Orca
News! Another calf spotted for the Southern Resident Killer Whales
J-Pod! The population was in desperate need of a boost and we welcome
J-052! This is incredibly good news for their population. Farther up
the coast, we have Transient Bigg's Orca making appearances with
Pacific White Sided Dolphins near by, plus a few other unconfirmed
identities of whales. We are still expecting to get reports very soon
of Humpback Whales coming through our inside waters, while Gray
Whales are already migrating up the outer coast of Vancouver Island.
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SOUTHERN
RESIDENT KILLER WHALES:
March
30: Just got a report that the Southern Resident Killer Whales known
as J-pod were in Active Pass earlier today. There is a rumour of a
possible new calf! J052.
(which has been confirmed – Exciting News! - SM)
Josh McInnes,
Victoria.
TRANSIENT
BIGG'S KILLER WHALES:
Transient
Bigg's known as T011A
older
photo of Whale spotted March 29, 2015
Josh
McInnes, Victoria
April
1:
11:35
am: Orca near Johnston Bluff, in Bute Inlet. Not on scene yet, but
report says there are 4 – 5 Orca.
Fabien
Minfray Campbell River Whale Watching
April
1:
12:33
pm: 3-4 Orca by Stuart Island heading into Bute Inlet. All small
fins.
1:49
pm Turned out to be only 3 Orca, all small fins, one was very small
but no yellowing.
Leif
Nordman, Campbell River Whale Watching.
April
1:
3:47
pm: Six Transient Bigg's Orca in Juan de Fuca Strait. heading east of
Beachy Head, off Sooke on Vancouver Island.
Josh
McInnes, Victoria.
March
29:
12:00
pm: Lone Orca heading north at Bolmont Shoals in Haro Strait.
10:09 pm: The lone Orca
turned out to be two Orca – Transient Bigg's T011 and T011A –
someone I know ID'd them and sent the info to me.
Josh
McInnes, Victoria.
March
28:
3:04
pm: Five Transient Bigg's Killer Whales heading west at Beecher Bay,
near Sooke on South Vancouver Island.
Josh
McInnes, Victoria.
March
26:
Transient
Bigg's Killer Whales known as T101s and T124C were sighted heading
south in Trincomali Channel, which is between Saltspring and Galiano
Islands.
Josh
McInnes, Victoria.
UNIDENTIFIED
KILLER WHALES:
March
30:
8:00
pm: At least 2 big fins earlier today in Blind Channel, West Thurlow
Island. (presumed to be Transient Bigg's, but no confirmation -
SM)
Fabien
Minfray Campbell River Whale Watching
March
30:
I
just wanted to report that I have seen a pod of what looks to be like
Killer Whales. (These could be either Southern Resident or
Transient Bigg's Orca – SM) I first spotted them on Friday and
was able to capture some video of them (not great quality), and saw
them again this evening. I saw them in the area just off Benwalden
Road in Lantzville outside of the “Bay” by Nanoose First Nations
and the Navy Base. My neighbour and I were trying to count and I
would say between 5 – 7 whales! It was so amazing to see. When I
saw them they were just spending time going back and forth in the Bay
area so not sure which direction they ended up going. Thanks for all
you do,
Erin
Pollock.
Video
clip of Orca in Nanoose Bay
March
30, 2015
Erin
Pollock
March
29:
Wow!
Sunday saw at least 5 or 6 Orca feeding on herring in Nanoose Bay! At
least two were babies. They followed two herring fishing boats for
about 1 hour in a rather shallow area of Nanoose Bay, between Nanoose
Bay Spit and Lantzville Beach on Vancouver Island.
Nancy
Page.
Mar 26:
6:50 pm: Orca mid
Strait between Duke Point on Vancouver Island, and Vancouver. No
direction given.
Leigh Nelson,
Adventure Quest Tours.
GRAY
WHALES
Mar
25: I am in Ucluelet, west coast of Vancouver Island, for my Spring
whale watching trip. Saw about 1/2 a dozen Grays off the Lighthouse
headed west yesterday afternoon. I am going to Tofino today as the
big boat here is not going out today but I will go out on Jamie's big
boat there.
Don
McBain. North Vancouver.
PACIFIC
WHITE SIDED DOLPHINS
April
1:
9:52
am: Pacific White Sided Dolphins in Seymour Narrows, north of
Campbell River in Discovery Passage, northbound.
From
Radio.
April
1:
10
am Pacific White Sided Dolphins westing in Seymour Narrows.
Aaron
Webber, Campbell River Whale Watching.
April 1:
Shortly after 10 am:
Web cam capture shows at least 25 Pacific White Sided Dolphins in
Brown's Bay, which is just north of Campbell River on Vancouver
Island, and about 50 more Dolphins on the other side.
Susan MacKay, Whales
and Dolphins BC
Pacific
White Sided Dolphins
off Brown's
Bay breakwater, Discovery Passage
April
1, 2015
Web
Camera Screen Capture
April 1:
Large group of Pacific
White Sided Dolphins reported at Davis Point.
(from Radio)
April
1:
Summary
Report received later: 100 Pacific White Sided Dolphins at Davis
Point, easting. 3O Pacific White Sided Dolphins at Brown's Bay,
northing, and 50 Pacific
White Sided Dolphins in Frederick's Arm.
Leif
Nordman, Campbell River Whale Watching.
LINKS
It
looks like more good news for the Southern Residents with the birth
of another baby to J pod!
A
resident of Hornby Island was out kayaking when he caught this
footage of a couple of Transient Bigg's Orca hunting sea lions.
Great
aerial footage by Jeremy Williams using a drone during the herring
spawn in Powell River. Sea Lions were playing and feeding in the
spawn.
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