A few of the Northern Resident Killer Whales made an appearance at the top of Johnstone Strait. The remaining Orca sightings reports have been placed into the Unidentified category as we have not received confirmed ID’s. Some, we believe, were Southern Resident Orca, and most were Transient Bigg’s. Humpback Whales are still the majority of…
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Humpback Whales are the main focus for this week’s Sightings Update. A number of them appear to be staying in our coastal waters, at least a bit longer than usual. There are a few, presumably Transient Bigg’s Orca, but listed under the Unidentified Killer Whale section since we have no confirmed identifications. Otherwise, Southern Resident…
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We are thrilled to hear about yet another new calf for the Endangered Southern Resident Killer Whales. And J53 is such a cutie too! Our report covers a number of days including the Southern Residents, Northern Resident Orca, Transient Bigg’s, Humpback Whales, Dolphins and Porpoise. NEW Sightings Report Form Susan MacKay, Whales and Dolphins BC Society…
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Many Transient Bigg’s Orca have been popping up. The Southern Resident Orca from K-pod and L-pod are making one of their few yearly visits to the top of Georgia Strait. Humpbacks and Grey Whales are still foraging back and forth. Dolphins and Porpoise seem to be spread out in different locations. With fewer boaters out…
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Grey Whales have been making the news by being right in Vancouver to feed close to the shore giving people a great show as they walk along the shores of Stanley Park and Kitsilano. We believe the one that was running between Gibsons and Sechelt in prior reports has joined up with the one by…
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Slightly delayed report due to much going on behind the scenes. Hopefully the problem we had with sending our previous report to our email subscribers has been resolved. We apologize for any inconvenience. There are many sightings of Humpback Whales. Some appear to be on the move a bit more now. Transient Bigg’s Killer Whales…
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Humpback Whales have certainly been of note over the past few months. The Northern Resident Killer Whales have spent a bit less time than usual, but more than last year. Our "Resident" Transient Bigg’s Orca, the pod known as the T02C’s, have been spending most of their time in the upper Georgia Strait, while others…
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Many photos and reports covering a larger area with whales showing up in places they haven’t been in for a long time. This could be from the search for food, or that the food sources are returning to areas as we clean up our coast. The pattern change does make for many more sightings of…
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Many of the Cetacean species have been running into one another as they forage, hunt and travel. With all the activity, it had become a bit confusing to tell whether the Killer Whales being seen were Northern Resident Orca or Transient Bigg’s, so you may find a number of the reports in the Unidentified section…
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Whales, Dolphins and Porpoise Everywhere! The Northern Resident Orca have decided to spend some time down and around the Northern Georgia Strait. This is a return to some older times when they used to frequent the area. With Transient Bigg’s Orca also relatively close by, it’s always interesting to see how they try to avoid…
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So much whale, dolphin and porpoise activity out there! It seems they are everywhere and more species than usual in our inside waters. The Northern Georgia Strait has been a hotspot for Humpback Whales and even a Minke Whale graced the area. Sechelt till has at least one Grey Whale who disappears when Transient Bigg’s…
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A large number of Northern Resident Killer Whales graced our inside waters into Nodales Channel where they met up with a large group of Pacific White Sided Dolphins. Some Transient Bigg’s were just outside the channel at the same time making the activity hard to follow. There is thought that some of the Bigg’s continued…
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Humpback Whales have been a major focus in our reports with so many in our inside waters. It’s wonderful to see so many different whales around. Grey Whales have also made a great resurgence back into our waterways. We have fewer Transient Bigg’s and other Killer Whales in the report, but they are still popping…
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With so much going on, we’ve managed to get behind with our long reports. There will be a couple of reports run back to back to get us updated. There is still plenty to read and see. Some excellent Dall’s Porpoise photos and the map is at the bottom of the report this time.Susan MacKay,…
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This is the second in our Catching Up on our Cetacean Sightings Reports covering everything we have between August 1 to August 6. There are two reports that we missed at time of publishing, we apologize for that. Every sightings report is valuable and appreciated. Rest assured that it will go into the data files…
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Whales have been everywhere. From Northern Resident Killer Whales, Humpbacks, our usual Transient Bigg’s Orca, to Grey Whales. Of course some of the smaller species reports are still coming in also; Pacific White Sided Dolphins, Dall’s Porpoise and some Harbour Porpoise in some larger groups. We’ve received a report of a Dolphin or Porpoise possibly…
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WOW! Northern Resident Killer Whales have returned in numbers from Alaska into Johnstone Strait. Our usual Transient Bigg’s Orca have been a bit aloof. More Humpback Whales are staying in the upper Georgia Strait than we’ve had in decades. A Grey Whale passed through the area heading up the coast and Pacific White Sided Dolphins…
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Transient Bigg’s have been hunting all throughout the inner waters from Haro Strait to Johnstone Strait. Our usual T002C family pod continue to spend much of their time cruising the channels in the upper Georgia Strait. The Southern Resident Orca pods have been in and out of the inside waters by Victoria and Vancouver not…
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We are pleased to announce and present this launch of our new and improved Sightings Report with Maps. The map will be included in every report showing the locations of the sightings in the report. If you wish to jump to one specific report location, you can click on the icon directly following that report…
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Transient Bigg’s Killer Whales have been all around in the Georgia Strait and Desolation Sound, while the Northern Resident pods still appear to be foraging up in Alaska. Humpback Whales also are being spotted more frequently in our inside waters now and we have a returning Humpback off Powell River again. The Pacific White Sided…
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Entangled Humpback Whale in Powell River is a huge newsmaker. The whale was basically tethered to one spot for seventeen or so hours before the disentanglement team from DFO arrived and managed to free it. We have no confirmed sightings of the whale since then. We’ve had a few Humpbacks in the area and only…
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Transient Bigg’s Killer Whales T002C’s have been hanging around the area from somewhere down near the bottom of Texada to the bottom of Johnstone Strait. Another pod, possibly the T049A’s again, have gone into Desolation Sound. Southern Resident Orca reports are mostly from the lower Georgia Strait with a teaser of J-Pod coming closer to…
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Whales have made many appearances including J-Pod, the Southern Resident Killer Whales who seldom come up this far in Georgia Strait. The Transient Bigg’s Orca, meat eaters, have been popping up and making quite a splash – literally. While looking at/for Killer Whales, amazingly two Humpback Whales appeared. Quite a surprise. We also have Pacific…
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It’s been very busy all round, but the Transient Bigg’s Killer Whales that were in the upper Georgia Strait in numbers up to 15 whales, have once again shed from our area. The Pacific White Sided Dolphins and Humpback Whales are coming back, and Dall’s and Harbour Porpoise are making a bit more of an…
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A timely reminder as Summer boating season kicks in of the need to be cautious and slow down around any type of marine life. We are great advocates of courteous behaviour on the water and off. Remember NEWS when you are in the vicinity of whales: N=Neutral E=Enjoy W=Wait S=Slow. Slow is the operative word.…
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Yet another large Fin Whale has been struck by a cruise ship and carried into Burrard Inlet. This is the third in just the past few years and it’s not understood why these, second largest of the whales, seem to be struck in this manner. Perhaps others are as well, but since they tend to…
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Grey Whales are not a common sight in Georgia Strait and even rarer near the mainland side of the Strait, but we can confirm the brief sighting. This means that they are actually returning through the inside waters as well as the West Coast of Vancouver Island. There have been a number of Transient Bigg’s…
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Transient Bigg’s Orca everywhere! And so many photos. We have reports of Killer Whales, Pacific White Sided Dolphins, Dall’s Porpoise as well as Harbour Porpoise, and even a Grey Whale report from Tofino, but still no Humpback Whales. Is it due to the seismic activity? It’s been a question for years that has yet to…
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Transient Bigg’s Killer Whales put on quite a show right in front of Campbell River! Lots of photos below. At the time of working on this report there is another show of leaping Transient Bigg’s Orca going on just between Lund and Savary Island. Howe Sound was not to be outdone and also had an…
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