Few
reports have come in since our last report. This leaves huge gaps in
knowing where the whales, dolphins and porpoise are. Or where they
went to. It is a big ocean out there and we rely mostly on your land
based reports. We track and monitor all year round and land based
sightings reports during the cooler, non-boating months is ever more
crucial to establishing where these animals go. They are out there,
so keep your eyes open and remember to call or email your sightings
in. The information we'd like is: date, time, number, species,
location, direction of travel, and any other bit of information about
what they were doing. But even if you don't have all the information,
we'd love to hear about it, as quite often we can piece together bits
of information, if we hear about it. Photos too can be helpful in
identification, but if you're on a boat, please use caution and
follow the whale watching guidelines.
Susan
MacKay, Whales and Dolphins BC
Have
you seen a whale, dolphin or porpoise?
Every
sighting report is valuable!
TRANSIENT
BIGG'S KILLER WHALES
November
13:
1:18
pm One Orca (presumed Transient Bigg's) popped up, or should I say it
was just diving in the Brown's Bay, Discovery Passage, fishing pier web camera when I did
a quick scan. Once again, (see also November 10 report below) a lucky
view.
Susan
MacKay, Whales and Dolphins BC
Although
tough to see clearly in the saved web cam photo grab,
the
white spot farthest to the left is the saddle patch of the Orca
Zoomed in cropped version
November
11:
9:57
am A number of Orca (presumed Transient Bigg's) off the red can buoy
by Cape Mudge.
10:30
am There's between 10-12 Orca. It looks like they're headed in the
direction of Marina Island now. Can see their blows really well.
12:30
pm Guess the Orca changed their minds. The 12 or so Orca are now
headed to Shelter Point, below Campbell River.
Elvis,
Eagle Eye Adventures
November
10:
1:28
pm 4 Transient Bigg's Killer Whales by Kelsey Bay were throwing
around a seal then played with it for about 45 minutes, but did not
eat it. There was one very large one and a couple of calves. Perhaps
they were showing the little ones how to hunt. After asking for some
more details, we were told they did continue South; see next report
below.
Gordon
Briggs, Sayward.
November
10:
4
pm An Orca was just surfacing in the Brown's Bay fishing pier web
camera as I wondered where the Orca above had gone. It was pure luck
that by chance I looked at the photo style web camera right at that
time. See the link below to access the camera which has been posted
by North Island Communication.
Susan
MacKay, Whales and Dolphins BC
November
8:
10:18
am 2 Orca northbound Malaspina Strait, 1/4 mi off Anderson Bay,
breached 4 times on way by tug then disappeared.
Bruce
Simonar, Powell River
Orca
surfacing center frame,
Brown's
Bay saved web cam photo grab
Zoomed in cropped version
HUMPBACK
WHALES
November
10:
1
pm A large Humpback whale was also feeding, about 2 km in the rear of
the pod of 500 plus Dophins (suspect white sided). Was a spectacular
sight never seen this before from the air in 30 plus years on the
coast.
Murray
J Welte, Ladysmith BC
November
11:
There's
been a Humpback Whale back and forth in the Lund area over the past
couple of days.
Raphael
& Nancy Merkosky, Lund
PACIFIC
WHITE SIDED DOLPHINS
November
10:
1
pm Flying past the southern tip of Texada today around 1300 hrs saw a
group of 500 plus Dophins (suspect white sided ) feeding and
transiting. In the rear of the pod by about 2 km a large Humpback
whale also feeding. Was a spectacular sight never seen this before
from the air in 30 plus years on the coast.
Murray
J Welte, Ladysmith BC
DALL'S
PORPOISE
November
8:
Number
of Dall's Porpoise in Blind Channel for the past few days. (no times,
numbers or direction given)
Fabien
Minfray, Eagle Eye Adventures
LINKS
Norwegian
men record close encounter with group of Humpback Whales:
A
group of Norwegian men were trolling the fjords near Troms county,
Norway, trying to spot feeding humpback whales when they got a much
closer look than they had bargained for!
Web
cameras set up at Brown's Bay, Discovery Passage by North Island
Communications:
These
two cameras show photos that automatically update every few minutes:
Caught
on video; a Beluga whale birth:
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you seen a whale, dolphin or porpoise?
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