Transient Orca came, Transient Orca
went, Transient Orca reappeared – Powell River as I type! Thoughts
are that some of the whales have been doing a circumnavigation of
Texada Island...sounds reasonable from the reports. Dolphins hiding
from the Transients spread to Savary Island, and a couple of new
Humpback whales in the area.
Late News: L-Pod plus other
Southern Resident Orca are Southbound (East actually) in Johnstone
Strait! Coming our way, so keep your eyes open!!
I apologize to those waiting for the
RSS feed by email – I missed the deadline, so you are receiving
this a day late.
Susan MacKay, Whales
and Dolphins BC
Southern
Resident Orca
June 7:
7 pm Southern Resident Orca
numbering 35 Whales L-Pod are Eastbound in Johnstone
Strait just below Naka Creek.
Wayne Garton, Stubbs Island Whale
Watching
June 7:
L pod was eastbound at 19:00 near
Naka. About 35 animal total. Figure you'd appreciate a
heads up. regards,
Jared Towers
Transient
Orca – Killer Whales
Transient Orca – Bute
Inlet
June 2, 2012
Garry Henkel,
Aboriginal Journeys
June 7:
8 pm As I started to write this I
noticed a dark spot on the water. Then I saw the blow and distinctive
dorsal of Orca! There are at least 4 doing long dives and
behaving like they are on some food. I immediately spotted T02C
with the scoliosis of the spine – very distinctive. The Comox
ferry did a sudden course correction and the whales seemed to split
up and disappear.
Susan MacKay, Whales and Dolphins BC
June 7:
9 pm Thanks for the call about the
Orca. I think I saw 4 Orca, one with a calf
possibly the one with the deformed dorsal and 2 other large
cows to the right. The big ferry rushing in like that seemed to send
them on their way although I did spot one dorsal in the middle of
Malaspina towards Harwood after the ferry did it's high speed turn
and came back in to dock. I went for the camera when all the tail
slapping was going on and by the time I got set up they disappeared,
It was worth a try.
Steve Grover, Powell River
June 5:
Orca last night (4th)
between 8 or 9 pm heading North.
Joss, Eagle Eye Adventures
June 5:
9:50 am 6 – 8 Orca by Little
River, Bates Beach area of Comox including 1 large male
dorsal heading Southbound. (see below – Dolphins report - SM)
Coast Wild
Humpback
Whales
June 7:
9:10 am 2 Humpback Whales
Southbound by Chatham Point about an hour ago. Then: Found
them at 9:36 am at Kanish Bay.
Scotty, Painters Lodge
June 6:
10 am Two Humpbacks by Kanish Bay
Southbound. Then:
Had a small humpback whale
southbound by Steep Island at 3:55 pm. Was very shy.
Garry Henkel, Aboriginal Journeys
June 5:
8 pm Humpback Whale Arial (ID
not confirmed – SM) with a few Dolphins Northbound in
the Narrows (Seymour) by Walcan.
Scotty, Painters Lodge
Pacific
White Sided Dolphins
Pacific White Sided
Dolphins
June 1, 2012
Nick Templeman, Eagle
Eye Adventures
June 5:
10:15 am Curtis just called again.
Hundreds (about 300+) of lags (Pacific White Sided Dolphins)
Northbound past Bates Beach (Comox) now! He said they are a
mile thick and flying North! (probably avoiding the Transients -
SM)
Nick Templeman, Eagle Eye Adventures
June 5:
1 pm 3-400 Pacific White Sided
Dolphins at April Point, Campbell River. Left them at Yellow
Point.
Garry, Aboriginal Journeys
June 5:
1 pm 2 groups of PWS Dolphins
were in the Duck Bay (south side) area of Savary Island
leaping etc.
Rick Thaddeus, Savary Island
June 5:
4:15 pm 12 – 15 Pacific White
Sided Dolphins off the Viewpoint in Powell River heading towards
the mill area. About 10 Sea lions following.
Steve Grover, Powell River
Dall's
and Harbour Porpoise
Dall's Porpoise
June 1, 2012
Nick Templeman, Eagle
Eye Adventures
June 5:
Hello there. My sons and I were at the
Lighthouse Park beach in Point Roberts yesterday, around 3:30 and we
saw a few Harbour Porpoises. At the time I wasn't 100% sure if
that is what they were--they seemed small, and they never fully
emerged from the water. But after looking at your website I realize
that is definitely what they were! There must have been about 3 or
4. So cute! Just off the shore.
Todd Kamala
June 6:
4 pm Had 6 Dalls at Hole in the Wall
and also 4 Harbour Porpoise near them.
Garry Henkel, Aboriginal Journeys
June 5:
3 pm About 4 Dall's Porpoise and a
couple of Dolphins in Nodales Channel.
Scotty, Painters Lodge
Missed Report:
June 1:
Thought I would get us a couple of nice
Dalls Porpoise pics for the blog tonight as we keep reporting
on them but never seem to get any pics of these guys up! I love the
reflection of the clouds and mountains that showed up on the one guy
with the water draining off of his back. (see photo above) We picked
up on the nice Herd of Dalls at approx 1400 hrs in Rock Bay area
foraging around in the tideline. The "Pesky Little Speed Demons"
as Eric Hoyts old Cetacean book calls them were being anything
but....just lazing around doing a bit of fishing in the tide rips I
think. We picked up on a small herd of 6-8 Harbour Porpoise at approx
1515 hrs at Helmicken Island and then poked our noses out to Earle's
Ledge to look for puffs......but no love for us today. On our way
back down Chancellor Channel we picked up a small Pod of 7-8 Lags
(Pacific Whitesided Dolphins) sleeping in front of the beach at
the West end of Wellboure Channel. They had there noses pointed west
in the ebb tide going nowhere fast. It looked like 3 mom&calf
pairs and 1 or 2 adults. That was the extent of our excitement except
for a very nice mainland Black Bear. I will include a pic if you want
something different for the blog!
Nick Templeman, Eagle Eye Adventures
Thanks Nick and apologies for the
delayed report - SM
