Transient (Meat Eating) Orca snuck past
Powell River overnight or early today and were spotted late this
afternoon. Photos below of a calf and Transient T020. Also
some more Harbour Porpoises in the reports. No whales reported at the
top end of Johnstone Strait over the past while nor any Southern
Resident (Fish Eating) Orca in the Puget Sound area, but they do have
some Grey Whales.
Susan MacKay, Whales
and Dolphins BC
Transient
Orca - Killer Whales
Young Transient Calf –
note the orange tinge
Albion (Black) Point
area Malaspina Strait
April 12, 2012
Garry Henkel,
Aboriginal Journeys
April 12:
5 pm Call came in around 20 Orca by
Mitlenatch Island, just off Savary Island. They were milling
about, splashing, doing spyhops and generally cavorting about. No
specific direction, but there are lots of sea lions on Mitlenatch for
them to chase. Report was passed on from the new owner of Sevilla
Island Resort in Lund.
Gordie Coles, Lund
Transient T020 April
12, 2012
Albion (Black) Point
area Malaspina Strait
Garry Henkel,
Aboriginal Journeys
Harbour
Porpoises
5 pm Some small Harbour Porpoises
were doing their usual, being boat shy, by the Ragged (Copeland)
Islands, just off Lund.
Gordie Coles, Lund
Grey
(or Gray) Whales
Reports below submitted by Susan
Berta and Howard Garrett, Orca Network, Whidbey Island, US
April 11
Gray whale still near bluff on
west beach and fort nugent road (west side of Whidbey Island,
just south of Naval Air Station Whidbey)----just watched for a
while--still unsure what it is--dark with a fine--seems to be eating
for last two days--heading south at time 6pm and will turn north in a
bite---anyone else reported it.
Sandy Blondin
April 11
Gray whale sighted slowly
swimming northwest toward Langley off of Sandy Point, Whidbey
Island about 12:30 - 1:00 PM today!
Melanie J. Sceva Hill
April 11
5 of them (gray whales) there
again this morning. And late last nite. Right off Priest Point (north
of Everett)--maybe 100-200 yards off our dock. We heard them last
nite around 11pm & saw all five of them at 8 am this morning.
Susan Stedman
April 10
Grays off Everett from 1:05 pm.
Many gray whales off of Everett now! Beautiful!
Shelby Snyder Keyser
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