From one day with no reports, to many Pacific
White Sided Dolphins, Transient Orca / Killer Whales, a Humpback
Whale and some Dall's Porpoise. These are the Transient Orca, I'm
starting to call our 'Resident – Transients' since they have spent
all winter in and around this area with very few forays away. With
few people around to report their sightings, they have been known to
seemingly disappear up various channels and inlets above Desolation Sound. Great photo of
Mom and Calf breaching together!
News about the young Humpback Whale
that died on the shores of White Rock is that after the necropsy is
done, the whale bones will be reconstructed and put on display at the
Telegraph Cove Whale Interpretation Center and Museum.
Susan MacKay, Whales
and Dolphins BC
Transient
(meat eating) Orca – Killer Whales
Mom and Calf Breach!
June 15, 2012
Nick Templeman, Eagle
Eye Adventures
June 15:
Wow! What an afternoon with the large
gang of T's! We punched our way down to 3 miles north of Little River
Ferry Terminal on our afternoon tour to catch up to the gang of what
i believed to be 18-20 Transients. They were very social and were
performing breaches, double breaches, upside down tail lobs, tail
stands, spyhops, tailflaps, everything you could think of! From what
i can see so far we had the T-002C's, T050's, T101/102 gangs, T046's
and others that I haven't been able to ID yet.
Thought i would get this double breach
pic to you for the blog quickly though. I believe it to be T002C and
her calf that was born last year, T002C3. I didn't actually notice
the calf in the breach until i looked at the image after taking it.
It is one of my favorite transient pics ever!! Cheers!
Nick Templeman, Eagle Eye Adventures
June 15:
6 am Orca reported by fisherman
friend (received 9 am) Northbound by Cape Mudge, Campbell
River.
Scotty, Painters Lodge
June 15:
9:20 am Report of 10 to 12 Orca
now by Brown's Bay, just north of Campbell River.
10:45 am Picked up the 18 to 20
Transient Orca including T02C's and T101's Southbound in Seymour
Narrows.
Nick Templeman, Eagle Eye Adventures
June 15:
9:23 am 10 to 12 Orca Brown's Bay
– Scotty with them now.
Jack Springer, Campbell River Whale
Watching
June 15:
11:39 am The Orca were spread out
a bit with the lead whales by Whiskey Point and the trailing group
close to Steep Island. They were travelling about 8 knots so
it didn't take them long to get to Cape Mudge.
Scotty, Painter's Lodge
June 15:
1 pm There may have been a split since
there appears to be 12 Transients slowly heading South between
Salmon Point and Mitlenatch Island. This group included T02C,
the one with scoliosis and T19B.
Garry Henkel, Aboriginal Journeys
Transient Orca –
Killer Whales
June 14, 2012 Johnstone
Strait
Nick Templeman, Eagle
Eye Adventures
June 15:
2:30 pm The Transient Orca are just
South of Sentry Shoal.
Radio
June 15:
3:40 till 5 pm Transient Killer
Whales still on a slow roll Southbound about half way between
Little River, Comox and Savary Island.
Nick Templeman, Eagle Eye Adventures
June 14:
7 am 2 Orca were reported by
fisherman (received at 10:30 am) Northbound by Brown's Bay,
Discovery Passage. By noon they were Westbound at Bear Point.
Reports received by radio, email and
text messages from Nick, Jack and Garry
June 14:
We picked up on these 2 Transients
at Lewis Pt. (1/8mile west of Ripple Pt) in Johnstone Strait
today. The time was approx 1125. We had gone on a search based on a
report from a fisherman @ Browns Bay that had told us 2 Killer Whales
had gone past there fishing boat @ approx 0730hrs. These 2 were
tucked pretty close to the Vancouver island shoreline for the
most part, staying in the back eddy out of the main flood current. We
stayed with them for approx 1.5 hrs and in this time witnessed no
hunting behaviours, just swimming. We left them and handed them over
to another whale watching company at approx 1300 hrs. As a side note
these 2 were in front of Cowichan Bay Westbound a day and a half
ago....from Simon of Ocean Eco Adventures.
Nick Templeman, Eagle Eye Adventures
Transient Orca –
Killer Whale
June 14, 2012 Johnstone
Strait
Nick Templeman, Eagle
Eye Adventures
June 14:
A bit after 1 pm. Got to the 2 Orca
just past Camp Point in Johnstone Strait. Stayed with these two
till around 3 pm by Petersen Island, just below Kelsey Bay.
While watching the Orca, we also spotted a lone Humpback Whale
heading South-East also by Petersen Island. It was doing long
dives.
Garry Henkel, Aboriginal Journeys
Humpback
Whale
June 14:
2:40 pm While watching the Orca, we
also spotted a lone Humpback Whale heading South-East also by
Petersen Island (Johnstone Strait). It was doing long dives.
Garry Henkel, Aboriginal Journeys
Pacific
White Sided Dolphins
June 15:
8:10 am A group of about 25 Dolphins
as I'm crossing on the ferry from Quadra to Campbell River
right now.
Garry Henkel, Aboriginal Journeys
June 14:
9 am 20 to 30 PWS Dolphins
feeding on small fish by Yellow Island, close to Campbell
River.
10:20 am Another 10 Dolphins by
Denham Island, Okisollo Channel. Then:
11 am There were about 100 – 150
PWS Dolphins Northbound in the very shallow and narrow channel
of Whiterock Passage, just by Beazley Passage. Once through the
passage into Calm Channel, there were another 20 to 40
Dolphins by Deer Point. Dolphins Everywhere!
Scotty, Painters Lodge
June 14:
3:10 pm 10 to 12 PWS Dolphins
milling about by the Settlers Group of Islands by Beazley
Passage.
Aaron, Sonora Lodge
Dall's
Porpoise
June 15:
4:45 pm Had 4 Dall's Porpoise near
Duncan Bay feeding on herring.
Garry Henkel, Aboriginal Journeys
