the past century or so, whales have had an increasingly difficult time being heard. With their loud, banging motors, and twisting, thrumming propellers, ships generate noise that makes it difficult for these leviathans to keep in touch as they swim, forage, and mate....


WTAE, OH

When the mighty orca breaks to the surface and exhales, the whale sprays an array of bacteria and fungi in its his breath, scientists said, some good, and some bad such as salmonella.
The findings in a new study raises concerns about the potential role of infectious diseases as another major stress factor for the struggling population of endangered Puget Sound orcas.
Those orcas' breath samples revealed microbes capable of causing diseases. Some were resistant to multiple antibiotics frequently used by people and animals, suggesting human waste contaminating the marine environment, according to a study published online Friday in the journal Scientific Reports.

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