Transient
Bigg's Killer Whales and Harbour Porpoise. The Pacific White Sided
Dolphins must have scattered, but where? A water taxi reported
through Garry Henkel, Aboriginal Journeys Whales and Grizzly Bear
Tours. that in the past week he's seen Orca in Toba Inlet,
Rendezvous Islands and Hole in the Wall. They may be following the
Dolphins, but no other reports of them have come in.
Susan
MacKay & Lynne Cracknell, Whales
and Dolphins BC
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sighting report is valuable
Have
you seen a whale, dolphin or porpoise?
TRANSIENT
BIGGS' KILLER WHALES
Transient
Bigg's Orca (T19B?)
April
1, 2014
Garry
Henkel, Aboriginal Journeys Whales and Grizzly Bear Tours
April
1:
9:00
am: 4 to 5 Orca foraging off the south end of Marina. (not clear
if it was 'the' Marina Discovery Harbour in Campbell River or Marina
Island, by Cortez Island - SM)
Jack
Springer, Campbell River Whale Watching.
April
1:
12:14
pm: Report from my Tug boat buddy of 6 or 7 Orca milling at
Separation Head (Quadra Island) at 12:10 pm. Two large fins, he said.
2:52
pm: There are 6 Orca southbound at Race Point. (near Brown's Bay) No
big fins.
4:06
pm: They are at Cape Mudge, southbound.
4:18
pm Ran into another group of 5 or 6 Orca Southbound by the red can
buoy off Cape Mudge. 1 Large male looks like T19B. Lost the other
ones.
5:29
pm: Left the T19 and gang one mile from Mittlenatch heading your way.
(Towards Powell River.)
Garry
Henkel, Aboriginal Journeys Whales and Grizzly Bear Tours.
March
31:
10:15
am: Six or seven Orca are southbound at Race Point. There is one
large male in the group.
Jack
Springer, Campbell River Whale Watching.
March
31:
1:29
pm: 5 – 7 Transient Orca southbound at Cape Mudge Village (Quadra
Island.) Large males, at least 20 ft., 5 – 7 animals.
Short
time later: Those Orca are heading past Cape Mudge Southbound –
They're flying!
Nick
& Janeen Templeman, Campbell River Whale and Bear Excursions.
Transient
Bigg's Orca
April
1, 2014
Garry
Henkel, Aboriginal Journeys Whales and Grizzly Bear Tours
March
28:
2
to 3 pm 1 Orca Southbound off the Powell River Sea Walk. Report from
my sister received March 29th.
Judy
Brant, Powell River
March
27:
9:20
am Orca.....somewhere heard broken radio transmission - SM.
Radio
March
27:
12:15
pm: Orca in front of Brown's Bay. No numbers or direction.
Aaron
Webber, Campbell River Whale Watching.
March
27:
4:00
pm: My father in law saw seven Orca southbound by the mouth of the
Campbell River, mid channel, around 4:00 pm. There was one big fin.
Garry
Henkel, Aboriginal Journeys Whales and Grizzly Bear Tours.
March
26:
1:00
pm: The T002's are northbound, approaching Old Church House on Stuart
Island in Calm Channel.
Jack
Springer, Campbell River Whale Watching.
HARBOUR
PORPOISE
March
27:
7:50
pm: There was a small group of Harbour Porpoise out front about 100
yards off Roberts Creek Pier the past few mornings. So nice to watch
these guys just passing through.
Geordie
Harrower, Roberts Creek.
Transient
Bigg's Orca
April
1, 2014
Garry
Henkel, Aboriginal Journeys Whales and Grizzly Bear Tours
LINKS
IN THE NEWS
My
apologies for a mistake I made on the most recent report. A link
which was supposed to go to a news story about Pacific White Sided
Dolphins led instead to a different news story. Here now is the link
to that dolphin story:
(Lynne)
Meanwhile,
it seems that here has been a significant breakthrough in our
understanding of cetacean language. A computer program has recognized
the dolphin word for “seaweed”!
The
long awaited decision of the World Court at the Hague regarding the
Japanese Whaling program in the Antarctic was finally released,
resulting in a complete ban on Japanese Whaling in that part of the
world. A massive victory for Australia, New Zealand, animal
activists, and of course the endangered whales of the Southern Ocean.
Here are a couple of links to that story:
And
finally a commentary on the whaling ban by Carl Safina, award
winning scientist and author, and host of a PBS television series:
Transient
Bigg's Orca
April
1, 2014
Garry
Henkel, Aboriginal Journeys Whales and Grizzly Bear Tours
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