All the Best for the
Holidays!
All of us, the Board of Directors and
Volunteers at Whales and Dolphins BC / Wild Ocean Whale Society
(WOWs) wish all of you and yours a very Merry Christmas and Happy,
Healthy New Year!
Most of the Whales and Dolphins appear
to be having a winter holiday this year, and so, it appears we are
too. Cetacean sightings have been virtually non-existent in the
Sunshine Coast, central Georgia Strait and lower Johnstone Strait
areas this month. So far, December 1 - 21st we have
received one sighting report of a few Pacific White Sided Dolphins,
and even they were Southbound!
Although things are quiet on the
Cetacean side of things, Wild Ocean Whale Society (WOWs) has held its
first Annual General Meeting and the Board of Directors have agreed
that we can now open the society up for membership. More information
will follow very soon.
Thank you all for your support and
sightings information. Remember, we do work at it all year, so keep
an eye out; they've got to be out there in that big ocean.
Susan
MacKay, Whales
and Dolphins BC
Every
sighting report is valuable
Have
you seen a whale, dolphin or porpoise?
Pacific
White Sided Dolphins
December 17:
11:30 am Small group of PWS Dolphins
are mid strait between Horseshoe Bay and Departure Bay. There's no
more than 10 of them and yes, they are Southbound. It's been a while,
and couldn't find anything else out there, but good to see them.
Lee, Adventure Quest
For those of you interested in the
Anna's Hummingbirds I have all winter, there were 5 of them coming to
the feeder daily, but I have not been able to confirm if the number
is down to 4 now after the first freeze we had early in December.
There are still 2 males and quite a plump female. There was also a
small male Rufous Hummingbird that also made an appearance just this
past week. Presumably, he was Southbound and just stopped for a sip
of the concentrated juice.
Susan
Anna's Hummingbird at feeder in snow
Photo December, 2013
by Susan MacKay, SG Images
Have
you seen a whale, dolphin or porpoise?
Every
sighting report is valuable!
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