A couple of Humpback Whales finally showed up breaching off Campbell River. This should mean we'll be seeing more of them in the upper Georgia Strait, so keep your eyes open and please remember to let us know. Transient Bigg's have been around as well as a J-Pod, Southern Resident Killer Whale report. Some Pacific White Sided Dolphins, Dall's and Harbour Porpoise round out the report.
Susan MacKay, Wild Ocean Whale Society
Transient Bigg's Killer Whale T087
Jos Krynen, Eagle Eye Adventures
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Sightings Update
SIGHTINGS MAP 2016-011
Two groups of Transients, Seymour Narrows, Campbell River, 2016-04-27
Jos Krynen, Eagle Eye Adventures
Two groups of Transients, Seymour Narrows, Campbell River, 2016-04-27
Jos Krynen, Eagle Eye Adventures
TRANSIENT BIGG'S KILLER WHALES
Sun May 01 2016
19:26 • Bigg`s Orca heading South at Tyee Spit near Campbell River, Discovery Passage.
Jack Springer, Campbell River Whale Watching
15:19 • Bigg`s Orca milling, at Hornby Island, Georgia Strait. Very playful.
Jos Krynen, Eagle Eye Adventures
Wed Apr 27 2016
18:33 • 12-14 Bigg`s Orca heading South approaching Sentry Shoal, Georgia Strait. ◦T086As, T087 plus◦ In two groups.
Geoff Dunstan, Discovery Marine Safaris
18:33 • Bigg`s Orca heading South approaching Sentry Shoal. ◦T087, T086As◦
Roger McDonell, Discovery Marine Safaris
Transient Bigg' s Killer Whales
Two groups of Transients incl. T087, T086As
Wed Apr 27 2016 - 10 Images / Media Files
Roger McDonell, Discovery Marine Safaris
Transient Bigg' s Killer Whales
Two groups of Transients incl. T087, T086As
Wed Apr 27 2016 - 10 Images / Media Files
Roger McDonell, Discovery Marine Safaris
12:07 • Bigg`s Orca in Seymour Narrows, Discovery Passage.
10:11 • 10 Bigg`s Orca heading South by McMullen Point, Discovery Passage. ▫ Second Hand
Garry Henkel, Aboriginal Journeys Whale and Grizzly Bear Tours
SOUTHERN RESIDENT KILLER WHALES
Thu Apr 28 2016
06:20 • 8 SRKW Orca heading South in Stuart Channel. ◦J-Pod◦ Lazily wandering all over the Channel. They were in pairs, spread out. There was a really tiny baby. Probably outside my window for an hour.
Moira Parkinson, DeCourcy Island
UNIDENTIFIED KILLER WHALES
Mon May 02 2016
11:55 • Orca at Saltery Bay, Jervis Inlet. ▫ Second Hand
Geord Dunstan, Discovery Marine Safaris
Sun May 01 2016
11:30 • Orca heading South in Lewis Channel. ▫ Second Hand
Jack Springer, Campbell River Whale Watching
Fri Apr 29 2016
08:22 • 4 Orca between Mitlenatch Island and Savary Island, Georgia Strait.
Elvis Chikite, Eagle Eye Adventures
Fri Apr 22 2016
??:?? • 3 Orca heading North, Jervis Inlet. Didn't see them return.
Beverly Saunders, Jervis Inlet
Orca off of Powell River, 2016-04-25
Michelle Pennell, Powell River, BC
Orca off of Powell River, 2016-04-25
Michelle Pennell, Powell River, BC
HUMPBACK WHALES
Tue May 03 2016
10:20 • 1 Humpback Whales heading South came out of Seymour Narrows heading to Race Point, Discovery Passage. The whale was travelling on the Vancouver Island side of Seymour Narrows. It was taking very long dives and I lost it.
09:50 • 1 Humpback Whales heading South in Seymour Narrows, Discovery Passage. The whale was Southbound from the water taxi.
Leigh Nelson, Adventure Quest Tours
Mon May 02 2016
13:57 • 2 Humpback Whales heading East heading towards Mitlenatch Island from the Cape Mudge Red Can Buoy, Georgia Strait. The whales were making long dives.
13:37 • 2 Humpback Whales at the Red Can Buoy, Georgia Strait. Making long dives.
Mark Howell, On A Dime Outdoor Adventures
13:03 • 2 Humpback Whales heading South heading towards the Red Can Buoy at Wilby Shoals, Georgia Strait. ▫ Leaving the Scene
Garry Henkel, Aboriginal Journeys Whale and Grizzly Bear Tours
Humpback Whales
HBs at Wilby Shoals, Georgia Strait
Mon May 02 2016 - 3 Images / Media Files
Garry Henkel
Aboriginal Journeys Whale and Grizzly Bear Tours
Humpback Whales
HBs at Wilby Shoals, Georgia Strait
Mon May 02 2016 - 3 Images / Media Files
Garry Henkel
Aboriginal Journeys Whale and Grizzly Bear Tours
10:59 • 2 Humpback Whales in front of Campbell River, Anchor Inn, Discovery Passage. 200m from shore.
Geord Dunstan, Discovery Marine Safaris
10:31 • 2 Humpback Whales heading North coming up on Quathiaski Cove on Quadra Island, Discovery Passage. Bucking the tide.
Jos Krynen, Eagle Eye Adventures
09:36 • 1 Humpback Whales breaching, at Cape Mudge on Quadra Island, Georgia Strait.
Jack Springer, Campbell River Whale Watching
09:34 • 1 Humpback Whales breaching, in front of Cape Mudge on Quadra Island. Overheard on the ferry between Campbell River to Quadra Island. ▫ Second Hand
Mark Howell, On A Dime Outdoor Adventures
PACIFIC WHITE SIDED DOLPHINS
Sat Apr 30 2016
13:40 • 12 PWS Dolphins at Race Point, Discovery Passage.
Aaron Webber, Campbell River Whale Watching
Wed Apr 27 2016
13:21 • PWS Dolphins heading South off Race Point. It was a small group.
Radio, overheard or call out
DALL'S PORPOISE
Tue May 03 2016
10:32 • 1 Dall`s Porpoise heading South abeam from Steep Island in the middle of Discovery Passage.
Leigh Nelson, Adventure Quest Tours
Thu Apr 28 2016
15:15 • 8 Dall`s Porpoise milling, in Horn Bay, Dent Rapids.
Garry Henkel, Aboriginal Journeys Whale and Grizzly Bear Tours
HARBOUR PORPOISE
Mon May 02 2016
16:10 • 4 Harbour Porpoise milling, South of Cape Mudge on Quadra Island, Georgia Strait.
Garry Henkel, Aboriginal Journeys Whale and Grizzly Bear Tours
SIGHTINGS HEAT MAP 2016-011
The Magazine
REGIONAL & WEST COAST
Tribune, San Luis Obispo, CA
This could be the fifth springtime in a row that scientists will estimate that more than 1,000 pairs of gray whales will have swum past Point Piedras Blancas on their way to Alaska, according to marine biologist Wayne Perryman.
And that would be a first, a consecutive record in the 23 years scientists have been counting mom-and-baby pairs migrating past Piedras from mid-March to May, he said.
Drones are used to take pictures of the whales and calves, monitor their condition.
CBS, San Francisco, CA
A group of Killer Whales were caught on video over the weekend chasing and eventually killing a Gray Whale calf near Cannery Row in Monterey.
Monterey Bay Whale Watch posted video of the hunt that lasted over an hour, covering several miles of shore in Monterey.
Huffington Post, US
While ocean deoxygenation is well established, a new study led by Matthew Long, an oceanographer at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, finds that climate change-driven oxygen loss is already detectable in certain swaths of ocean and will likely be “widespread” by 2030 or 2040.
Ultimately, Long told The Huffington Post, oxygen-deprived oceans may have “significant impacts on marine ecosystems” and leave some areas of ocean all but uninhabitable for certain species.
INTERNATIONAL
Ocean Reality, Australian
Coverage of an Orca rescue from a beach in Australia as the Orca family looks on from just outside the breakers. The TV news item is followed by an interview with a marine scientist who was involved.
Isl of Man Today, UK
MWDW was founded in 2006 by John Galpin who often saw whales, dolphins and porpoises from his home on the west coast.
He set up a website for people to report sightings and collaborated with the Sea Watch Foundation.
In 2007, John sought the help of marine mammal scientists, including Tom Felce, who now runs MWDW. They began
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Plastic Ocean
National Geographic (USA)
This vintage National Geographic video mixes wildlife video and animation to examine the environmental pressures that turned a wolf like creature that hunted in shallow waters into a leviathan of the seas. We witness the ancient turning points in the whales evolutionary journey, and how the ice age became its unlikely savior.
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