New
Toll
Free Sightings Report Hotline:
1-877-323-9776
I'm pleased to announce that thanks to
some of the proceeds from our first fundraiser, Whales and Dolphins
BC's toll free reporting hotline is up and running! There are a few
minor adjustments to be made to streamline the service, and
promulgate the number. Should you encounter any problems or quirky
behaviour of the system, please let us know.
It has been incredibly quiet for any
whale and dolphin sightings with only a late report from the Jervis
Inlet area with link to a short video clip below. Even the radio has
had little traffic other than some chatter between a couple of shrimp
draggers and some static. There were rumours of some other Pacific
White Sided Dolphins up around the Port McNeill and Port Hardy areas,
but where the ones on the Sunshine Coast got to is anyone's
guess....perhaps with the new toll free, the reporters won't hesitate
to call their sightings in. Some other Links in the News also below.
As this update is being typed, there
were reports and warnings issued for all of Georgia Strait and lower
Johnstone Strait by the Coast Guard about water spouts, the
equivalent of tornadoes on the water. Wonder what the whales think of
them?
Susan MacKay, Whales
and Dolphins BC
Pacific
White Sided Dolphins
Pacific White Sided
Dolphins
Chasing feed in the
setting sun
Susan MacKay, SG Images
March 15:
Link to video clip of PWS Dolphins
between Saltery Bay and Earl's Cove from the ferry. Thanks to Michael
Stewart for the heads up.
Links
in the News
Northern Resident Orca
A11, ‘Yakat’ one of the first
killer whales to be photo-identified by researchers in early 1970's
was found deceased near Ketchikan Alaska:
A whale of a success story: Gray
whale comeback boosts business
Navy training harming whales and other
marine mammals
Beached Sperm whale in Spain
dies from ingesting plastic waste
The thrill of the chase: Amazing photos
of the moment pod of killer whales hunts down penguin and
drags it to a watery grave
To
report your whale, dolphin or porpoise sighting, please call our new
toll free number: 1-877-323-9776